Category: Cardiopulmonary & Thoracic

Cardiopulmonary & Thoracic

Society of Thoracic Surgeons Appoints New CEO

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) appointed Justine Varieur Turco as its CEO and executive director, effective August 31, 2026.

Cardiopulmonary & Thoracic

Lung Cancer Prediction Models Inaccurate Across Racial and Ethnic Groups

Risk-based models may improve screening efficiency compared to current guidelines, but accuracy issues remain for specific racial and ethnic populations.

Cardiopulmonary & Thoracic

Sleep, Exercise Mitigate Cardiovascular Risk From Blood Mutations

Research indicates that healthy lifestyle habits can repress the inflammatory effects of age-related genetic mutations in white blood cells.

Pulmonary Hypertension

Ralinepag Reduced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Progression

Phase 3 trial results show ralinepag significantly reduced the risk of worsening symptoms and improved exercise capacity in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients.

Pulmonary Embolism

Ai Matches Radiologists in Detecting Pulmonary Embolism

A study of more than 32,000 CTPA scans found that artificial intelligence and physicians agreed on pulmonary embolism results nearly 98% of the time, though human review caught cases the software missed.

Thoracic Surgery

Delirium Screening, Fall Prevention, Pneumonia Prevention Improve Post-Surgical Outcomes

Implementing specific protocols for older surgical patients can reduce complications such as delirium, falls, and pneumonia.

Lung Cancer

New CRISPR Can Shred Infected Cells’ DNA

Researchers have developed a new form of CRISPR technology that destroys harmful cells instead of editing their genes, while leaving healthy tissue untouched.