Microplastics are a hot topic, but what do we know about how they affect the body? Expert Adam Soloff, PhD, of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, discusses how microplastics are affecting health with host Erika Moseson, MD, live at #ATS2025. Watch the full episode or listen wherever

Live from Istanbul 🇹🇷 Our PGY-3 Kei Kobayashi presenting on #TAVR after #SAVR at ISMICSofficial 🫀 Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Carlos E. Diaz-Castrillon Irsa Hasan Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan

National Readmissions Database study finds differential association between teaching hospital status and 90-day readmission mortality in patients who underwent #TAVR 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40433130/ CJC Journals Carlos E. Diaz-Castrillon Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Irsa Hasan Ibrahim Sultan UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Pitt Cardiology

Meta-analysis demonstrates no statistically significant difference in all-cause death after TAVI with self-expandable valves vs balloon-expandable valves 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40414661/ Xander Jacquemyn Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Michel Pompeu Sá #TAVR #TAVI

Congratulations to Dr. Yeahwa Hong, newly elected President of the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs for Young Innovators (ASAIOfyi) for the 2025-27 term! UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute UPMC Physician Resources Yeahwa Hong Pitt Cardiology UPMC UPMC Pitt Surgery ASAIO #ASAIO2025

Minimally invasive and #robotic approaches to #LVAD implantation: evolving techniques 🫀 An expert review by Nick Hess, Martin Winter, Andrea Amabile, MD, Faaz Ashraf, Dr. Kaczorowski and Dr. Bonatti 👉🏻 tinyurl.com/roboticLVAD

Honored to see our work in #robotic cardiac surgery selected for presentation at the 2025 Society of Robotic Surgery | SRS Annual Meeting 🇫🇷 Thank you Drs. Johannes Bonatti and Alfonso Agnino Cardiochirurgo for your continued mentorship and invaluable support! #SRS2025

Today we had the pleasure to host Dr. Nasser Altorki as our visiting professor for our annual Henry T. Bahnson Lecture. Thank you Dr. Altorki for your lecture on Sublobar resection for Early-Stage Lung Cancer: The Promise and the Challenge.Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department Pitt Surgery

Enjoyed presenting our experience with totally endoscopic #robotic myocardial bridge unroofing today at #STSCoronary2025 🫀 Thanks The Society of Thoracic Surgeons The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) & Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department for the opportunity!

Congratulations to our resident Andrea Amabile, MD on receiving the 2025 TSF/STS Coronary Conference Scholarship! 🏅 Pictured here with The Society of Thoracic Surgeons President Dr. Joe Sabik and STS Coronary Course Director Dr. Marc Ruel, MD, MPH at #STSCoronary2025 🫀

Single institution retrospective study shows that in patients with cT1N0M0 large-cell neuroendocrine cancer, sublobar resection may be inferior to lobectomy in long-term locoregional disease control 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40525179/ Yota Suzuki The Annals of Thoracic Surgery #LCNEC #ShortReports

Case series demonstrates that total robotic resection of superior sulcus tumors appears to be feasible and safe 🔗📹: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40525146/ Yota Suzuki Chigo Ekeke M.D The Annals of Thoracic Surgery #CaseSeries #ShortReports #RoboticSurgery

Significant tricuspid regurgitation before #TAVI is associated with poor outcomes post TAVI; 12% of cohort had >/=moderate TR 1 year after TAVI 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40530488/ Sarah Yousef Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Amber Makani Irsa Hasan Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan AmericanHeart

Registry study explores differences in exercise capacity b/w extracardiac conduit & lateral tunnel #Fontan; ECC performed better on exercise capacity parameters but w/implications of limited clinical value 🔗: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12… Laura Seese MDPI UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Congratulations to our T32 Scholars, Dr. Marissa Matto and Dr. Veenah Stoll, on a job well done presenting at the Western Thoracic Surgical Association’s 51st Annual Meeting! Western Thoracic Surgical Association UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh #WTSA #T32 #Research #SurgeonScientist

Observational study of #TAVI for aortic stenosis: significant mitral regurgitation before and after TAVI associated with ⬇️ survival 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39322054/ Ibrahim Sultan Sarah Yousef Michel Pompeu Sá Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Amber Makani The Annals of Thoracic Surgery #AorticStenosis

Retrospective review of over 500 patients shows reoperative fundoplication after failed antireflux surgery can be performed with favorable outcomes 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40582586/ Dongning Zhang AATS #JTCVS #GERD #BenignEsophagus #MinimallyInvasiveSurgery #Fundoplication

Mid-term reassessment following 2018 heart allocation system change shows success in ⬆️ waitlist survival and maintaining post #transplant survival rates 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40607855/ Yeahwa Hong Ander Dorken Gallastegi David Kaczorowski Gavin Hickey Pitt Surgery Pitt Cardiology Circ: Heart Failure United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)