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If you take care of #AFib patients watch this AMAZING video captured during coronary bypass surgery.
watch this AMAZING video ... thomas1973 - Sam ... #Cardiology #Atrial ... Fibrillation #AFib #CTS ... #thoracic #surgery
Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Vandy Perfusion and Donor Recovery team travel over 4000
System (OCS) Vandy Perfusion ... Ashish Shah @AshShahMD ... #surgery #CTS # ... clinical #video ... #beating #cardiac
Especially in patients who had recent cardiac surgery an enlargement of the heart figure can indicate
recent cardiac surgery ... enlargement of the heart ... change in the heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTS #CXR #PostSurgical
Donor Heart Awaiting Transplant

Reanimated human heart from a DCD donor. 20min of no cardiac function before
Ashish Shah @AshShahMD ... #Donor #thoracic ... #surgery #CTS # ... clinical #video ... #beating #cardiac
Hemopericardium on Autopsy 
Autopsy result of hemorrhagic pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. The myocardial wall is
literally smother the heart ... Sam Ghali, M.D. ... #CTS #thoracic ... #cardiology #clinical ... #video
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... - what is the bleeding ... one post op Cardiology ... upper abdominal/thoracic ... CARP, DECREASE V trials
Intraoperative Cardiac Free Wall Rupture
Free wall rupture...yes we can save them
Following a syncope event, a 72-y
ER, stable on arrival ... , CT ANGIO ruled ... Once no bleeding ... cardiothoracic #surgery ... #clinical #video
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
delivery • Pause surgery ... be replaced or its ... Circulation • Check heart ... expired volume: assist ... oedema, congenital heart
Resuscitative Thoracotomy
NOTE: this video is NOT standard technique.
Aka "cracking the chest". A potentially life saving technique
Thoracotomy NOTE: this video ... intrathoracic bleeding ... made for ERT, a surgeon ... In the setting of ... Penetrating thoracic