Kathleen Fenton shares her experiences with cardiothoracic surgery medical missions.
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September 9, 2015
In this recent interview, Leanne Harling talks to Sir Ara Darzi, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Department of Health, United Kingdom.
September 7, 2015
This video presents the case of a 37-year-old man diagnosed with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with absent pulmonary valve syndrome.
September 4, 2015
Changes in risk profile and outcomes over 40 years were assessed from the Stanford experience with heart transplant in children. Age at transplant decreased in the most recent time period from about 10 to 5.6 years. The use of mechnical support as bridge increased dramatically over the time of the study. Long-term survival increased dramatically,
August 3, 2015
In this surgical video, a modified Konno for recurrent discrete subaortic stenosis is shown. The indications for surgery were a gradient of 60 mmHg and onset of mild AR.
July 29, 2015
Duke Cameron of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, United States, discusses a variety of genetic disorders that lead to aneurysms.
July 24, 2015
In this oral history interview filmed in 2000, William Stoney talks with Anthony Dobell.
July 15, 2015
This video shows the replacement of an infected homograft in a six-year-old boy.
July 4, 2015
A novel social networking group has been formed and is entitled, "The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network." It is represented on Twitter by the handle, @TSSMN. In addition, tweets are tagged with the #TSSMN hashtag.
June 17, 2015
Robert Sade moderates a debate with Richard Ohye and James Jaggers regarding the performance of surgery by cardiothoracic surgery residents.