Jo Chikwe

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March 11, 2025 | Allen Razavi…

This is the winning video from the 2024 CTSNet Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the second and third place winners. Click here to watch Dr. Allen A. Razavi’s interview with...

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August 6, 2024 | Jo Chikwe…

In this unique webinar on mitral valve guidelines, CTSNet hosted a discussion on, “How Low Can You Go? Should MVR Age Guidelines Be Lowered Due to Better Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve...

JANS Article
July 4, 2024 | Jo Chikwe

In a single-center series of 502 patients who underwent thoracoscopic ablation and left atrial appendage closure, of whom 333 had preoperative and postoperative computed tomographic imaging, complete left atrial appendage...

JANS Article
June 13, 2024 | Jo Chikwe

In this trial of 337 patients undergoing open or thoracoscopic lung resection randomized to postoperative chest drain removal based on a standard threshold of 200 mL/24 hours or 5 mL/kg/24...

JANS Article
May 29, 2024 | Jo Chikwe

The 2024 James S. Tweddell Memorial Paper for Congenital Cardiac Surgery compared mortality of 25,749 congenital surgery operations performed at 235 hospitals between 2016 and 2019, identified in the Kid’s...