Joel Dunning and Shanda Blackmon discuss safety in minimally invasive general thoracic surgery.
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Podcasts
October 14, 2020
CTSNet hosted a live event, co-moderated by David Cooke, MD, of UC Davis Health and Jacques Kpodonu, MD, of Harvard Medical School and joined by an esteemed panel of international guests, that discussed global health disparities in cardiothoracic surgery.
October 8, 2020
CTSNet Beat's premier podcast episode is hosted Nikki Stamp, an adult cardiothoracic surgeon from Australia, who discusses the use of embolic filters during cardiac surgery procedures, techniques for donor cardiac heart transplantation, sex differences in thoracic aortic disease, and for residents and trainees, there’s a segment on technique for insertion of intercostal catheters.
October 1, 2020
The panelists review the indications and contraindications to operative management, and also review the possible complications that may occur, as well as postoperative follow-up.
October 1, 2020
Jill Ley, Prakash Patel, Kathryn Gray DeAngelis, and Michael Colligan share perspectives from the nursing, anesthesiology, perfusion, and physician assistant specialties, and suggest strategies for effective team response to emergency situations.
October 1, 2020
Pavan Atluri, Husam Balkhy, Eric Lehr, Johannes Bonatti, and Michael Halkos reflect on the current state of coronary surgery, the importance of the heart team, and the NIH trial comparing multi-vessel PCI to hybrid procedures.
September 1, 2020
Mara Antonoff interviews Yolonda Colson about the many accomplishments of her career, and Dr Colson provides valuable advice for younger members of the specialty.
September 1, 2020
Joel Dunning speaks with Jill Ley about cardiothoracic surgery nurses at all stages of their careers.
September 1, 2020
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Wilson Szeto, Michael J. Mack, and Gilbert Tang discuss the future of transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement.
August 18, 2020
Jill Ley, Doa El-Ansary, Katijjahbe Mohd, Jenny Adams, Susan Triano, and Richard Gach discuss the origin of sternal precautions, the variability in how they are defined, and recent randomized research.