Functional MR: to repair or to replace❓ Nice collaboration between #DHM, Columbia Surgery and Yale Cardiac Surgery — when looking at survival in patients with #functional MR: ▫️ if age <65 → MVr > MVR (especially if ischemic MR, ↓LVEF, enlarged LV, AFib) ▫️ if age 65-75 → MVr >

Submit your abstract and have the opportunity to join us for ISCAS #ICCLondon2024 in December. A meeting dedicated to #CABG and Coronary surgery! Coronary 4Front Patrick Myers David J. Cohen, MD, MSc ERAS-CS Andrea Amabile, MD TSRA Jef Van den Eynde Michel Pompeu Sá Rafa Sádaba

What to do when in the process of valve surgery, coronary artery disease is discovered? What is best ?#PCI or #CABG? How #CABG will impact my minimally invasive or percutaneous valve surgery? Thanks Adam Pick for this interview! heart-valve-surgery.com/videos/coronar… youtu.be/exgosxtxJrM

Surreal to realize that #intern year is officially over! Grateful for all the lessons learned, the friends made, and the many people who supported me throughout the years. Excited for the next chapter 🔜

Tomorrow marks my first day at Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department where I will continue my #integrated cardiothoracic surgery training as a PGY2 🫀🫁 A sincere thank you to all those who have supported me in my training journey so far—I look forward to all that the coming years have in store!

Offpump vs onpump #CABG. The eternal debate in CT surgery. Take time to read this editorial from the founding father of off pump CABG. “What will I do when I grow up?” Coronary 4Front Faisal Bakaeen MD David J. Cohen, MD, MSc Victor Dayan Antonio di Virgilio Patrick Myers Sunil V. Rao academic.oup.com/ejcts/advance-…

Andrea Amabile, MD , laureato in UPO con lode e menzione onorevole nel 2020, del nostro Ateneo ha sempre apprezzato il mindset dinamico e le possibilità di confronto. È il più giovane membro eletto nel direttivo della ISMICS. Nel 2024 ha ricevuto il Benson R. Wilcox Award

Where are our residents when they’re not busy learning in the OR? In a #simlab refining their sternotomy, sternal closure, and emergency reentry skills! #MedEd

Thank you Malke Asaad for putting together such a wonderful conference! #IMG 🌎

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 AATS Journals AATS 🔥 20-year f/up of 2000+ patients undergoing MVR with #biological versus #mechanical prosthesis 🫀 Full text at tinyurl.com/JTCVSoutcomesM…

Have you registered yet?? Don’t miss this high level program. Learn from the experts! aovalverepairsymposium.com Nimesh Desai MD PhD Eric E. Roselli Emmanuel Lansac Gebrine El Khoury Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD, MS John J. Kelly, MD

Updating the case log for my first cardiac surgery month of PGY2 year 🫀 45 cases in 26 days — excluding ICU bronchoscopies, thoracentesis, pigtails, etc. Grateful for many supervised 'firsts'. Excited for what the future at Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department holds! 🫀🫁

It was great having Dr. Ralph J. Damiano Jr. as our first Visiting Professor of the academic year! #Afib #CoxMaze 🫀

It was fantastic to have Dr. Ralph Damiano from WashU Cardiothoracic Surgery as Visiting Professor this past week! An exciting opportunity to learn more about the surgical management of #atrial #fibrillation and to discuss some ongoing work in this field 🫀 #CoxMazeIV

I am deeply honored to be selected to serve as the inaugural International Member of the EACTS Residents' Committee 🫀🫁 Excited to represent North America and collaborate with our European colleagues on impactful initiatives ahead!

Excited to share our experience with the newest technology in #coronary #surgery: CoreKnot Micro. Published in ⁦Innovations Journal⁩ “Evaluating the Feasibility of a Novel Micro Titanium Fastener to Facilitate Robot-Assisted CABG” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…

The most important #Coronary #Surgery conference in the World. Come and join to learn the latest techniques, the most recent publications and connect with a vibrant community of #coronarysurgeons. Faisal Bakaeen MD Coronary 4Front Michel Pompeu Sá Dr Roxana Mehran Andrea Amabile, MD

Last week I had the chance to practice on the new #DaVinci5 by Intuitive with my mentor, Dr. Bonatti — amazed by the new features (and design!), including the long awaited #tactile #feedback. The future is minimally invasive 🦾