This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning reflects on the most popular content of 2024 at CTSNet. He discusses the top interview, the most popular guest editor series, and reveals the leading CTSNet contributor of the year. He also looks at the top clinical videos in cardiac, congenital, and thoracic surgery, as well as the most-read JANS articles and the editors’ top picks.  

Joel also reviews recent JANS articles on cutibacterium acnes infective endocarditis, long-term outcomes of antegrade thoracic stent grafting during repair of acute DeBakey I dissection, comparing right- versus left-first implantation in off-pump sequential double-lung transplantation, and the impact of patient-prosthesis mismatch on long-term outcomes after aortic valve replacement. Before closing, he highlights upcoming events in CT surgery.  

JANS Items Mentioned 

1.) Cutibacterium Acnes Infective Endocarditis—An Emerging Pathogen 

2.) Long-Term Outcomes of Antegrade Thoracic Stent Grafting During Repair of Acute DeBakey I Dissection 

3.) Comparing Right- Versus Left-First Implantation in Off-Pump Sequential Double-Lung Transplantation: An Observational Cohort Study 

4.) Impact of Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch on Long-Term Outcomes After Aortic Valve Replacement 

CTSNET Content Mentioned 

1.) CTSNet Summarized—Most Popular Content of 2024 

2.) CTSNet Summarized—Top Cardiac Procedure Videos of 2024 

3.) CTSNet Summarized—Top Congenital and Thoracic Procedure Videos of 2024   

4.) CTSNet Summarized—Top JANS Articles of 2024   

5.) CABG With a Long LAD Endarterectomy 

Other Items Mentioned 

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