Celebrating a rare event
@ClevelandClinic
we hope to see more!
Congrats to a recent all female cardiac OR team of surgeons, fellows, perfusionists, nurses & anesthesiologists🫀
Women comprise 6.2% of adult cardiac surgeons in the US:
#womeninmedicine
We’ve completed more than 4,000 consecutive isolated mitral valve repairs
@ClevelandClinic
without a perioperative death.
Our team shares cultural & technical factors behind that achievement as well as persistent repair durability.
@AskDrMarc
Renowed Surgeon Dr. Bruce Lytle sits down for a Fireside Chat with
@EricRoselliMD
to discuss the history of Thoracic Aortic Surgery in Cleveland and the US
Removing MAC is technically challenging, but it offers the best chance for optimal sizing & seating of a prosthetic valve for patients undergoing mitral valve replacement.
@HElgharablyMD
&
@SergeHarbMD
share technical advice.
@CCFcards
@CCF_CTSRes
Congratulations to the 2023 HFSA Lifetime Achievement Award winner Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FHFSA 👏 The award will be presented on October 7th at
#HFSA2023
in Cleveland, Ohio!
Learn more
@rcstarling
@ClevelandClinic
@CleClinicHVTI
Honored to have
@MadalinaGarbi
serve as our
#GrandRounds
Visiting Professor
@ClevelandClinic
- the world’s largest valve center! Reinforces the importance of academic collaboration & exchanges.
Mitral annular disjunction: lessons learned & new ideas to explore.
@CCFcards
“Great leaders are driven by mission & high moral values.”
@LarsSvenssonMD
gives his presidential address @
#AATS2024
.
He says leaders must have the courage to create a vision based on challenges, opportunities & you must have integrity & motivate your team to a higher purpose.
#AHA22
CV Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery & Anti-Obesity Medication in Pts with New Onset HF & Obesity.
Study shows in pts with obesity & HF, bariatric surgery can decrease risk of readmission for HF, more importantly the risk of dying.
@AmgadMentias
@DesaiMilindY
@Ali_Aminian_MD
A recent guideline downgrade of coronary artery bypass graft surgery relative to medical therapy is unjustified & not based on assessment of all evidence to date, contends one of our cardiothoracic surgeons.
@FaisalBakaeen
@CCF_CTSRes
A good valve repair for IE is better than a valve replacement, which is better than a bad repair. An expert surgeon & other clinicians from
@ClevelandClinic
share this & other principles of valve care in this setting.
@ShinyaUnai_MD
@CCF_CTSRes
@CCFcards
This
@ClevelandClinic
virtual symposium on 9/17 is designed to provide guidance on the optimal utilization of echocardiography in managing structural & valvular heart disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathies & endocarditis.
Register for free @ link:
#EPeeps
- join us
@ClevelandClinic
’s Global EP Summit 9/23-24!
Leaders in EP research & clinical practice will provide an in-depth review of current state of the art practices in managing AF, VT, VF & other
#arrhythmia
-based syndromes.
Link:
@omwazni
#AHA22
Oral presentation: Effect of Mavacamten on Diastolic Function in Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Insights From the VALOR-HCM Study.
@PaulCremerMD
@CCFcards
@FaisalBakaeen
gives us a preview of the Adult Cardiac Trials & Trends Session & his presentation: Harmonizing Guidelines & other Clinical Practice Documents: A Joint Comprehensive Methodology Manual by
@AATSHQ
,
@EACTS
,
@thoracic
&
@STS_CTsurgery
.
➡️ Sun 4/28, 7:30-9am in 718B
Treating extensive aortic aneurysm disease with descending thoracic aorta stent grafting followed later by distal open completion can yield outcomes comparable to those with open repair, a large series shows.
@EricRoselliMD
@FrankCaputoMD
#AortaEd
Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis in African Americans: What physicians need to know - this virtual activity will bring awareness to providers managing care in this population.
Register (free) to join
@maz_hanna
&
@DebbieKwonMD
Tuesday, 8/24, 6-7pm EST
@ClevelandClinic
cardiothoracic surgeon
@Dr_HaniNajm
has further refined his novel surgical technique for repairing the anomalous aortic origin of the left coronary artery with transseptal course behind the right ventricular outflow tract.
@CleClinicKids
Busy weekend for
@ClevelandClinic
’s Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute!
Registration is closing at 9:45 am EST for our
#SportsCardiology
Symposium starting @ 10am today! Link:
Check out
@CleClinicMD
’s
#AATS2022
participation details in images below ⬇️
When treating this medical emergency in patients without acute coronary syndrome, focus on prompt rhythm control rather than coronary assessment, so concludes a retrospective study from a
@ClevelandClinic
registry.
@aymanhusseinmd
@Dr_Santangeli
@omwazni
#AHA22
Poster presentation: Diagnostic Yield of Screening & Associated Factors for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis in Severe AS.
Prevalence of TTR-CA in severe AS lower than previously cited, likely due to the expanded indication for
#TAVR
.
@BryanAbadie
@tavrkapadia
@CCFcards
Learn from the
#HCM
expert!
@DesaiMilindY
discusses current & evolving understanding in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at a recent
@ClevelandClinic
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
#GrandRounds
.
Link to watch online:
A large retrospective cohort study
@ClevelandClinic
supports the need for sex-specific evaluation & management of patients even in the early stages of aortic stenosis.
@venumenon10
@SergeHarbMD
@ClevelandClinic
-Led Trial Finds Testosterone-Replacement Therapy Does Not Increase Incidence of Major Adverse Cardiac Events for Men with Low Testosterone.
#ENDO23
➡️
Results from the “Efficacy and Safety of Lepodisiran: An Extended Duration Short-Interfering RNA Targeting Lipoprotein(a) Study” were presented by
@ClevelandClinic
’s Dr. Steven Nissen @
#AHA2023
during a late-breaking science session.
Press release:
New Tall Rounds programs available online:
#COVID19
& CV Issues,
#ECMO
in the Adult Patient, Getting to the Root of Thoracic
#Aneurysms
, Post
#Fontan
Management - free registration to watch, offering complimentary CME - link to access
@EricRoselliMD
Ryan Keely, RN of 13 years in HVTI
@ClevelandClinic
, sponsored the 2nd Annual
#MentalHealthAwareness
Day.
Ryan has turned his own hardships into influencing others with profound impact, reminding us to reflect daily on all we have to be grateful for.
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