📣First in Human The Texas Heart Institute The ISHLT Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists | SCA AATS The Texas Heart Institute Implants BiVACOR® Total Artificial Heart texasheart.org/the-texas-hear…

Today we along with The Texas Heart Institute, @BiVACOR and St. Luke's Health hosted a press conference to announce the successful completion of the first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart as part of the U.S. FDA Early Feasibility Study. #HeartFailure #MedTech

The medically dire situation, per se, is not the reason to suggest comfort care.

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Finally, an AI-powered and less user-dependent way of quantifying mitral regurgitation versus PISA. When we worked with Philips on 3D Auto CFQ, we found that the variability of the 3D-based Rvol measurement was far superior to that of 2D PISA (doi.org/10.1016/j.echo…).

Is minimally invasive surgery on your mitral valve the best option? Neelan Doolabh, M.D., Director of Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery for UT Southwestern’s Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, answers your questions.

Visual Abstract in #Anesthesiology - Association of Mechanical Energy and Power with Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Lung Resection Surgery 🖌️ ow.ly/IoPx50SSolC

Images in #Anesthesiology - From Ancient Arsenal to an Anesthetic: Historical Roles of Hyoscyamine and Aconitine in Anesthesia 📷 ow.ly/eF1V50SZGSI

The famous lung #POCUS study in #ARDS by Prof Lichtenstein’s group.

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Free for 50 days—review on Structural Cardiac Interventions in Patients with Heart Failure: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jdIG2d9GH%7… Joann Lindenfeld Dan Burkhoff MD PhD Michael Mack, MD JACC Journals American College of Cardiology European Society of Cardiology HFSA Dr. Gilbert Tang Cardiovascular Research Foundation

Now I am hiring all level. Please reach me out if you are interested in joining this endeavor, investigating the mystery of delirium pathophysiology with novel EEG device, epigenetic approach, mouse model and beyond. Best, Gen

Obstetric anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar died 50 years ago this month. She was director of Columbia’s division of anesthesia 1939–1949, and first woman to achieve full professor rank at Columbia's Physicians and Surgeons. A celebration of her legacy: cuimc.columbia.edu/news/virginia-…

MDR Gram - bacteria on VV #ECMO, RANGER STUDY 🧫 overall isolation 50%: 21% detected pre, 29% post initiation 🪦17 mortality 42%, higher if isolation before ECMO 🏥 larger annual hospital volume? lower probability of acquiring on ECMO #FOAMcc Critical Care 🔓rdcu.be/dScaF

Join us for an immersive workshop on Peri-Op Management of Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and POCUS! Engage with expert faculty, and get hands-on experience. Yale Anesthesiology Ranjit (रंजीत) Viji kurup Robert Gaiser, MD ASA®

During surgery, every move surgeons make has the reason. There shouldn’t be any meaningless move. Communication is the same. We should not ask any meaningless Qs. We need to have a reason for every Q and the way we say something.

For the critical care community these findings may be understood. For non-critical care providers - 24 hrs means limited time to reassess, escalate care, or transfer to another facility. The Golden Day slips by quickly. More to come. #Don’tSleepOnShock Sunil V. Rao Jason N. Katz

So proud of working with strong leaders like Joy Lo Chen UTSW Anesthesiology Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists SCCM UTSW Surgery UT Southwestern Medical Center SCCM Anesthesiology Section Women in Anesthesiology

Hot off the press! Jerry Estep Raymond Stainback, MD, FASE, FACC Duke Anesthesiology Madhav Swaminathan Sheela Pai Cole G. Burkhard Mackensen Kimberly Howard-Quijano Angela Pollak, MD Douglas Shook

🫀ANOTHER NEW GUIDELINE🫀 We have just released "Recommendations for Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound Nomenclature." Read it here: bit.ly/3MBN9BG #ASEGuidelines #POCUS #CardioX