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Podcast
#68: STS Summer Series: Controversial Cases in Mitral Disease–Surgical and Transcatheter Treatments

An expert panel debate the merits of surgical versus transcatheter treatments and review challenging mitral valve cases such as degenerative mitral regurgitation, mitral annular calcification, functional mitral valve regurgitation, and failed bioprosthetic mitral valve.

1 hr. 12 min.

Minor Data Requests–For Research Purposes

Podcast
#64: STS Summer Series: SAVR vs. TAVR: Controversial Cases and Insights from the Experts

A panel of cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiologists review challenging cases of aortic stenosis and debate the merits of SAVR vs. TAVR as the preferred treatment.

1 hr. 3 min.

Podcast
#58: STS Summer Series: Early Career Surgeons, COVID-19, and the Future

They also discuss the expanding role of telemedicine and silver linings from the COVID pandemic.

1 hr. 1 min.

Annals of Thoracic Surgery Podcast - Beyond the Abstract

Podcast
#57: Beyond the Abstract: STS Practice Survey

Mandatory cognitive testing, increasing the number of women in the workforce, and job satisfaction are a few of the topics that are addressed.

17 min.

Video
8 in 8 Series: Vasoplegic Shock

Vasoplegic shock after cardiopulmonary bypass is characterized by refractory hypotension and high cardiac output with systemic vasodilatation. It also is associated with increased mortality. In this video, the latest strategies to prevent, mitigate, and treat this common problem are discussed.

Presenter:
Subhasis Chatterjee, MD
Baylor College of Medicine

Contributor:
Joseph Rabin, MD
University of Maryland Medical Center

9 min.

Blog
COVID-19 Challenges Surgeons to ‘Embrace the Changes’ in Health Care

Dr. Sara J. Pereira shares her experience in Birmingham, Alabama, describing how the pandemic has created a renewed role for telemedicine and the reality of disease progression in patients whose care has been delayed.

May 11, 2020

7 min read

Sara J. Pereira, MD

Blog
Cardiothoracic Surgeons Offer Compassion, Perseverance, and Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dr. Vinod H. Thourani describes how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting cardiothoracic surgeons and their patients and how the specialty is uniquely equipped to handle the high-intensity work of actively managing COVID-19 patients.

May 4, 2020

4 min read

Vinod H. Thourani, MD

Resource
Resource Utilization Tool for Cardiac Surgery

Apr 2, 2020

Blog
COVID-19: The US Perspective

Dr. T. Sloane Guy describes how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting hospitals and patients in the US and what it means for the cardiothoracic surgery specialty.

Mar 19, 2020

5 min read

T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA

Blog
COVID-19: the Hong Kong Perspective

Dr. Alan D. L. Sihoe offers an international perspective on COVID-19 and shares his personal experience and thoughts on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected Hong Kong and what it means for the rest of the world.

Mar 19, 2020

7 min read

Alan D. L. Sihoe, MBBChir, MA

Blog
Lung Cancer Screening Saves Lives!

Dr. Douglas E. Wood describes the findings from the NELSON trial and what they mean for policy and program development for lung cancer early detection through CT screening.

Jan 8, 2020

7 min read

Douglas E. Wood, MD

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