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Free wall perforation - UPDATE! Arrived in tamponade, shock (EF10%), lactic 12, 600 plavix load. S/p 1 emergent repair, 5 d VA ECMO, 29 d impella 5.5. Rehabed, EF 30%... SURVIVED AND AT HOME! STAY HARD! David Goggins UAB Cardiovascular Institute UAB Surgery x.com/RootGal210/sta…

New JAHA pub alert 💥: Sasha Still MD shows improved outcomes with early SAVR (within 12 months of diagnosis) for symptomatic AI: ⬇️ mortality, ⬇️ # of ED visits and inpatient LOS and ⬇️ annual healthcare $$$ #whyUABCT James davies ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JA…

Early intervention makes a difference!

TODAY! 1100 CST. UAB Surgery UAB Cardiovascular Institute UAB Socially Responsible Surgery Tania K. Arora, MD, FACS

Thank you Benjamin Hambright for presenting our data on how socioeconomic status affects outcomes after acute type A dissection repair. Just an MS3 and he killed it! Equal access = surgical justice… and IT MATTERS! Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society UAB Cardiovascular Institute Think Aorta US Socially Responsible Surgery UAB Heersink School of Medicine

It’s a full house and a morning of hearing some fantastic local research with the Halsted Society! Thank you to everyone who has attended and to those who have made this week’s events possible!

Dr. Sasha Still Sasha Still MD presenting excellent outcomes UAB Cardiovascular Institute UAB Surgery after TAVR explant in a high risk population at #STSA2024 Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) #whyUABCT

Post-STEMI pap muscle rupture is deadly. Expedited management saves lives. 69 yo M s/p STEMI PCI LCx, intubated, IABP, transferred to UAB. Max support at arrival. Emergent VA ECMO. MVR within 48hrs. Decann'd, d/c'd. Doing great!! UAB Cardiovascular Institute UAB Surgery TSRA

47 yo M with ATAAD and cold R leg x 4 hr. Mild AI, 5.0cm root. Underwent RLE reperfusion at time of CPB (thanks Jarrad Rowse!), hemiarch, valve sparing root replacement. Choose you adversary wisely! Doing great postop! THINK AORTA Global UAB Surgery UAB Vascular Surgery UAB Cardiovascular Institute TSRA

🚨BREAKING NEWS: University of Texas mascot, Bevo, has been hospitalized. Bevo has been diagnosed with back pain from carrying the SEC in his first year.

Honored for the invite to represent UAB Cardiovascular Institute and discuss post-TAVR #aorticaneurysm at #ACC25 in the joint @ACC/@STS session: TAVR Here to Stay, TAVR in the Way - Emerging Challenges in Post-TAVR Cardiac Surgery.

UAB Medicine's Sasha Still, M.D., explains how a delayed diagnosis of #AorticDisease among women, who often present later and experience atypical symptoms, contributes to more complications and a higher mortality rate. 🎧 Listen here: brnw.ch/21wSq3S

A good one!

Inspiring words from 85th AATS President Dr Tirone David’s Presidential address as we celebrate his career with a technical valve symposium at University Health Network Peter Munk Cardiac Centre.

Never underestimate a centrally located structure on a non-con CT chest! 68 yo F diagnosed with pericardial cyst on CT A/P. Con CT w/ chronic TAAD with thrombosed aortic pseudoaneurysm. S/p hemiarch + in-situ proximal anastomosis. @uabcvi tmsa Radiology Bits Terumo Aortic #aortaed

High risk TAVR explant possible with lower mortality (6%) at UAB Medicine UAB Surgery UAB Cardiovascular Institute UAB Cardiovascular Disease, compared to all previously published studies. A great achievement! Let’s figure out how to do even better! The Society of Thoracic Surgeons AATS WomenInThoracicSurg