Read our study just published in American Journal of Cardiology: Age-Based Outcomes after #SAVR with Bioprosthetic versus Mechanical #HeartValves doi.org/10.1016/j.amjc… #StructuralHeart🫀 #aortaed Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Michel Pompeu Sá Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department

🔥Hot off the press🔥 #AortaEd Read our study just published in #JTCVS about the burden of complications on failure-to-rescue for acute type A #AorticDissections jtcvs.org/article/S0022-… Nice collaboration with #CarlosCastrillon Derek Serna-Gallegos MD George Arnaoutakis #AhmetSezer Ibrahim Sultan

Contained chronic root dissection/rupture status post tissue AVR 1999 and 2011. 15 yr old Mosaic explant pristine, no calcification. Important to excise subannular fibrous ring to max size of aortic prosthesis (permitted 27mm valve conduit). Michel Pompeu Sá Kim de la Cruz, MD FACS FACC FCCP Bo Yang

TAVR explant is the fastest growing cardiac surgical operation. Some cases require radical debridement of the aortomitral curtain. Check out our approach to this Lenox Hill Hospital. jtcvstechniques.org/article/S2666-…

🔥Hot off the press🔥 Read our new studies in American Journal of Cardiology about #mechanical vs #tissue valves in #SAVR and age 💥ajconline.org/article/S0002-… 💥ajconline.org/article/S0002-… 💥Nice collaboration with Eishan Ashwat Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Xander Jacquemyn Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department

A cohort from Germany sheds light on the outcomes for patients requiring emergency open heart surgery while undergoing TAVI. #AHAJournals #ResearchLetter Mateo Marín-Cuartas Suzanne de Waha, MD Holger Thiele Mohamed Abdel-Wahab Thilo Noack Torsten Doenst ahajrnls.org/3WviZWL

Young man, underwent mitral valve repair one year ago w all chordal "respect" technique. Developed recurrent MR several months after. Underwent redo MV repair w "resect" technique. Cristian Rosu Michel Pompeu Sá Ovidio García Stephen Spindel MD

Study shows safety and efficacy outcomes of #TAVR in patients with small aortic annuli do not differ in men and women 🔗: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… American Journal of Cardiology UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Michel Pompeu Sá Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Catalin Toma, MD Amber Makani Dustin Kliner Ibrahim Sultan

How to tackle #SVD and infective #endocarditis in patients with prior TAVR versus SAVR? Check out our review on the 'lifetime management' of aortic stenosis 👉🏻 tinyurl.com/TAVRSAVR2024

🔥Hot off the press🔥 Read our study in the Journal of #Endovascular Therapy ISEVS comparing debranching plus #TEVAR vs total arch replacement for #aortic arch pathologies #AortaEd journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… Xander Jacquemyn Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

💡Preoperative septic cerebral embolism in patients with endocarditis requiring valve surgery does not negatively affect mortality, therefore, it should not play a major role in deciding if surgery is to be performed. EJCTS_ICVTS Full text: academic.oup.com/ejcts/advance-…

Hello! Welcome to our 1st (inaugural) issue of JACC Journals #JACCCaseReports on August 7, 2024 under our new editorial board. Congrats to our new Associate Editors and team for making this our largest and most diverse issue ever. See our breadth of articles with links below!

Watch my YouTube video on our new JACC Journals #JACCCaseReports with our new editorial board on what's to come! youtu.be/PrXPGASLGcI Minnow Walsh, MD, MACC Dee Dee Wang MD Justine Varieur Turco Harlan Krumholz

Hello! Welcome to our 1st (inaugural) issue of JACC Journals #JACCCaseReports on August 7, 2024 under our new editorial board. Congrats to our new Associate Editors and team for making this our largest and most diverse issue ever. See our breadth of articles with links below!

Comparison of long-term outcomes using total arch replacement vs debranching plus #TEVAR in patients with aortic arch pathologies 🔗: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15… UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Michel Pompeu Sá Nidhi Iyanna Xander Jacquemyn Sarah Yousef Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan #TAR #Aorta

Proud of our group’s new study featured in the inaugural issue of the newly launched AATS JTCVS Structural and Endovascular Journal highlighting the variability in catheter-based skills training for CT surgery trainees. Time for standardized training! Thais Faggion Vinholo

Undersizing a mitral valve with a small ring is a bad idea, & "nature" (heart contracting >100,000x/day) will win... I am witnessing more dehissed rings requiring re-operations for recurrent MR. Rethink how to size the mitral valve orifice. Ovidio García Michel Pompeu Sá

❗️Late-Breaking Science by Torsten Doenst at #ESCCongress ❗️ 👉In a regional registry analysis, SAVR was associated with increased long-term survival compared to TAVI - independent of the region of the world! 👉 Not a single study favored TAVI 👉10 out of 13 studies favored SAVR

🔥New European Society of Cardiology guidelines for #Aortic diseases are out and I am glad to see the work developed during my recent aortic fellowship under Ibrahim Sultan and Derek Serna-Gallegos MD at Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department making its way into the guidelines. Important information about #TEVAR in #AorticDissection #IMH

We are kicking off Aortic Disease Awareness Month by honoring Dr. Michael DeBakey, a trailblazer in cardiovascular surgery. His groundbreaking work revolutionized the treatment of aortic diseases, making previously untreatable conditions manageable and saving countless lives.