On 9 September, 1896, Ludwig Rehn sutured a laceration of the Right Ventricle. The patient survived. This was the first successful operation on the heart. Cardiac Surgery was born then. Today is the 125th Anniversary. WSCTS SCTS UK CTSNet The Society of Thoracic Surgeons AATS

#EACTS2019 Debate: Should Coronary Surgery be a specialisation ? Taggart (For) vs Fremes (Against). Conclusion: Every department must have at least 1 surgeon specialised in CABG Surgery to offer off-pump, or Total Arterial Revasc for selected patients. EACTS SCTS UK WSCTS

If there were no Heparin, there would be no Cardiac Surgery. A very nice article on the discovery of Heparin. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery The Society of Thoracic Surgeons annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-…

God forgot to close the LA appendage. Atriclip can.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the WSCTS have decided to postpone the 30th Annual Congress 2020 in St. Petersburgh, Russia, planned for September 17 to 20, 2020. The new dates for the Congress will be Thursday – Sunday September 16 – 19, 2021. (In St. Petersburgh).

FREE (ECMO) WEBINAR-7 Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation Saturday 22nd August 7-8.30pm #SCTS #ECMO #Cardiothoracicsurgery scts.org/events-calenda…

Abstract Submission is now open for the SCTS Annual Meeting 2021. To submit please click here. www5.shocklogic.com/scripts/jmeven… #SCTS2021

Become a member of the WSCTS. The only global Society bringing together Cardiac, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgeons. wscts.net/membership

In this CTSNet To Go podcast episode, Leanne Harling interviews Gebrine El Khoury about his career and techniques for aortic valve repair. ctsnet.org/article/ctsnet…

#1 release in Cardiothoracic Surgery on Amazon 🥳TSRA Clinical Scenarios in Cardiothoracic Surgery: 2nd Edition amazon.com/dp/B08DN5PS9D/… #Amazon ⁦CTSurgSocMedNetwork⁩

This #NACLC2020 is a dynamic meeting with a long tradition. Learn about the latest developments in prevention, detection and care with novel data presentations. Register for this virtual event today! ow.ly/MY1Y50B2ZO4 #NACLC2020 #LCSM #OncologyResearch #LungCancer

Review proposed biomarkers for chronic fibrosing lung diseases with a progressive phenotype in predicting disease risk, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment response in #journalCHEST: hubs.ly/H0tJqDJ0

"Reference dimensions of stented surgical aortic bioprostheses for valve size determination" by Malcolm Anastasius et al. 📋💓📈 #EAPCI ow.ly/SNth50B2qqI

The 30th Annual Meeting of the WSCTS will be held in St. Petersburgh from 15 to 18 September 2022. For abstract submission and other details, please visit wscts2020.net

There are over 11,600 engineers at Medtronic, and they all have one thing in common: each engineers life-transforming healthcare technology that improves people’s lives around the world. This is #WhatEngineersDo. #EWeek2022

Routine Chest CT scans and Carotid dopplers before cardiac surgery as standard of care? …rdiothoracicsurgery.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Save the date! 🖊 August 24-26, 2023 🗓 Iguassu falls, Brazil 🇧🇷 Joint meeting: 31st congress of the World Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons WSCTS and 1st congress of the Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery LACES

29th November 2022. Date of birth of LACES. Born to improve access to education and equity in care in LATAM. Today surgeons from LATAM and cardiological societies joined to support the bylaws signing. Thanks Sociedad Sudamericana De Cardiologia CELAC , Sociedad Uruguaya de Cardiología The Society of Thoracic Surgeons EACTS SIAC

Step-by-step tutorial how to do Off-Pump CABG by Vipin Zamvar at #SCTS2023 🫀

Dr Flapan's informative talk on the Clinical Assessment of Aortic Stenosis @ the International Heart Valve Congress 2023 at RCS Edinburgh The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh WSCTS ScotCardioSoc BCIS SCTS UK Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh aischannel.com/society/clinic…