CTSNet Podcasts

Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Interview With Professor Martin Elliott

In this interview, Shruti Jayakumar and Martin Elliott discuss his path to and experience in congenital heart surgery. Professor Elliott describes the importance of recognizing the patient, safety and outcomes, leadership and teamwork, and challenges facing congenital heart surgery in the UK. He also discusses how to overcome the ethics of what surgeons do, the cost of care, and his advice for trainees.

Technical Innovations in Minimally Invasive Surgery

Mark Ferguson, Thomas D'Amico, Gaetano Rocco, Robert Cerfolio, and Linda Martin discuss technical innovations in minimally invasive thoracic surgery.

Sutureless Aortic Valves

Tom C. Nguyen, Patrick McCarthy, and Borut Gersak discuss indications for and the benefits of using sutureless valves.

CTSNet Beat: Type A Aortic Dissection, Myocardial Revascularization, and Sex Outcomes After Revascularization

In this episode, listen in as Nikki Stamp discusses recent news topics, including acute type A aortic dissection, myocardial revascularization, and the impact of sex outcomes after revascularization for multivessel coronary disease. Links to topics below:

Type A aortic dissection
https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(20)31425-9/fulltext

Myocardial revascularization
https://www.ctsnet.org/jans/myocardial-revascularization-really-necessary-patients-%E2%89%A550 

Sex outcomes after revascularization
https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(20)30397-0/fulltext 

Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Interview With Joseph Bavaria

In this interview with Joel Dunning, Joseph Bavaria reflects on his career and the initiatives advanced during his STS presidency, including collaboration with the wider cardiothoracic surgery community and advancing e-learning. Dr Bavaria is the Brooke Roberts-William Maul Measey Professor of Surgery and the Director of the Thoracic Aortic Surgery Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Safety in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Joel Dunning and Shanda Blackmon discuss safety in minimally invasive general thoracic surgery. They focus on the importance of preparation, such that a surgical team knows its course of action for potential critical events ahead of their occurance. They also discuss surgical videos of VATS bleeding events, with the intention of fostering a culture of openness where surgeons and trainees are able to learn to better manage such events.

Mitigating Cardiothoracic Surgical Global Health Disparities: A CTSNet "World Hall" Discussion

CTSNet hosted a live event, co-moderated by David Cooke, MD, of UC Davis Health and Jacques Kpodonu, MD, of Harvard Medical School and joined by an esteemed panel of international guests, that discussed global health disparities in cardiothoracic surgery.

CTSNet Beat: Premier Episode

CTSNet Beat Premier Podcast host Nikki Stamp, an adult cardiothoracic surgeon from Australia, discusses the use of embolic filters during cardiac surgery procedures, techniques for donor cardiac heart transplantation, sex differences n thoracic aortic disease, and for residents and trainees, there’s a segment on technique for insertion of intercostal catheters.

Robotic and Hybrid Coronary Revascularization

Pavan Atluri, Husam Balkhy, Eric Lehr, Johannes Bonatti, and Michael Halkos reflect on the current state of coronary surgery, the importance of the heart team, and the NIH trial comparing multi-vessel PCI to hybrid procedures.

Multidisciplinary Response to Emergencies

Jill Ley, Prakash Patel, Kathryn Gray DeAngelis, and Michael Colligan share perspectives from the nursing, anesthesiology, perfusion, and physician assistant specialties, and suggest strategies for effective team response to emergency situations.