So grateful to have Sanjay Desai as Duke Clinical Research Institute fellows’ visiting professor, sharing his insights on education, mentorship and problem solving Andrew Vekstein, M.D. Vishal Rao Kelly Arps, MD Anthony Peters Konstantin Krychtiuk Kenneth Taylor Sana Al-Khatib

This was a fun one to write! ✍️#sciencewriting

Part of the DukeCTSurgery cohort on Day 0 of #AATS2022! Brittany Zwischenberger, MD Omar Jarral @RanneyDave Muath Bishawi Andrew Vekstein, M.D. and Dr Glower Duke Surgery Duke Heart AATS #AorticSymposium #MitralConclave #AATSBackTogether Duke Center for Aortic Disease

A team at Duke Health has performed what is believed to be the world’s first partial #hearttransplant, with the living arteries & valves from a freshly donated heart fused onto a patient’s existing heart. corporate.dukehealth.org/news/duke-heal… Duke Heart | DukeCTSurgery | Duke Surgery

Congratulations to Stephanie G Worrell, MD FACS Philip Linden and team on this thought provoking paper on the potential impacts of DM on pathologic complete response. Unique way to utilize the The Society of Thoracic Surgeons GTSD! authors.elsevier.com/c/1fjBwovKZfl7

cell.com/cell-stem-cell… Online today in Cell Stem Cell we find regeneration-associated enhancers of #zebrafish origin (called TREEs) can be used in AAVs to localize delivery of a payload to mammalian heart attack sites. Can focus a regeneration response and improve heart function.

Our The Society of Thoracic Surgeons paper comparing US News hospital rankings with STS heart surgery outcomes is published today! ...on the same day Harvard Medical School withdraws from US News 🔹Perhaps hospitals should follow suit? DukeCTSurgery Duke Surgery Duke Clinical Research Institute sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A great example of collaboration between Cardiac Surgeons and Cardiologists. When evaluated for both TEER and Surgical MVr, patients benefit. @A_Lowenstern Duke Clinical Research Institute

Editors’ Insights: Many would think a transcatheter mitral valve repair program might cause a reduction in surgical cases, but new research suggests it can improve surgical outcomes without reducing volumes – what do you think? bit.ly/3YAXySs #JACC #TMVR #vhdMR #TEER

.Andrew Vekstein, M.D. et al on Selective Sinus Replacement for Aortic Root Aneurysm: Durable Approach in Selected Patients: doi.org/10.1016/j.atho… #AnnalsImages G C Hughes E. Hope Weissler Ryan Plichta Jacob Niall Schroder Duke Center for Aortic Disease

Meet Donavon Harbison, the second person in the world to receive a new type of titanium artificial heart, & second type of artificial heart technology Duke helped to pioneer. More: duke.is/r/png5 @dukeheartcenter | @DukeCTsurgery | Duke Heart Failure | Duke University | @Bivacor

A groundbreaking moment at Duke! A young father from Graham, NC, becomes the second person in the world to receive a BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart. bit.ly/3BwIoqT