Is severe AI an absolute contraindication for Impella use in CS? Here is our report on 2 patients with severe AI who underwent axillary 5.5 as a bridge to successful VT ablation and surgical AVR.
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🏆 Our cardiothoracic ICU nurses at Westchester Medical Center won the Beacon Award for excellence in critical care! They're saving lives daily after heart surgeries with exceptional skill. #NursesWeek#BeaconAward
New adult arrhythmia research: Incomplete ablation as a mechanism of atrial fibrillation recurrence and atrial tachycardia development after maze procedure from Nippon Medical School. Read more in #JTCVS Open: https://t.co/4JHivzg5fM
Hot stuff💪Atrial and ventricular functional mitral regurgitation: prevalence, characteristics, outcomes, and disease progression https://t.co/BI4ScPNtBz
📣 A new video has been published on MMCTS
📽️ A heart transplant and concomitant hemiarch repair in a patient with a large ascending aortic aneurysm and a challenging sternal re-entry
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Suguru Ohira, MD, Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation at Westchester Medical Center, is the first in the Hudson Valley to perform a beating heart transplant! This innovative procedure keeps the heart warm and beating during transport, extending viability and donor pool.
#EditorsChoice Guidelines from @STS_CTsurgery and @EACTS w/evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis, surveillance, and indications for & conduct of surgery in pts w/acute & chronic disease of the aortic root, ascending, arch, & descending aorta👇
https://t.co/3yV7J3HvqI
I am happy to start a new chapter as I join the world class cardiac surgery team at Weill Cornell Medical Center as Surgical Director of Structural Heart Surgery @weillcornell@wcm_ctsurgery@wcmsurgery