The gloves are off and this is going to be EPIC!! Time to take on my mentor and great friend Joe Bavaria, MD. Super asymmetric BAV with severe regurgitation. Is repair ever durable or is late stenosis inevitable? Do we respect the geometry? Use patches? Or is a Ross the ideal

Day 1 of IRAD/GenTAC in 🇳🇴 is in the books! Fantastic talks covering spectrum of surgical / medical / genetic care for patients with or at risk of aortic dissection.

The formidable Shaine Morris MD MPH presenting highlights from the first ever Pediatric Aortopathy guidelines American College of Cardiology Circulation. Extremely comprehensive document to guide care of pediatric patients with aortic disease. Congratulations Shaine!

Great morning session at GenTAC Alliance in Tromso - covered a lot of ground from type B dissections - to pregnancy - to fluoroquinolones. Scott LeMaire definitely won the debate! Do not use fluoroquinolones in hereditary aortic disorders.

We're happy to see that Day 1 of the IRAD/GenTAC conference in Tromso is about how to #THINKAORTA. Our patient-led global campaign greatly values the efforts being made by leading clinicians and scientists to improve diagnosis and care in #AorticDissection.

#AtrialFibrillation #guidelines 2024 at #ESCCongress academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva… New recommendations aligned with #CARE 👇🏽 #Anticoagulation recommended in ChadVasc2 or anyone with HCM / Amyloid -> re-evaluate risk Strong focus on managing #comorbidities and symptoms!

Really enjoyed the fiery debates and great science presented at Tromso Aorta 🇳🇴 Great community of geneticists, cardiologists and aortic surgeons all coming together to advance care for our patients. Kim Eagle - your IRAD and GenTAC Alliance dreams are turning into reality!

After a summer hiatus, AATS Global Grand Rounds is back this morning with a mini-series on current trends in CABG developed by Faisal Bakaeen MD Join us! These webinars are free and provide high level content on the most up to date techniques and advances in cardiac surgery.

What are the long-term outcomes comparing valve-sparing root replacement, composite valve graft with bioprosthesis, and mechanical prosthesis? Researchers found which has the better survival rate in this #JTCVS article. Read now: doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcv…

The one and only Joe Bavaria, MD and Munir Boodhwani kick off the 6th N American Aortic Valve Repair Symposium. #AVRS2024 JEB reports a steep increase in VSRR and Ross procedures in N America CTSNet AATS The Society of Thoracic Surgeons EACTS

Munir Boodhwani presents the critically important TITAN:SvS trial - surgery vs surveillance for ascending aneurysms. We need high quality randomized data to move the field forward! #AVRS2024 Jehangir Appoo, MD, FRCSC Canadian Thoracic Aortic Collaborative CTSNet

View from the podium. Packed house for some great keynotes at #AVRS2024.

Loved the Ross session at #AVRS2024. Key part of the armamentarium for reconstructive root/valve surgery. Michael Chu Nimesh Desai MD PhD Amine Mazine Aortic Valve Repair Symposium

So good to see such a strong Canadian presence at #AVRS2024 Maral Ouzounian Mark Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD

Join us for a special #AortaChat tomorrow with the legend Dr. Joseph Coselli, MD, Executive Vice-Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at BCM Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency. We go live at 11:30 AM EST/8:30 AM PCT!

Fantastic talk by Thais Coutinho reminding us that the aorta is not just a pipe!! #AVRS2024

Joe Bavaria, MD vs Nimesh Desai MD PhD at #AVRS2024 debating Ross vs. repair in young patient with very asymmetric #BAV… the right choice is obvious…#Ross. AortaEd Maral Ouzounian