Aurelie Merlo

Cardiac surgeon at UNC. Passion for operating, teaching, research. Hobbies include rowing, soccer, new foods, sleeping. Tweets my own.

[The ISHLT @ISHLT]

November #ISHLTJournalWatch on #CTSurgery, edited by @AurelieMerlo and featuring:
1⃣ Dual 🫀🫁 #DCD donors and #ThoracicTx outcomes
2⃣ Centralized static #EVLP
3⃣ Clinical outcomes for #CardiogenicShock patients with #Impella

Read 📚: https://t.co/bmmRhrClUj

[Aurelie Merlo @AurelieMerlo]

Excited to hear Dr. @EmilyTeeterMD’s talk on “The ERAS Multidisciplinary Team”. Way to represent UNC and CT anesthesia at @STS2023!

[Robert Mentz, MD @robmentz]

JCF is now accepting applications for our next round of the 🌟Reviewer Mentorship Program🌟

The program last yr was a huge success. Lots of learnings & tangible output including many JCF editorials!

Mentees & Mentors Apply now

Due Nov 21!!

https://t.co/KmxcHVxLsA

[Aurelie Merlo @AurelieMerlo]

Cool case with @tommycaranasos. MVR maze and AVR with modified manougian root enlargement. Able to upsize from a 19mm to a 23mm! Here’s our case series on this technique https://t.co/yzEaBEgEX4. @julia_brickey

[Aurelie Merlo @AurelieMerlo]

What do we know about how lung cancer patients experience surgery? Our study tries to answer that question. @gitamody @UNCCTsurgery 👉🏻 https://t.co/Uzryuodt5R

[Aurelie Merlo @AurelieMerlo]

@yasirjawaid888 @CT_RyanMD @JasonKatzMD @Mitrovalvology @UNCSurgery @UNCCardiology @JCardFail We have found it works well. We typically use a 25Fr cannula with good success. In our case series of 13 patients none of them had problems with inadequate drainage.

[Aurelie Merlo @AurelieMerlo]

@CT_RyanMD @JasonKatzMD @Mitrovalvology @yasirjawaid888 @UNCSurgery @UNCCardiology @JCardFail It’s a multi stage cannula which we thinks helps get better drainage of both the left atrium and the right atrium and even the IVC.

[Aurelie Merlo @AurelieMerlo]

@Babar_Basir @JasonKatzMD @UNCSurgery @UNCCardiology @JCardFail The cost was calculated by adding the cost of the cannula ~ $500 to the cath lab cost which is $3,946. The same was done for the ecpella side (device + cath lab cost). It does not include the cost of the ecmo circuit which is $11-17,000 and would be the same for each side.