Content from the Journal of the American Neurological Surgeons.
To be reading this, you either already are or are on the way to becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon. Career choice is no longer an issue. The important concern going forward on your career pathway is the quality of your life, both in its professional and personal aspects. How does a CT surgeon maximize his or…
By A. Sampath Kumar, MD Video:
By A. Sampath Kumar, MD Video:
When I was asked to write a statement on why I chose to become a Cardiothoracic Surgeon, that request resulted in setting aside some time for deep reflection and thought. As one reflects over a practice career of 32 years in academic medicine plus seven years in training, it causes one to think – Why…
By Clifton C. Reade, MD, Alan P. Kypson, MD, Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, and W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., MD STSA 2006 Video: Coming Soon!
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All of us look back with fondness upon the golden years of cardiothoracic surgery, when surgical pioneers attempted and succeeded in performing daring operations and pushing the realm of the possible. The birth of our specialty was one of the most exciting times in the history of medicine. The rapid advances and unbelievable nature of…
By Hazim J. Safi, MD, Anthony L. Estrera, MD, Eyal Porat, MD, Ali Azizzadeh, MD, and Riad Meada, MD STSA 2006 Video:
By Andreas Zierer, MD and Marc R. Moon, MD STSA 2006 Video:
Introduction This essay is the product of a request, and represents no small creative struggle on my part—the struggle being what will I write that may be useful, meaningful and provide insight to others about my professional life. The stated purpose of the request is to provide the reader, presumably students (college, or perhaps medical…
Drs. Pelletier and Jacobs, in a follow-up article to their Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis review, have now provided us with an outstanding summary of the current approaches to the “modified” Fontan procedure. This work describes the two primary techniques currently used for the “modified” Fontan operation, the lateral tunnel and the extracardiac Fontan. The superb drawings…
Drs. Pelletier and Jacobs have given us a beautiful series of drawings illustrating the technique for these two Stage II operations for patients with a single ventricle. It is very interesting that the results of the two different techniques, as shown in Table 1, are nearly identical. The hemi-Fontan operation, as illustrated in these drawings,…
Author # Patients Type ofCavopulmonaryConnection CardiopulmonaryBypass Strategy Mean Age(months) Mean Weight(Kg) HospitalSurvival% Mean SaO2(%) atDischarge Morbidity Douglas91999 114 HF DHCA 5.4 6.1 98 80 CHB 1.8%SND 5.3%PAT 4.4% Aeba112000 35 BCPC CPBModerate hypothermia 14 — 89 82 PAT 2.9% Jaquiss142004 85 BCPC CPBModerateHypothermia I. < 4 II. >4 I. 4.8 II. 5.8 I. 100 II.…
