Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(25)01090-6
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.09.024
Alexey Abramov MD, MS , Joseph Costa DHSc, PA-C , Jake Rosen MD , Richa Asija DO, MS , Luke Benvenuto MD , Gabriela Magda MD , Lori Shah MD , Harpreet S. Grewal MD , Angela DiMango MD , Hilary Robbins MD , Selim Arcasoy MD , Bryan P. Stanifer MD, MPH , Philippe Lemaitre MD, PhD , Joshua Sonett MD , Frank D'Ovidio MD, PhD
Objective
Recent work suggests controlled hypothermic preservation (CHP) of lung donor allografts at 10 °C, when compared with standard ice cooler (IC), is associated with improved graft preservation. We hypothesized that clinical outcomes of lung transplant recipients (LTRs) with lungs subjected to increased total preservation time (TPT) at 10 °C would be noninferior.
Methods
This was a retrospective, single-center cohort study of consecutive LTRs from January 2022 to July 2024 in which we compared outcomes of LTRs from donor organs exposed to 10 °C CHP versus standard IC. Lungs meeting criteria were procured, transported in IC, and either implanted or transferred to 10 °C CHP unit until implantation.
Results
In total, 263 consecutive LTRs with 169 in the 10 °C cohort and 94 in the IC cohort were included; 251 patients (95%) survived to 90 days (161 patients [95%] 10 °C, 90 patients [96%] IC, P = .8). Overall median TPT was 7 hours, 42 minutes, significantly increased in 10 °C cohort (10 hours, 12 minutes vs 5 hours, P < .001). TPT range varied from 3 hours, 2 minutes to 22 hours, 49 minutes. When comparing LTRs with TPT over 12 hours (10 °C extended) versus others in the 10 °C cohort (10 °C regular) versus IC, there were no observed differences in primary graft dysfunction at 72 hours (P = .2), median number of days of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support (P = .4), or duration of mechanical ventilation (P = .8). Overall survival at 1 year (n = 236, [90%], P = .9) revealed no differences.
Conclusions
Extension of total preservation time with a sustainable hospital-based controlled hypothermic preservation unit at 10 °C appears to be safe and noninferior when compared with standard ice cooler preservation.
{"title":"Lung transplant outcomes after implementation of a hospital-based 10 °C controlled hypothermic organ preservation unit","authors":"Alexey Abramov MD, MS , Joseph Costa DHSc, PA-C , Jake Rosen MD , Richa Asija DO, MS , Luke Benvenuto MD , Gabriela Magda MD , Lori Shah MD , Harpreet S. Grewal MD , Angela DiMango MD , Hilary Robbins MD , Selim Arcasoy MD , Bryan P. Stanifer MD, MPH , Philippe Lemaitre MD, PhD , Joshua Sonett MD , Frank D'Ovidio MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.09.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.09.024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Recent work suggests controlled hypothermic preservation (CHP) of lung donor allografts at 10 °C, when compared with standard ice cooler (IC), is associated with improved graft preservation. We hypothesized that clinical outcomes of lung transplant recipients (LTRs) with lungs subjected to increased total preservation time (TPT) at 10 °C would be noninferior.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This was a retrospective, single-center cohort study of consecutive LTRs from January 2022 to July 2024 in which we compared outcomes of LTRs from donor organs exposed to 10 °C CHP versus standard IC. Lungs meeting criteria were procured, transported in IC, and either implanted or transferred to 10 °C CHP unit until implantation.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In total, 263 consecutive LTRs with 169 in the 10 °C cohort and 94 in the IC cohort were included; 251 patients (95%) survived to 90 days (161 patients [95%] 10 °C, 90 patients [96%] IC, <em>P</em> = .8). Overall median TPT was 7 hours, 42 minutes, significantly increased in 10 °C cohort (10 hours, 12 minutes vs 5 hours, <em>P</em> < .001). TPT range varied from 3 hours, 2 minutes to 22 hours, 49 minutes. When comparing LTRs with TPT over 12 hours (10 °C extended) versus others in the 10 °C cohort (10 °C regular) versus IC, there were no observed differences in primary graft dysfunction at 72 hours (<em>P</em> = .2), median number of days of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support (<em>P</em> = .4), or duration of mechanical ventilation (<em>P</em> = .8). Overall survival at 1 year (n = 236, [90%], <em>P</em> = .9) revealed no differences.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Extension of total preservation time with a sustainable hospital-based controlled hypothermic preservation unit at 10 °C appears to be safe and noninferior when compared with standard ice cooler preservation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":"171 2","pages":"Pages 532-539.e2"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145180252","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}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.07.020
Evan T. Alicuben MD, Ryan M. Levy MD
{"title":"Commentary: Enhance, don't replace, the tasting menu for Zenker diverticulum","authors":"Evan T. Alicuben MD, Ryan M. Levy MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.07.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.07.020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":"171 2","pages":"Pages 530-531"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676358","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}
The survival benefit of thrombolysis compared with surgical pulmonary embolectomy for high-risk pulmonary embolism has not been established, although current guidelines advocate thrombolysis as first-line therapy. This study compared the short-term outcomes of surgical pulmonary embolectomy and thrombolysis to determine the optimal treatment for high-risk pulmonary embolism.
Methods
Patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism who underwent surgical pulmonary embolectomy or thrombolysis within 2 days of admission were identified using a nationwide inpatient administrative database in Japan between July 2010 and March 2023. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality, and secondary outcomes were complications, length of hospital stay, and total hospitalization costs. Outcomes were compared using overlap weighting, with sensitivity analyses conducted using inverse probability of treatment weighting and multivariate logistic regression model.
Results
Of the 2813 eligible patients, 526 underwent surgical pulmonary embolectomy, and 2287 underwent thrombolysis. After overlap weighting, surgical pulmonary embolectomy was associated with lower in-hospital mortality (22.2% vs 30.1%, P = .002), more favorable neurological outcomes at discharge (72.5% vs 66.7%, P = .040), and higher total costs ($30,548 vs $13,374, P < .001) than thrombolysis. No significant differences were observed in complications or length of hospital stay between the 2 groups. Sensitivity analyses yielded results consistent with the primary analyses.
Conclusions
These findings suggest potential benefits of surgical pulmonary embolectomy over thrombolysis for high-risk pulmonary embolism. Surgical pulmonary embolectomy may be considered a reasonable reperfusion therapy option for suitable patients. Further research is needed to confirm these findings.
{"title":"Short-term outcomes of thrombolysis versus surgical pulmonary embolectomy in patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism","authors":"Keiichi Ishida MD, PhD , Yuji Nishimoto MD , Hiroyuki Ohbe MD, PhD , Nobutaka Ikeda MD, PhD , Toshihiko Sugiura MD, PhD , Rika Suda MD, PhD , Nobuhiro Tanabe MD, PhD , Makoto Mo MD, PhD , Yuya Kimura MD, MPH , Hiroki Matsui MPH, PhD , Hideo Yasunaga MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.07.039","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.07.039","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The survival benefit of thrombolysis compared with surgical pulmonary embolectomy for high-risk pulmonary embolism has not been established, although current guidelines advocate thrombolysis as first-line therapy. This study compared the short-term outcomes of surgical pulmonary embolectomy and thrombolysis to determine the optimal treatment for high-risk pulmonary embolism.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism who underwent surgical pulmonary embolectomy or thrombolysis within 2 days of admission were identified using a nationwide inpatient administrative database in Japan between July 2010 and March 2023. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality, and secondary outcomes were complications, length of hospital stay, and total hospitalization costs. Outcomes were compared using overlap weighting, with sensitivity analyses conducted using inverse probability of treatment weighting and multivariate logistic regression model.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of the 2813 eligible patients, 526 underwent surgical pulmonary embolectomy, and 2287 underwent thrombolysis. After overlap weighting, surgical pulmonary embolectomy was associated with lower in-hospital mortality (22.2% vs 30.1%, <em>P = .</em>002), more favorable neurological outcomes at discharge (72.5% vs 66.7%, <em>P = .</em>040), and higher total costs ($30,548 vs $13,374, <em>P</em> < .001) than thrombolysis. No significant differences were observed in complications or length of hospital stay between the 2 groups. Sensitivity analyses yielded results consistent with the primary analyses.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>These findings suggest potential benefits of surgical pulmonary embolectomy over thrombolysis for high-risk pulmonary embolism. Surgical pulmonary embolectomy may be considered a reasonable reperfusion therapy option for suitable patients. Further research is needed to confirm these findings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":"171 2","pages":"Pages 410-418.e4"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144776689","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}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.08.028
Daniel H. Drake MD
{"title":"Commentary: CATS crash TEE party","authors":"Daniel H. Drake MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.08.028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.08.028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":"171 2","pages":"Pages 398-399"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144976685","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":"Assessing the role of induction Therapy and resection in esophageal cancer","authors":"Xichen Fan MD , Yuxiang Zhao MD , Xin Zhao PhD, MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.02.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.02.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":"171 2","pages":"Page e47"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143568616","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}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.07.019
Mario Gaudino MD
{"title":"Key challenges and successful characteristics of cardiothoracic surgical trialists","authors":"Mario Gaudino MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.07.019","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.07.019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":"171 2","pages":"Pages 489-492"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676362","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}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.08.031
Belisario A. Ortiz MD , Sam K. Engrav BA , Jennifer M. Boland MD , Anja C. Roden MD , Marie-Christine Aubry MD , Farah A. Abdallah MD , Eunhee S. Yi MD , Stephen D. Cassivi MD, MS , Dennis A. Wigle MD, PhD , K. Robert Shen MD , Sahar A. Saddoughi MD, PhD , Janani S. Reisenauer MD , Luis F. Tapias MD
Objective
Intraoperative identification of lymph node (LN) involvement by carcinoma has an impact on the surgical treatment of patients with clinical stage IA non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study aimed to identify the diagnostic performance of routine intraoperative frozen section pathology (FSP) evaluation of LNs in these patients.
Methods
Patients with clinical stage IA NSCLC who underwent curative-intent lung resections between 2018 and 2023 were included. Pathology reports were retrospectively reviewed for data on LN evaluation and findings from FSP and final pathology. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated for the detection of node-positive disease.
Results
Of 1008 patients who underwent surgery during the study period, 909 (90.2%) were included in this analysis. Nodal upstaging occurred in 46 patients (5.1%), corresponding to pN1 in 31 (3.4%) and to pN2 in 15 (1.7%). FSP detected patients with node-positive disease with a sensitivity of 80.4%, specificity of 99.9%, PPV of 97.4%, and NPV of 99.0%. Of the 7016 LNs analyzed, 95 (1.4%) were involved by carcinoma on final pathology. At the LN level, FSP detected nodal disease with a sensitivity of 83.2%, specificity of 100%, PPV of 98.8%, and NPV of 99.8%. Of 565 patients with a plan to undergo sublobar resection, 556 (98.4%) had all negative LNs on FSP; only 5 (0.9%) were found to have node-positive disease on final pathology.
Conclusions
FSP performs well in detecting LN metastasis intraoperatively in patients with clinical stage IA NSCLC. FSP use should be considered as sublobar resections gain widespread application.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.08.024
Raul Caso MD, MSCI , Nanruoyi Zhou MD , Matthew Skovgard MD , Nicolas Toumbacaris MSPH , Kay See Tan PhD , Prasad S. Adusumilli MD , Manjit S. Bains MD , Matthew J. Bott MD , Robert J. Downey MD , James Huang MD , James M. Isbell MD, MSCI , Daniela Molena MD , Bernard J. Park MD , Gaetano Rocco MD , Valerie W. Rusch MD , Smita Sihag MD , David R. Jones MD , Katherine D. Gray MD
Objective
To investigate disease-free survival (DFS) of sublobar resection versus lobectomy for stage IA non−small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with preoperative high-risk features.
Methods
Data were abstracted from a prospective database to identify patients with clinical T1a-T1bN0M0 NSCLC (≤2 cm) who underwent lobectomy or sublobar resection (wedge resection or segmentectomy). 1:1 propensity matching was used to balance the dataset for forced expiratory volume in 1 second ≥60% and high-risk features: cT1b versus cT1a, standard uptake value of the primary tumor on positron emission tomography, solid versus subsolid tumor texture on computed tomography, and micropapillary/solid histology. The primary outcome was DFS.
Results
In total, 825 patients met inclusion criteria: 52% (n = 426) patients underwent lobectomy and 48% (n = 399) of patients underwent sublobar resection (45% segmentectomy, 55% wedge resection). Lobectomy was associated with more preoperative high-risk features: cT1b (P < .001), greater standard uptake value (P < .001), solid tumor texture on computed tomography (P < .001), and micropapillary/solid histology (P < .001). In total, 660 patients were included in the matched analysis with all high-risk features balanced. Nodal upstaging (N1) was greater in patients who underwent lobectomy (9.1% vs 3.4%, P = .004). Five-year DFS (85% vs 74%, P = .12) was equivalent in the matched cohort. Lobectomy was protective for recurrence in the presence of 2 or greater high-risk features: sublobar resection patients with 2 high-risk features (hazard ratio, 1.77; 95% confidence interval, 1.13-2.76, P = .012) or 3-4 high-risk features (hazard ratio, 1.97; 95% confidence interval, 1.25-3.10, P = .004) had worse DFS.
Conclusions
Lobectomy should be considered over sublobar resection for stage IA NSCLC ≤2 cm in the presence of multiple high-risk features.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.09.006
James Jaggers MD , David Winlaw MD, FRACS , Stephanie Fuller MD , Neeta Sethi MD , Lazaros Kochilas MD , Iki Adachi MD , Matthew Stone MD , Lorna Browne MD , Nee Khoo MD , Eduardo da Cruz MD , Christopher Petit MD , Damien LaPar MD, MSc , Lydia Wright MD , Karen Stout MD , Mary Donofrio MD, FAAP, FACC, FASE , James St Louis MD, FACC, FACS
{"title":"Corrigendum to “2025 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Congenital Cardiac Surgery Working Group—Expert consensus document on the management of patients with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum” (Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2025;170(2):336–352)","authors":"James Jaggers MD , David Winlaw MD, FRACS , Stephanie Fuller MD , Neeta Sethi MD , Lazaros Kochilas MD , Iki Adachi MD , Matthew Stone MD , Lorna Browne MD , Nee Khoo MD , Eduardo da Cruz MD , Christopher Petit MD , Damien LaPar MD, MSc , Lydia Wright MD , Karen Stout MD , Mary Donofrio MD, FAAP, FACC, FASE , James St Louis MD, FACC, FACS","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.09.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.09.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":"171 2","pages":"Page 348"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145372710","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}