🔥Hot off the press🔥 Read our new study in the AmJSurgery: direct aortic cannulation is safe in pts undergoing surgery for acute type A #AorticDissection #AortaEd sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Nika Samadzadeh Tabrizi Xander Jacquemyn Sarah Yousef Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department

Assessment of #MachineLearning models shows adequate to excellent performance in predicting #TAVI outcomes, future potential clinical utility 🔗: jtcvs.org/article/S0022-… AATS UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Xander Jacquemyn Ibrahim Sultan Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Michel Pompeu Sá Catalin Toma, MD Dustin Kliner #AI #JTCVS

🔥Hot off the press🔥 Read our simultaneous publication in #StructuralHeart🫀 Structural Heart at #NYValves2024 Cardiovascular Research Foundation 💥Free access here: structuralheartjournal.org/pb-assets/Heal… 💥Similar VARC-3 outcomes with #Navitor and #Evolut in small annulus Ibrahim Sultan Derek Serna-Gallegos MD UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department

🔥Hot off the press🔥 Read our study just published in #Perfusion about total #aortic arch replacement with bilateral antegrade cerebral perfusion using the “arch first” approach #AortaEd journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02… #JakeBrown Sarah Yousef Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Julie Phillippi Ibrahim Sultan

🔥Hot off the press🔥 Read our study just published in American Journal of Cardiology: #TricuspidValve replacement with mechanical versus bioprosthetic #HeartValves ajconline.org/article/S0002-… #StructuralHeart🫀 Nidhi Iyanna Nika Samadzadeh Tabrizi Xander Jacquemyn Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department

Evaluation of short- and long-term mortality and cardiovascular outcomes in #TAVI with balloon- vs self-expandable valves 🔗: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Xander Jacquemyn Jef Van den Eynde Tulio Caldonazo Aleksander Dokollari Philippe Pibarot Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan Michel Pompeu Sá

Tricuspid valve replacement with mechanical valves may offer ⬆️ long-term survival, ⬇️ risk of reoperation compared to #TVR with tissue valves 🔗: ajconline.org/article/S0002-… UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute American Journal of Cardiology Michel Pompeu Sá Xander Jacquemyn Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Sarah Yousef Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan

Mechanical valves linked to superior long-term survival after tricuspid valve replacement #cardiology Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute American Journal of Cardiology Michel Pompeu Sá Xander Jacquemyn Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Sarah Yousef Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan ow.ly/AyY450Ss6ZQ

Thrilled to welcome Clayton Rust as a research fellow in the Chan Lab at Emory. Will be an exciting next two years! #ThoracicTransplantantResearch Emory CT Surgery Residency Emory Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Emory Surgery

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

Bioprosthetic #AVR associated w/⬆️ all-cause death (marginal significance) and reoperation over time, ⬇️ major bleeding and stroke vs mechanical AVR in pts <50 🔗: ajconline.org/article/S0002-… American Journal of Cardiology UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Michel Pompeu Sá Xander Jacquemyn Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan

🔥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

Patients who undergo SAVR with #bioprosthetic valve (esp those <65 yo) experience comparable survival to mechanical #SAVR but ⬆️ rates of valve reintervention 🔗: ajconline.org/article/S0002-… American Journal of Cardiology UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Eishan Ashwat Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Michel Pompeu Sá Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan

🔥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

Our work on #TAVR in the small aortic annulus population is now out in the American Journal of Cardiology showing no differences in sex-based outcomes 📎ajconline.org/article/S0002-… Great collaboration with Michel Pompeu Sá UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department Ibrahim Sultan Derek Serna-Gallegos 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

🔥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

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

Don't miss the STS TweetChat on learning more about the secrets to avoiding common pitfalls as a CT surgeon this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 8 p.m. ET. Use #CTCareers to chat with Dr. Joseph D. Phillips, MD FACS and other surgeons nationwide. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. #CTSurgery

🔥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