{"title":"Considerations in Comparative Analyses of Endobronchial Valve Therapy and Lung Volume Reduction Surgery.","authors":"Roshen Mathew, Abhi C Lohana, Nikhil Meena","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50976,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148377834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond R0: Margin Cytology and Local Control After Sublobar Resection.","authors":"Ioana Baiu, Nasser K Altorki, Peter J Kneuertz","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.047","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50976,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148377823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zara Dietze, Mateo Marin-Cuartas, Michael A Borger
{"title":"False Lumen Remodeling Versus Intraluminal Graft Thrombosis: Distinct Phenomena After Frozen Elephant Trunk Repair.","authors":"Zara Dietze, Mateo Marin-Cuartas, Michael A Borger","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.046","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50976,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148377804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deferred AVR During CABG in Moderate Aortic Stenosis: Lower Index Risk or Deferred Cumulative Risk?","authors":"Ünsal Vural","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.042","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.042","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50976,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148377836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Renaissance of Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: From Competing Access Route to Enabling Platform for Hybrid Heart Therapy.","authors":"Dritan Useini","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.044","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.044","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50976,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148377763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revascularization of Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: Have We Reached a Consensus?","authors":"Marcus Denis Flather, Marcelo C Shibata","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.045","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.045","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50976,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148377757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Min-Seok Kim, Ah-Jin Ryu, Jung Won Kim, Cheol Ho Lee, Seong Wook Hwang, Ki-Bong Kim
{"title":"Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Based on Computed Tomography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve vs Angiography (CABG-COREA trial): Early Results.","authors":"Min-Seok Kim, Ah-Jin Ryu, Jung Won Kim, Cheol Ho Lee, Seong Wook Hwang, Ki-Bong Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.06.024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This randomized trial was designed to compare 1-year outcomes in patients who received revascularization on the basis of computed tomography-derived fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) vs quantitative coronary angiography (QCA). In this early analysis, early angiographic and clinical outcomes were compared.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 106 patients were randomized to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting on the basis of CT-FFR (n = 53) or QCA (n = 53). Complete revascularization was achieved for coronary arteries with CT-FFR ≤0.78 (CT-FFR group) or those with QCA stenosis (>70% stenosis for left and ≥90% stenosis for right coronary artery territories; QCA group). Angiography was performed at median 1 (1-1) postoperative day in all patients. Angiographic findings of graft flow were categorized as perfectly patent, competitive (bidirectionally or unidirectionally competitive), or occluded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were no differences in patient characteristics between the groups. The average number of revascularized coronary arteries per patient was 3.7 ± 0.8 in the CT-FFR group and 3.5 ± 0.7 in the QCA group (P = .089). The median difference in expected anastomosis sites was 2 (1-3). There was no operative mortality and no difference in morbidities between the groups. The number of perfectly patent, bidirectionally competitive, and unidirectionally competitive grafts was 167 (85.2%), 10 (5.1%), and 19 (9.7%), respectively, in the CT-FFR group (n = 196) and 133 (72.7%), 23 (12.6%), and 27 (14.8%), respectively, in the QCA group (n = 183). There was a significant difference in the number of perfectly patent grafts between the groups (P = .007).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The average number of distal anastomoses was similar between the groups. However, the number of competitive grafts was significantly reduced in the CT-FFR group compared with the QCA group.</p>","PeriodicalId":50976,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148377838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}