In this roundtable discussion, Brian Mitzman moderates a discussion on the challenges residents and fellows face in fulfilling specific requirements for their specialty education when they have been redeployed to work in other capacities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Critical Care
April 28, 2020
CTSNet has developed a resource to help share real time information about the COVID-19 pandemic for the cardiothoracic community.
April 22, 2020
"We were all worried about the availability of ventilators but actually you've got to have enough people to run them." Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Joel Dunning, decided to do something about it by redeploying as an ICU Nurse for the NHS, setting a great example for all clinicians being asked to consider roles outside of the comfort zone.
April 22, 2020
The authors present a case of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
April 21, 2020
Jessica Luc, Shanda Blackmon, Mahesh Ramchandani, and Nahush Mokadam discuss the topic of telemedicine for the cardiothoracic surgeon during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
April 21, 2020
CTSNet invites you to participate in the COVID-19 Message Board to offer advice, insights, algorithms, and technical tips, and to pose questions for the cardiothoracic community regarding COVID-19.
April 17, 2020
Mara Antonoff moderates a discussion with Lisa Brown, Tom Varghese, and Erin Corsini about managing an early academic career without conferences.
April 16, 2020
Joined by an expert panel of surgical colleagues, Emily Farkas moderates a session covering ethical questions for surgeons surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 16, 2020
A prepublication manuscript describing a balanced system for multidimensional decision making about timing of surgery in the COVID era.
April 16, 2020
The UNOS donor heart allocation system was revised in 2018, giving priority to patients on inpatient mechanical circulatory support (MCS). Patients admitted with heart failure-associated cardiogenic shock were tracked for the frequency of use of mechanical circulatory support before and after implementation of this change. In non-transplant center