This study is an overview of the impact of COVID-19 on the provision of cardiac surgery in a Lower Middle Income Country, Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with 24% of Pakistan's population living below the national poverty line before the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Cardiac
October 12, 2020
An analysis, from the cardiology viewpoint, of the MI nomenclature issues around the external validity of the EXCEL trial that undermined the EACTS support of the relevant 2018 guidelines
October 9, 2020
This is an a comprehensive consensus document on post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support (PC-ECLS) jointly released by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS).
October 8, 2020
This video demonstrates an endoscopic technique to repair the leaking mitral valve via the areola margin of the right nipple.
October 8, 2020
CTSNet Beat's premier podcast episode is hosted Nikki Stamp, an adult cardiothoracic surgeon from Australia, who discusses the use of embolic filters during cardiac surgery procedures, techniques for donor cardiac heart transplantation, sex differences in thoracic aortic disease, and for residents and trainees, there’s a segment on technique for insertion of intercostal catheters.
October 6, 2020
The authors provide a succint summary of FAQs in pediatric cardiac surgery.
October 6, 2020
The authors discuss their use of bilateral pectoralis major myocutaneous flaps based on the thoraco-acromial pedicle to manage sternal wound dehiscence in 42 patients from 2003 – 2019.
October 4, 2020
The authors are concerned about the 'deaths at home' having the greatest contribution to the excess of acute cardiovascular deaths in that period of the recent epidemic, AND LOCKDOWN in England and Wales.
October 1, 2020
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.
October 1, 2020
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.