Aakash M Shah

Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident @UTHealthSA_CTS | Lead Editor of News @ArtifOrgans | Runner 🏃‍♂️

[AATS @AATSHQ]

New #congential mitral valve surgical technique: Watch surgeons use a novel custom-made polytetrafluoroethylene tricuspid valve for an infant mitral valve replacement in the video below provided by #JTCVS Techniques. Read more about the case presentation: https://t.co/I7s8OPt5PM

[Artificial Organs @ArtifOrgans]

#3DPrinted Tissue Engineering #AorticArch Reconstruction, Funding secured for #ArtificialLung, the world's first #Kidney #Xenotransplantation in a living humor donor and more
👉https://t.co/AV1axfdnqA
@Aakash21shah @AnderDorken @JohnTreffalls @Donald_chang

[Artificial Organs @ArtifOrgans]

#ArtificialTrachea transplant: Tale of two stories
👉https://t.co/VgPxp0H2v0
@Aakash21shah #Followup

[Artificial Organs @ArtifOrgans]

A #Novel #BioHybrid #RightVentricle, novel approach to #Regenerate #Thyroid glands within the spleen, and more!
👉https://t.co/Cdi6g9Dl4x
@Aakash21shah @AnderDorken @Donald_chang @JohnTreffalls

[NM Cardiovascular @NMCardioVasc]

Patrick M. McCarthy, MD, executive director of Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, helped develop a new national guideline for preventing and optimally managing atrial fibrillation, issued by the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology. @American_Heart @accintouch #afib https://t.co/82SqptBuXz

[The Society of Thoracic Surgeons @STS_CTsurgery]

Congratulations to the 2024 Extraordinary Women in Cardiothoracic Award recipients at #STS2024. We're proud to recognize Andrea Carpenter, MD, @ShandaBlackmon, MD, and @jschwabe, MD. #CTSurgery @WomenInThoracic https://t.co/T7e7GtpSrO

[University Health Structural Heart & Valve Center @UTHealthSAValve]

Our #SHD program marked to be the first program in San Antonio to successfully implant the new innovative Abbott Navitor TAVR valve in a patient diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis. Providing our patients with the latest technology @UnivHealthSA @UTHealthSA @SouthTexasMed #TAVR

[Ahmed A.Abdelrehim @AAA_elreh]

To those who are interested in submitting to cardiothoracic conferences, trainees can use our organizational system to keep track of various conference dates, locations, and abstract deadlines! And more on @ctsnetorg events tab!

https://t.co/KIK4hxKmOJ

[Aakash M Shah @aakash21shah]

A look at mitral valve therapies in Medicare pop from 2015-2020 @annalsthorsurg
—> Transcatheter therapies ⬆️ 313%
Possibly at expense of surgical therapies ⬇️ 31%
—> Adjusted reimbursement ⬇️ for all procedures

https://t.co/9Sdph89VfE

[Aakash M Shah @aakash21shah]

@cmcdonaldMD Me

[Aakash M Shah @aakash21shah]

Minithoracotomy vs Conventional Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Repair: A Randomized Clinical Trial https://t.co/tBhyVnWSpa

[Artificial Organs @ArtifOrgans]

Reliable long-term #Organ #Cryopreservation makes donor #OrganBank a feasible reality
#RecentProgress👉https://t.co/ZsHCjahfHL
@Aakash21shah #StaticColdStorage #Transplantation

[Artificial Organs @ArtifOrgans]

#Intestinal muscle patch produces #Macroscopic contractions to help with #Digestion, First-in-human use of an extracorporeal #BioartificialLiver with human-induced hepatocytes, and more👇
https://t.co/IuD5WHSbEc
@Aakash21shah @JohnTreffalls @AnderDorken #ECMO #HiHEPs

[Artificial Organs @ArtifOrgans]

Long term #OrganPreservation with #Vitrification, KidneyX Phase II winners, and more👇
https://t.co/W1qz8tmEFZ
@Aakash21shah @JohnTreffalls @AnderDorken #Microfluidics #ISHLT

[John Treffalls, MD @JohnTreffalls]

Proud to share my first paper in @annalsthorsurg! A sobering look at reimbursement trends for cardiac surgery:
→ 34% ⬇️since 2000
→ Trends varied by procedure, ranging from 44% for CABG to 25% for TVR
→ Continued advocacy from @STS_CTsurgery is needed

https://t.co/j8XSST33Gj

[Artificial Organs @ArtifOrgans]

#ArtificialSkin, Walking naturally after #SpinalCord injury using a #BrainSpine interface, and more👇
https://t.co/qwSXoVaffM
@Aakash21shah @JohnTreffalls @Donald_chang @AnderDorken #Impella

[ICU OnePager @OnePagerICU]

Understanding ventilators is🔑for everyone in the ICU.
This ICU OnePager covers:
🧰common modes (VC, PC, PRVC, PS, SIMV, APRV)
🎛️settings & examples
🟩ventilation
🟦oxygenation
⚖️pros/cons for each mode
🔍 details like trigger, cycle, limit (fellow🤓)
1/
https://t.co/X2InLzegKB

[UT Health San Antonio @UTHealthSA]

UT Health San Antonio assistant professor Mohamad Habes, PhD, is the corresponding author of a study that found lowering systolic blood pressure is more effective in preserving brain health compared to standard treatment goals.

Learn more: https://t.co/o7iOPnrc0x

[TSRA @TSRA_official]

@TSRA_official, @ThoracicStudent, and JTCVS (@AATSED) have created a 7-part primer series to introduce cardiothoracic surgery to students. We hope that surgeons and residents will share these articles with rotating students and those interested in cardiothoracic surgery.

[Artificial Organs @ArtifOrgans]

The #Economics of #ArtificialOrgans👇
https://t.co/Q4cABIo0Sz
@Aakash21shah #OrganReplacement #RecentProgress