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A tool to assess nontechnical skills of perfusionists in the cardiac operating room.

Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

This study aimed to develop the Perfusionists' Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills tool, specifically to the perfusionists' context, and test its inter-rater reliability. An expert panel was convened to review existing surgical nontechnical skills taxonomies and develop the Perfusionists' Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills tool. During a workshop ...

Limitations of receiver operating characteristic curve on imbalanced data: Assist device mortality risk scores.

Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

In the left ventricular assist device domain, the receiver operating characteristic is a commonly applied metric of performance of classifiers. However, the receiver operating characteristic can provide a distorted view of classifiers' ability to predict short-term mortality due to the overwhelmingly greater proportion of patients who survive, that...

Comparison of SYNTAX score strata effects of percutaneous and surgical revascularization trials: A meta-analysis.

Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

The evidence supporting the use of the Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With TAXUS and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score for risk stratification is controversial. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of all the randomized controlled trials comparing percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafti...

Commentary: To classify means to choose a threshold.

Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Discussion.

Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Commentary: Sublobar resection for ground-glass opacity: Is less really more?

Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Gender trends in cardiothoracic surgery authorship.

Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

In recent years, the historically low proportion of women cardiothoracic surgeons and trainees has been a subject of intense focus. Publications remain a key metric of academic success and career advancement. We sought to identify trends in the gender of first and last author publications in cardiothoracic surgery. We searched for publications betw...

Commentary: Surgical aortic valve replacement for the younger patient, but which one?

Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Commentary: Mitral bioprosthesis versus mechanical prosthesis in severe chronic mitral regurgitation: Bioprosthesis wins...

Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Commentary: Just keep spinning.

Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery