The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 70: EACTS 2024

This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the 38th EACTS Annual Meeting in Lisbon.  He provides a comprehensive overview of the conference, including details about the featured speakers and the topics to be addressed by these distinguished surgeons. 

He also discusses operating room extubation for patients undergoing cardiac surgery, how small airway brush gene expression predicts chronic lung allograft dysfunction and mortality, strategies to prevent and manage hemocompatibility-related adverse events in VAD patients, and mentoring pediatric heart surgeons. 

In addition, Joel discusses a beating heart implant technique in donation after circulatory death, an excellent explanation of the full anatomy and physiology of the mitral valve, and neonatal aortic arch repair and the Warden procedure. Before closing, Joel discusses upcoming events in CT surgery. 

The Beat is taking a quick break and will be back with a new episode on September 9, 2024! 

JANS Items Mentioned

1.) Operating Room Extubation for Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A National Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis 

2.) Small Airway Brush Gene Expression Predicts Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction and Mortality 

3.) ISHLT Consensus Statement on Strategies to Prevent and Manage Hemocompatibility Related Adverse Events in VAD Patients 

4.) Mentoring Pediatric Heart Surgeons: A Difficult Road for Both Mentors and Mentees

CTSNet Content Mentioned

1.) Beating Heart Implant Technique in Donation After Circulatory Death Utilizing Ex Vivo Normothermic Organ Perfusion 

2.) The Full Anatomy and Physiology of the Mitral Valve Explained  

3.) Expert Techniques: Neonatal Aortic Arch Repair and the Warden Procedure 

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