Kevin M Harris, Neilesh B Parikh, Christoph A Nienaber, Elise M Woznicki, Arturo Evangelista, Marc Schermerhorn, Maral Ouzounian, Joseph S Coselli, Chih-Wen Pai, Marek P Ehrlich, Clayton A Kaiser, Marco Di Eusanio, Thomas G Gleason, Ibrahim Sultan, Kim A Eagle, Himanshu J Patel
{"title":"Iatrogenic Aortic Dissection: Insights from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection.","authors":"Kevin M Harris, Neilesh B Parikh, Christoph A Nienaber, Elise M Woznicki, Arturo Evangelista, Marc Schermerhorn, Maral Ouzounian, Joseph S Coselli, Chih-Wen Pai, Marek P Ehrlich, Clayton A Kaiser, Marco Di Eusanio, Thomas G Gleason, Ibrahim Sultan, Kim A Eagle, Himanshu J Patel","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.05.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.05.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Risk factors, presentation, treatment, and outcomes were evaluated for iatrogenic (iAD) in comparison to spontaneous aortic dissection (sAD).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with acute AD enrolled in IRAD from 1996-2023 were separated into two groups: (iAD) (n=333 (2.5% of total ADs); type A - 252, type B - 81) and (sAD) (n=13,122; type A - 8846, type B - 4,276).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The etiology of iAD was predominantly cardiac surgery (n=146; 51% type A, 32% type B) and catheter-induced (n=134; 41% type A, 47% type B). Patients with iAD were more likely to be older, with a higher preponderance of atherosclerosis, known aortic aneurysm, valve disease, and peripheral arterial disease. Type A iAD patients had smaller aortic size and less frequent aortic regurgitation, and pericardial effusion. They also had less typical symptoms of AD. Medical management of type A AD was utilized more frequently in iatrogenic compared to spontaneous cases (13% vs. 8%, p= 0.016); management was statistically similar for type B. Overall Type A iAD had a higher hospital (25.8% vs 18.4%, p=0.005) and 4-year mortality (p=0.003), though mortality was similar for type B AD (p= NS). In a multivariable model, there was no difference in Type A hospital mortality between sAD and iAD.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>IAD occurs in older patients with known atherosclerosis and frequently without typical symptoms. Medical management is utilized more frequently for type A iAD. Mortality was higher for type A iAD compared to sAD, however no differences were seen for type B or in overall mortality in a multivariable model.</p>","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary: Another Day, Another Model…Where Does Red Cell Distribution Width Fit in Perioperative Risk Prediction?","authors":"Chiedozie Udeh, Asha Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.05.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.05.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144129478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentator Discussion: Incidental use of angiotensin system inhibitors during neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal adenocarcinoma: An analysis of survival.","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.04.030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.04.030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144095679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christina M Stuart, Nicole M Mott, Elizabeth A David
{"title":"Reply: presence, progress, and parity: Sustaining momentum for women in cardiothoracic surgery.","authors":"Christina M Stuart, Nicole M Mott, Elizabeth A David","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.04.039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.04.039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144094201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentator Discussion: AQG analysis of an aortic surgeon's lifetime experience: Step into the new age.","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.04.026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.04.026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jack J Yi, Tari-Ann Yates, Martha McGilvray, Connor Vinyard, Nicholas Banull, Laurie Sinn, June He, Christian Zemlin, Harold G Roberts, Matthew R Schill, Ralph J Damiano
{"title":"The Long-term Outcomes of Concomitant Cox-Maze IV Procedure in Patients with Mitral Valve Disease and Atrial Fibrillation.","authors":"Jack J Yi, Tari-Ann Yates, Martha McGilvray, Connor Vinyard, Nicholas Banull, Laurie Sinn, June He, Christian Zemlin, Harold G Roberts, Matthew R Schill, Ralph J Damiano","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.05.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The most common indication worldwide for surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is patients referred for mitral valve surgery. However, few reports have described late outcomes. This study examined ten-year outcomes in AF patients undergoing mitral surgery with and without concomitant Cox-Maze IV Procedure.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Since January 2002, 847 patients with AF and mitral valve disease underwent either mitral surgery with a concomitant Cox-Maze IV Procedure (CMP-IV) (N = 407) or without (N = 440). The concomitant sub-groups, paroxysmal (N = 163) and non-paroxysmal AF (N = 244), were compared for freedom from tachyarrhythmias, and recurrence-free survival. Late survival was compared after propensity score-matching analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The concomitant procedure provided good freedom from atrial tachyarrhythmias of 80% and 65% at years 5 and 10 respectively. The freedom from symptomatic AF recurrence was 94% and 83%, respectively. Although there was no difference between atrial tachyarrhythmia recurrence free survival between subgroups in the concomitant cohort (P = .13), there was a trend toward worse rhythm outcomes (P = .053) in patients with nonparoxysmal AF. Ten-year survival in the propensity-matched concomitant CMP-IV cohort was 54% (versus 43% without ablation), which represented a significant survival benefit in patients having concomitant ablation (P = .007).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Cox-Maze IV procedure had good long-term outcomes in treating AF in patients undergoing mitral surgery and provided a significant survival benefit in patients receiving a concomitant ablation. There is recurrence in over 40% of patients at 10 years, indicating the need for continued rhythm follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144095130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reply: Maximizing survival in patients with complex congenital heart disease: A call to arms.","authors":"David M Kalfa, Edward Buratto","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.04.036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.04.036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary: Furthering our understanding of sex-based differences in cardiac disease.","authors":"Vladislav Baglaev, Jay D Pal","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.05.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.05.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144095674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary: \"Is it really that hard?\"","authors":"Brendon M Stiles, Marc Vimolratana","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.05.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.05.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144095593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hemodynamic Efficacy of Annular versus Sub-annular Repair to Repair Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation.","authors":"Dongyang Xu, Daisuke Onohara, Kirthana Sreerangathama Suresh, Kanika Kalra, Muralidhar Padala","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.05.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Surgical repair of functional tricuspid regurgitation caused due to annular dilatation and leaflet tethering from a dilated right ventricle is increasingly performed, but the optimal approach for such a repair is unclear. In this study, using a diseased model of FTR, an annular and sub-annular repair strategy were compared in repairing FTR and restoring valve kinematics and mobility.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A diseased FTR model was developed using porcine hearts placed in a pulse duplicator (n=11 hearts). The effect of annuloplasty ring (TVA) in reducing FTR was first studied, then a sub-annular repair by septal relocation of the posterior and anterior papillary muscles (TVPA) was studied, followed by a combination of the two techniques (TVA+TVPA). FTR was quantified before and after each repair, and real time ultrasound was used to quantify leaflet coaptation, tenting, and leaflet mobility.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At baseline, all valves were competent without FTR. In the FTR model, regurgitation fraction increased to 28±16.2%. With TVA, FTR reduced to 11.3±5.9% (30mm ring), & 4.6±3.8% (28mm ring). With TVPA alone, FTR reduced to 6.5±8.5%. When TVA+TVPA was used, FTR reduced to 2.9±4.3% (30mm TVA+TVPA), and 1.3±1.6% (28mm TVA+TVPA). Largest systolic coaptation height and restoration of leaflet mobility to physiological levels was achieved with TVA+TVPA, with physiological levels of leaflet mobility restored.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this diseased model, complete correction of FTR, largest systolic coaptation height and restoration of physiological leaflet mobility was achieved with the combination of annular and sub-annular repairs, compared to isolated annular or sub-annular repair.</p>","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144095681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}