Teaching is not easy. Teaching procedures and #surgery brings an additional layer of complexity. Thank you to the trainees Mayo Clinic Department of Surgery for their trust, acknowledging the effort, and reinvigorating the spirit to keep going 🫁 🤖 🔪 #thoracic #surgery #education #teacher

Experts from Mayo Clinic in HCM, Jeffrey Geske, MD, Steve Ommen, MD & Hartzell Schaff, MD, discuss the recent publication of the "2024 AHA/ACC/AMSSM/HRS/PACES/SCMR Guideline for the Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy". bit.ly/3WLkAGM

I'VE GOT A PULSE! After Mr. Mendes collapsed & doctors administered CPR for more than an hour, Mr. Mendes was transferred to Mayo Clinic where Mauricio Villavicencio & his team performed a heart transplant. Read the full story here: bit.ly/3MvSieI

Several experts including Juan Crestanello study the benefit of isolated surgical valve repair or replacement for functional tricuspid regurgitation & long-term outcomes stratified by the TRI-SCORE. #ESC #EuropeanHeartJournal bit.ly/3AQKXUF

Read our work about the socioeconomic burden of #CardiogenicShock in the era of shock teams, protocols, and advanced #MCS published in Current Reports - link.springer.com/article/10.100…. Many thanks to my mentor, Navin Kapur and co-authors. The Warren Alpert Medical School Brown University Health Ajar Kochar

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Transcatheter Valve Replacement in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation: NEJM 🥸 TRISCEND II Trial - #TCT2024 😱 Summary 👇👇👇

Echocardiographic Markers of Early Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Asymptomatic Aortic Regurgitation: Is It Time to Change the Guidelines? Juan Crestanello & Mayo Clinic CV experts assess the relationship between these markers & mortality. bit.ly/4ic6VTc

‼️ fascinating report The Annals of Thoracic Surgery regarding 🫀LVAD outcomes in young patients.. we need to do a better job in the heart failure / transplant space about thinking therapies for LIFE.. not JUST transplant! cc Abbott Cardiovascular annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-…

Check out this innovative article out regarding a randomized, controlled trial of in-hospital use of virtual reality to reduce preoperative anxiety prior to cardiac surgery! @JosephDearaniMD John Stulak Mayo Clinic Proceedings bit.ly/3DLeBMk

Congratulations to Mayo Clinic Transplant and the entire team for taking extraordinary care of our patients and for reaching this huge milestone! 1000 heart transplants! Mauricio Villavicencio PJ Spencer @JosephDearaniMD bit.ly/4fY1q8a

It was an honor to introduce Dr. Hartzell Schaff, MD for the Fish award The Texas Heart Institute BCM_Surgery BCMHouston and point out that besides an H index >150, 1200 pubs, being an incredible technical surgeon, he is also an incredible human, compassionate, professional, kind and no ego.

World experts including Mayo Clinic @Ssaddoughi, share their best practices and guidance in this #JTCVS article, "The 2024 AATS expert consensus document: Current standards in donor lung procurement and preservation". bit.ly/40viwVs

Congratulations John Stulak as he is selected as the 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year by the Mayo Fellows’ Association in CVS! Dedication to resident teaching, going above & beyond regular duties & serving as a mentor for young physicians in training are winning characteristics.

Congratulations H. Schaff, MD on receiving The Karis Award by Mayo Clinic Values Council. "Dr. Schaff, a legendary surgeon, teacher, mentor & prolific researcher, dedicated his entire career providing exceptional pt care & advancing knowledge that enables others to do so as well"

#EditorsChoice This single-institution series from Schmitz, Young, and coauthors supports consideration of cesarean delivery before cardiopulmonary bypass procedures if the fetus is of a viable gestational age to minimize mortality👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.atho… #VisualAbstract

Congratulations to the CVS VAD Program on the implant of their 500th LVAD on April 8th in Rochester, MN!

Our FDA-approved AI echo model to detect HFpEF from an apical 4-ch videoclip also works with handheld US! Ultromics Mayo Clinic CV JASE Application of an Artificial Intelligence Model to Detect Heart Failur... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The Last Decade in Tricuspid Regurgitation: How Imaging Shaped a Field sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Excellent review that is a must read! Thank you RTHahnMD for the leadership! JACC Journals Denisa Muraru francesco maisano Fabien Praz Nina Ajmone Marsan

Thank you to our outstanding administrative staff! Your work plays a vital role in the success of our department. You help make CVS run smoothly & make everyone feel supported. We truly appreciate all that you do and are grateful to have you as part of our team.