A very complex and exciting case of redo mitral valve repair. #CardiacSurgery #Cardiology #HeartSurgery #Hospital #MitralValve #MitralValveRepair #Redo #SurgeryOfTheDay #Medicine #Doctors #Surgeon

During this meeting we discussed non-invasive methods of determining sternum bone quality for predicting the risk of postop sternal dehiscence! #CARSIL #CardiacSurgery #Innovation #Lab #Surgery #Surgeon #HeartSurgery #Medicine #Cardiology #Sternum #SternalDehiscence

A contained dissection of the ascending aorta in a patient with Marfan Syndrome. The procedure, performed by Gianluigi Bisleri, MD, is a valve-sparing aortic root replacement with annular stabilization. #MarfanSyndrome #Marfan #AorticSurgery #Cardiology #SurgeryVideos

Massive #ascending #aorta #aneurysm with #arch involvement (9x8 cm) - pt underwent total arch replacement #badaorta KingstonHSC Queen's University Grayson Wheatley MD Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD Timo T Soderlund Vascupedia TheMarfanFoundation @CARSILab

At last week’s meeting we discussed mitochondrial correlates of atrial fibrillation and left atrial speckle tracking echocardiography in order to quantify the mechanical strain of the left atrium. #CARSIL #AtrialFibrillation #HeartSurgery #Cardiology #Research #Echocardiography

Amazing work Andres Enriquez in such a challenging area!!

Our most recent collaborative paper with the EP colleagues about #hybrid #ablation #atrialfibrillation and #lesion validation with advanced mapping - Research@Queen's University KingstonHSC CarSIL KGH Research Benedict Glover Andres Enriquez

Very interesting discussion CarSIL about #TAVI and parameters for consistent #data collection when comparing #outcomes with traditional #surgical treatment

#heartfailure #stemcells #regenerativemedicine

Very interesting and timely work by Malak Elbatarny about #endocarditis and #addiction #management in pts who inject drugs Research@Queen's University KingstonHSC KGH Research General Hospital Psychiatry Dr. John Whyte sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This patient underwent radiofrequency ablation (RFA), a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) using the left and right internal mammary arteries, and an aortic valve replacement (AVR) 😲 Surgery performed by Gianluigi Bisleri, MD #CarSIL #Ablation #CABG #ValveReplacement #AVR

Beautiful demonstration of persistent electrical isolation after surgical #left #atrial #maze with #cryo (2 yrs after surgery) - tachycardia from right atrial free wall -#HDgrid Andres Enriquez Adrian Baranchuk MD FACC FRCPC FCCS FSIAC KingstonHSC Research@Queen's University CarSIL Niv Ad, MD

Excited to share our tutorial about #endoscopic #radial #artery #harvesting with a non-sealed approach CarSIL Research@Queen's University KingstonHSC KGH Research MedtronicCA @Medtronic mmcts.org/tutorial/1258

At this meeting we discussed a study design geared towards evaluating the optimal single-dose del Nido cardioplegia formulation for improved myocardial protection and recovery during cardiac surgery. #Perfusion #Cardioplegia #delNido #CarSIL