Videos

This video is based on the Latin Heart Rounds webinar series on the current management of patients with tetralogy of Fallot, including neonates and on the current short and long term outcomes for this congenital heart disease. The entire webinar is available here. 

The content is presented in Spanish. 

This 8 in 8 session focuses on fast-tracking in CABG patients. The presentation examines incorporating elements of ERAS and other fast track principles, data regarding the safety and efficacy of fast tracking, and a real-world patient case.

Speaker
Alison F. Ward, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

In this video in the 8 in 8 Series, Dr. Dwight Owen (Ohio State University) discussed advances in biomarker testing and neoadjuvant immunotherapy for resectable non-small cell lung cancer. The talk includes a look at the role of PD-L1 testing, peri-operative chemo-immunotherapy, and the importance of NGS testing for patients with actionable mutations.

Supported by AstraZeneca.

In this 8x8 video (presented in Spanish), Dr. Juan Crestanello, chief of cardiac surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, discusses annular disjunction of the mitral valve, its medical and surgical implications, and also the operative techniques used to deal with this anatomical feature.

In this 8 in 8 video, Dr. Jessica Donington provides an update on adjuvant and neoadjuvant clinical trials that have recently concluded or will be releasing data in the near future. She reviews patient populations, methodology, and implications of trial findings for the treatment of resectable lung cancer.

Presenter: 

Jessica S. Donington, MD, MSCR
University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences
Chicago, IL

Supported by AstraZeneca

In this video to STS members, President Jenna C. Romano, MD, MS, talks about the importance of maintaining purpose, and focusing on ways to bolster wellness and maintain balance so they can be the best version of themselves inside and outside the O.R.

In this panel discussion, STS members exchange viewpoints on a new study that found patients with postoperative PE had increased 30-day mortality, reintubation, and readmission rates, which was presented at the 2024 STS Annual Meeting.

In this video, Dr. Leah Backhus, thoracic surgeon and professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Stanford Medicine, discusses the surgeon’s role in managing patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer.