Pulmonary endoarterectomy is the treatment of choice in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Traditionally, PEA is achieved by adopting periods of deep hypothermia at 18° Celsius and circulatory arrest. We present an alternative strategy, based on the application of a negative pressure in the left chambers and also in the superior vena cava.
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Cardiac
May 6, 2009
It was a clear, cool fall morning of my first year in medical school. I had remembered that we were scheduled to have a special guest for our 8 AM lecture that morning, but little did I know how much that lecture would change my life.
May 6, 2009
The current “traditional” method for training cardiothoracic surgeons (five years of general surgery and two-three years of thoracic) dates back 80 years to a time in which the specialty consisted of operations for empyemas and tuberculosis. Needless to say, over the course of the last 80 years, the field of cardiothoracic surgery has changed dramatically.
March 29, 2009
Patient SelectionCoronary angiography in the setting of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is important diagnostic tool for the evaluation of bypass graft patency in patients presenting with angina or ischemia.
February 23, 2009
A multidisciplinary team approach is demonstrated to close coronary fistula in a 79-year old patient. All steps from diagnosis to treatment of this rare clinical case are shown.
February 5, 2009
The field of cardiothoracic surgery is undergoing a transition. Arguably, the entire field of medicine is undergoing an even more significant one.
January 20, 2009
STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting
December 17, 2008
STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting
December 14, 2008
STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting