This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning recaps two presentations delivered at the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting 2025.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:57 "Teamship," Sir Woodward
09:23 Virtual Surgery Training, Dr. Ahmed
12:55 Upcoming Lung Surgery Trials
14:48 Needle Aspiration & Forceps Biopsy
17:26 Approaches to Clinical Trial Designs
22:10 Noninvasive Ventilation Cardiac Impact
24:59 Lung Volume Reduction, Severe Emphysema
29:22 How To—Upper Ministernotomy
30:45 Valve-Sparing ARR Using Reimplant Tech
32:02 ARCA Management Exploration
33:59 Upcoming Events
34:41 WTS Webinar Series
35:32 Closing
The first presentation was delivered by Sir Clive Woodward, the Rugby World Cup-winning coach, who gave an inspiring talk on "Teamship" and winning behaviors. The second presentation that Joel recaps was delivered by Professor Shafi Ahmed, a multiaward-winning surgeon and an evangelist for augmented and virtual reality, who discussed livestreaming operations, using virtual reality in surgical operations, and virtual medical school.
Joel also reviews recent JANS articles on the diagnostic yield and synergistic impact of needle aspiration and forceps biopsy with electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions, the challenges of conventional and novel approaches to clinical trial designs in cardiovascular medicine, the impact of noninvasive ventilation before and after cardiac surgery for preventing cardiac and pulmonary complications, and surgical and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for severe emphysema.
In addition, Joel explores how to perform an upper ministernotomy, valve-sparing aortic root replacement using the reimplantation technique, and an exploration of anomalous right coronary artery management with Drs. Sameh Said and Vince Gaudiani. Before closing, he highlights upcoming events in CT surgery.
JANS Items Mentioned
CTSNET Content Mentioned
1.) How to Perform an Upper Ministernotomy
2.) Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement Using the Reimplantation Technique
3.) Anomalous Right Coronary Artery Management: An Exploration With Sameh Said and Vince Gaudiani
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