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This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning interviews Dr. Vince Gaudiani. They discuss his recent video series on CTSNet demonstrating techniques for cerebral protection in cardiac surgery.
March 22, 2020
Leanne Harling interviews John McKenna about his experience in the device industry side of cardiothoracic surgery.
March 22, 2020
Shanda Blackmon, Brendon Stiles, Vinay Badhwar, and Robert Cerfolio discuss maximizing efficiency in a cardiothoracic surgery practice.
March 22, 2020
Leanne Harling, Doug Mathisen, and Erino Rendina share and debate their approaches to staging, adjuvant therapy, persistent disease, and surgical removal of the primary tumor.
March 22, 2020
Joel Dunning, Aaron Morton, Jill Ley, Rick Bell, and John Whitlock discuss STS protocol for the management of cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery, an expert consensus statement that was published in January of 2017.
March 22, 2020
A panel of experts debates the threshold for aortic replacement in bicuspid aortic valve-related aortopathy.
February 25, 2020
Mohamad Bashir interviews Duke Cameron, who shares his technique for valve-sparing aortic root replacement, stressing the importance of extensive dissection of the aortic root and selection of the correct graft for the individual patient.
February 25, 2020
Leanne Harling interviews Daniela Molena about her approach to minimally invasive and robotic esophageal surgery.
February 25, 2020
Drs M. Blair Marshall, Virginia Litle, Andrea Wolf, and Mara Antonoff discuss the importance of having a support network, the joy they get from their careers and their families, and their own experiences in combining motherhood with cardiothoracic surgery.
February 25, 2020
Drs Joel Dunning, Dawn Jaroszewski, and Daniel Miller discuss the benefits that the Nuss procedure provides for patients and the criteria that they use to select patients as candidates for surgery. The panelists consider both the cosmetic and impairment aspects of pectus excavatum, and the best approaches for a stable surgical repair.
February 25, 2020
Drs Mohamad Bashir, Joseph Bavaria, Ali Khoynezhad, Martin Grabenwoger, and Heinz Jakob discuss the controversies of the treatment of thoracic aortic dissection, including risk identification, strategies for the optimal treatment approach, and the appropriate surgical intervention.