Volume 67, Issue 5, May 2025
Thoracic
Comparison between robot- and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries for anterior mediastinal lesions
Mediastinal lesions, including anterior, median and posterior lesions, have various origins, including thymoma, thymic carcinoma, bronchogenic cyst and neurinoma, and usually require surgical intervention.
Congenital
Evaluation of multiple ventricular septal defects using three-dimensional reconstruction models
Surgical management of multiple ventricular septal defects (mVSDs) remains controversial and challenging [1–6].
Thoracic oncologic
Machine learning algorithms integrating positron emission tomography/computed tomography features to predict pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in lung cancer
Lung cancer is the most common malignancy worldwide [1], with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounting for 85% of cases.
Translational research
Preoperative consecutive treatment with isoprenaline and adenosine is safe and reduces ischaemia-reperfusion injury in a porcine model of cardiac surgery with recent acute myocardial infarction
Globally, more than 64 million patients develop ischaemic heart failure following myocardial infarction (MI) [1].
Conventional Aortic Surgery
The German Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection Type A score for 30-day mortality prediction in Type A Acute Aortic Dissection surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Type A acute aortic dissection (TAAAD) is a critical cardiovascular condition that, if left untreated, could lead to fatal complications or sudden death.
General Adult Cardiac
Temporal trends in patient demographics and kidney outcomes in cardiac surgery: a regional Danish follow-up study
Despite considerable advancements in surgical techniques and perioperative management, morbidity and mortality rates in adult cardiac surgery have not significantly changed during the past few decades [1].
