Sternotomy or thoracotomy for neonatal repair of coarctation of the aorta with aortic arch hypoplasiaCentral MessagePerspective by Peter Chiu, MD, MS, Addison Gearhart, MD, Ajami Gikandi, BA, Supreet Marathe, MD, Margaret Holland, PA-C, Shinichi Goto, MD, Sunil J. Ghelani, MD, Aditya K. Kaza, MD

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A five-minute drainage assessment prevents reexploration for bleedingCentral MessagePerspective by Go Yamashita, MD, Shingo Hirao, MD, PhD, Atsushi Sugaya, MD, Jiro Sakai, MD, Tatsuhiko Komiya, MD, PhD

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Evaluating the long-term efficacy of primary surgical repair in communicating Debakey IIIB chronic dissecting aortic aneurysms by FNU Venjhraj, MBBS, Ajeet Singh, MBBS, Ravi Das, MBBS, Ashvin Kumar, MBBS

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Automated line-clearing chest tubes reduce postoperative pain and atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgeryCentral MessagePerspective by Elbert E. Heng, MD, Oluwatomisin Obafemi, MD, Danielle Mullis, BS, Alyssa Garrison, MS, Hanjay Wang, MD, Jack H. Boyd, MD

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Longitudinal assessment of health-related quality of life in patients with adult congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgeryCentral MessagePerspective by Brittany A. Potz, MD, Justin A. Robinson, MD, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, PhD, Carla Duvall, MSN, Beata Earl, BS, John Urchek, BS, Natalie Salvatore, DNP, MBA, RN, Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD, Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc

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Fifteen-year experience of direct bridge with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to heart transplantationCentral MessagePerspective by Mojgan Laali, MD, PhD, Maharajah Ponnaiah, PhD, Guillaume Coutance, MD, PhD, Guillaume Hekimian, MD, Cosimo D'Alessandro, MD, Pierre Demondion, MD, Guillaume Lebreton, MD, PhD, Pascal Leprince, MD, PhD

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Noniatrogenic hypoglycemia: A universal marker for poor outcomesCentral MessagePerspective by Hannah Rando, MD, MPH, Matthew Acton, MD, Ifeanyi Chinedozi, MD, Zachary Darby, MD, Jin Kook Kang, MD, Glenn Whitman, MD

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Commentator Discussion: Out of the ice age: Preservation of cardiac allografts with a reusable 10 °C cooler

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Commentator Discussion: Is concomitant tricuspid valve repair in patients undergoing robotic mitral valve repair safe and effective?

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Integrated vascular surgery residency to thoracic surgery fellowship: A less-known training pathway for modern cardiothoracic surgery by Vahram Ornekian, MD, Adham Ahmed, BS, Irbaz Hameed, MD

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Mitral valve replacement versus repair for severe mitral regurgitation in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fractionCentral MessagePerspective by Zara Dietze, MD, Mateo Marin-Cuartas, MD, Livia Berkei, MD, Manuela De La Cuesta, MD, Wolfgang Otto, MSc, Bettina Pfannmüller, MD, PhD, Philipp Kiefer, MD, PhD, Martin Misfeld, MD, PhD, Alexey Dashkevich, MD, PhD, Jagdip Kang, MD, Sergey Leontyev, MD, PhD, Michael A. Borger, MD, PhD, Thilo Noack, MD, PhD, Marcel Vollroth, MD

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Commentator Discussion: Malnutrition in adult patients treated with venoarterial membrane oxygenation: A descriptive cohort study

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Malnutrition in adult patients treated with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A descriptive cohort studyCentral MessagePerspective by Stacy Pelekhaty, MS, RDN, LDN, Julie Gessler, RDN, LDN, Devon Baer, RDN, LDN, Raymond Rector, CCP, Michael Plazak, PharmD, BCCP, Allison Bathula, PharmD, BCCP, Chris Wells, PhD, PT, CCS, FCCM, Aakash Shah, MD, Alison Grazioli, MD, Bradley Taylor, MD, Bartley P. Griffith, MD, Joseph Rabin, MD

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Superior transseptal versus left atriotomy approaches in isolated mitral valve surgeryCentral MessagePerspective by Zohaib R. Khawaja, BS, Gabriel E. Cambronero, MD, Yusuf M. Aboutabl, BS, Elizabeth C. Wood, MD, James E. Jordan, PhD, Timothy E. Craven, MSPH, Patrick M. Kozak, MD, Prashant D. Bhave, MD, Adrian L. Lata, MD, Edward H. Kincaid, MD, Neal D. Kon, MD, Bartlomiej R. Imielski, MD

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Predicting operative mortality in patients who undergo elective open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repairCentral MessagePerspective by Kyle W. Blackburn, BS, Susan Y. Green, MPH, Allen Kuncheria, BA, Meng Li, PhD, Adel M. Hassan, BA, Brittany Rhoades, PhD, Scott A. Weldon, MA, Subhasis Chatterjee, MD, Marc R. Moon, MD, Scott A. LeMaire, MD, Joseph S. Coselli, MD

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Outcomes following deep hypothermic circulatory arrest versus antegrade cerebral perfusion during aortic arch reconstructionCentral MessagePerspective by W. Hampton Gray, MD, Robert A. Sorabella, MD, Luz A. Padilla, MD, MSPH, Katherine Sprouse, MD, Shefali V. Shah, MD, Matthew G. Clark, MD, Carlisle O'Meara, CCP, FPP, Robert J. Dabal, MD

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The relationship of sex and aortic diameter at the time of acute type A aortic dissectionCentral MessagePerspective by Lamia Harik, MD, Mario Gaudino, MD, PhD, Mohammed Rahouma, MD, Arnaldo Dimagli, MD, Roberto Perezgrovas-Olaria, MD, Kevin R. An, MD, Talal Alzghari, MD, Giovanni Soletti, Jr., MD, Jordan Leith, BS, Gianmarco Cancelli, MD, Charles Mack, MD, Leonard N. Girardi, MD, Christopher Lau, MD

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Commentator Discussion: Fifteen years’ experience of direct bridge with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to heart transplantation

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Discussion to: Association between the proportionality of functional mitral regurgitation and survival after mitral valve operation

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Three-dimensional morphometry of the human thoracic aorta using centerline analysis based on least-squares plane fittingCentral MessagePerspective by Hiroshi Nagamine, MD, Kenji Kishita, MD, Yuta Tsukada, MD, Hiroshi Nagano, MD, Mitsuru Asano, MD

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