Check out CTSNet’s most popular articles from February! Top content included an orthotopic heart transplant, recorded sessions from the London Core Review Cardiothoracic Surgery Course, JANS articles highlighting recent game-changing studies, and more. 🔗 ow.ly/vOJZ50QJqCB

📋We reported a successful minimally invasive approach for a complex case of failed percutaneous ASD closure associated with TR. ❗️CT showed dislodgement of the occluder and embolization to the superior mesenteric artery causing its total occlusion. 🔗shorturl.at/DIXZ9

"The better the surgeon, the better the outcomes." We will once again discuss with Torsten Doenst the newest and most relevant publications in the field of coronary surgery in the last 12 months. Now on every podcast platform: open.spotify.com/episode/5aGQed… podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/wha…

Do you cannulate the groin surgically or percutaneously during minimally invasive cardiac surgery? 👉Surgical groin cannulation in MICS is associated with a higher incidence of access site complications and with longer procedural time! 👉t.ly/__Db3 for more!

⏱️🫀☝🏻Systematically assessed clinical data suggests that patient’s age speeds up the rise in mortality risk as the aortic cross-clamp clock is ticking 🚲🏍️ 🔗 thieme-connect.com/products/ejour…

✌️three fingers up for a tripple minimally-invasive full arterial off-pump CABG htc_jena ! LIMA to LAD, a T-graft radial to D1 and PDA Intraoperative video and postoperative and discharge photos of a happy patient (and physician)🏥

🔍 Age, even when comorbidities are isolated, remains a significant risk factor for mortality. This work, analyzing 32 studies and 18,256 patients, found that cross-clamp time correlated with mortality, being older patients at higher risk 🏥🩺 🔗 shorturl.at/kpvIN

How do you stay informed and up to date as a cardiac surgeon❓ 👉the easy way to do it: Cardiac surgery reviewed summarizes the most relevant publications every year‼️ 👉find out the latest review The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon here: t.ly/cuiag

👉CABG is associated with superior long-term survival compared to PCI in patients with chronic total occlusion! 👉This survival advantage is associated with fewer events of MI and repeat revascularization. Find out more here: t.ly/ad9y6

❗️Check out this new risk-adjusted analysis with 3,535 patients 👉🏻Elective CABG patients with elevated MELD-XI scores are at increased risk for perioperative mortality and morbidity 👉🏻This risk can be significantly mitigated by performing CABG Off-Pump 🔗shorturl.at/X8ryo

🤔 What do medical therapy compliance and competent valves have in common: 🫀Check out our new editorial in EJCTS! #cardiac_surgery #mitral_valve #tricuspid_valve 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/…

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A new episode of A Cut Above is out now! 🎙🎧 This month, our hosts Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü and @Miia_ll explore the future of coronary surgery with renowned experts: Sigrid Sandner, Anders Jeppsson and Torsten Doenst. 📲 Available to download on all major platforms.

Colchicine might be beneficial in CABG. Find out in our latest publication American Journal of Cardiology : 👉Meta-analysis of RCTs: perioperative administration of colchicine is associated with a significant reduction of atrial fibrillation rates after CABG❗️❗️ 👉more: t.ly/N5j6M

👉valve regurgitation correlates with mortality before and after AV valve treatment! 👉generating a tight and durable repair of the affected valve is key to life-prolonging, independent of the underlying valve pathology! Find out more: tinyurl.com/284jtwyf

Couldn’t agree more with Torsten Doenst New generations of academic surgeons have the huge responsibility of improving the body of randomized evidence supporting our surgical practice #eacts2023 🇵🇹

Keine Top-Herzchirurgie ohne Top-Kardiotechniker. Danke MK. mdr.de/thueringen-jou…

I would like to thank the organizing committee of The EACTS/STS/LACES Latin America Cardiovascular Surgery Conference for this award! 🙏🏻 Very happy and proud to be part of the Jena cardiac surgery team 💪🏻

🚀 Largest study on Epic Supra 29 bioprosthesis! Evaluated in 360 patients, including smaller annuli, with great outcomes: low gradients (11.3 mmHg), 1.4% reinterventions, and promising valve-in-valve potential. Stay tuned! #CardiacSurgery #AorticValve

❗️New Evidence in Minimally Invasive AVR Minimally invasive AVR is here to stay, but which approach is superior — mini-sternotomy or right anterior mini-thoracotomy?