Claire Vernon

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Featured Profile and Interview With Jean-Marc Baste, MD

June 7, 2019 | Claire Vernon…

Professor Jean-Marc Baste is a consultant surgeon in the department of cardiothoracic surgery at Rouen University Hospital in France. Prof Baste earned his MD from Bordeaux Medical School in France, after which he trained in...

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Highlighting Recent Research: Prognosis of Severe Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis With and Without Surgery

May 10, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Dr S. Chris Malaisrie, senior author of the study. The best management approach for severe aortic stenosis (AS) prior to the onset of symptoms has been a point of debate...

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Featured Profile and Interview With Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD

January 4, 2019 | Claire Vernon…

Dr Tsuyoshi Kaneko is a cardiac surgeon and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Dr Kaneko received his MD...

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Featured Profile and Interview With Viktor Hraska, M.D.

September 7, 2018 | Claire Vernon…

Dr. Viktor Hraska is a professor of surgery and the chief of the Division of Congenital Heart Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the surgical director of the...

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Innovation at the 2018 ISMICS Annual Meeting

August 17, 2018 | Claire Vernon

The 2018 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) took place in Vancouver, Canada, in June. Among the meeting sessions were the Subramanian Innovation Award...

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Highlighting Recent Research: Preoperative Renal Functional Reserve Predicts Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

June 29, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Dr Claudio Ronco, senior author of the study. Research published recently in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery suggests a new approach for evaluating a patient’s risk for acute kidney injury...

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Highlighting the Plenary Sessions at AATS 2018

May 29, 2018 | Claire Vernon

The 98th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) was held recently in San Diego, California, where more than 2,600 professional attendees gathered to discuss a variety...

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Highlighting the Joint AATS/PASCaTS Forum: Enhancing Cardiovascular Education and Skill Training in Resource-Limited Underserved Regions

May 14, 2018 | Claire Vernon

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and the Pan-African Society for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (PASCaTS) held their 6th Joint Global Forum at the recent AATS Annual Meeting in San Diego,...

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Highlighting Recent Research: Effect of Prosthesis Patient Mismatch in Mitral Position on Pulmonary Hypertension

April 27, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Prosthesis patient mismatch (PPM), where a replacement valve that is too small relative to the patient’s body size results in an increased gradient across the prosthesis, has been studied extensively...

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Featured Profile and Interview With Silvana Marasco, MBBS

March 2, 2018 | Claire Vernon…

Dr Silvana Marasco, MBBS, M Bioeth, PhD, is a cardiothoracic surgeon and the Deputy Director of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Dr Marasco...

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Featured Profile and Interview With T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA

January 3, 2018 | Claire Vernon…

T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA, is an associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery and the Director of Robotic Cardiac Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr Guy earned his MD and...

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Highlighting Recent Research: Impact of Minimally Invasive Extracorporeal Circuits on Octogenarians Undergoing CABG

December 6, 2017 | Claire Vernon

Dr Aschraf El-Essawi, the lead author on the paper. Research published recently in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery analyzed the outcomes of elderly cardiac surgery patients to evaluate whether...

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Featured Profile and Interview With Ogadinma Mgbajah, MBBS

November 8, 2017 | Ogadinma Mgbajah…

Dr Ogadinma Mgbajah is a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, and the first woman cardiothoracic surgeon in West Africa. Dr Mgbajah...

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