Arecent article by Hannan and coworkers 1 including almost 60,000 patients from New
York's cardiac registries forces us to reflect on the reliability of inferences made from …

In 1995, Time magazine published an article entitled ''Are Surgeons Too Creative?''that
examined the question of whether new operations should be regulated. The public and …

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and The Society of Thoracic
Surgeons (STS) have decided not to endorse the 2021 American College of …

Objective: Surgeons have been criticised for not undertaking high-quality research. This
study examines the quality of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in the cardiothoracic …

In 2006, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) announced the formation of a
new clinical research network titled,''The Network for Cardiothoracic Surgical Investigations …

Cardiac surgery has always been a unique combination of art and science. The field is
advanced by those who push the envelope by suggesting innovations. Yet promising …

Obesity has been artfully described as starvation in a sea of calories. Applying similar logic,
one might conclude that the age of information has left us desperately seeking truth in a …

Ever since the advent of percutaneous intervention (PCI) for the treatment of coronary artery
disease (CAD), the optimal choice of therapy (PCI or coronary artery bypass grafting …

We read with interest the VA CARDS (Veterans Affairs Coronary Artery Revascularization in
Diabetes) study (1) comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery …

Cardiac surgery presents specific methodological challenges in the design, implementation,
and analysis of randomized controlled trials. The purposes of this scientific statement are to …