Just because it's ""moderate"" doesn't mean it isn't deadly. See how moderate aortic valve stenosis is still associated with increased mortality and lifetime loss. #AHAJournals Xander Jacquemyn Michel Pompeu Sá Ibrahim Sultan Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department ahajrnls.org/3WXSERR

🔥See our presentation about #TAVI #TAVR in small aortic annulus with supra- vs intra-annular #SEV at #NYValves2024 with simultaneous publication in #StructuralHeartJournal Structural Heart Cardiovascular Research Foundation AATS 💥Station 1, June 7, 9:42AM Ibrahim Sultan Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute at #NYValves2024 with #CTSurgery fellow Tomas Mezar presenting data about the impact of vascular access complications in patients undergoing #TAVI #TAVR #StructuralHeart🫀 Ibrahim Sultan Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Catalin Toma, MD Dustin Kliner Amber Makani

A #MetaAnalysis demonstrates comparable outcomes between patients who undergo aortic vs. non-aortic #cannulation for acute type A #AorticDissection 🔗: americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S0002-… UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Nika Samadzadeh Tabrizi Ibrahim Sultan Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Sarah Yousef Michel Pompeu Sá Xander Jacquemyn #ATAAD

UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department at #NYValves2024 with research fellow Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH presenting sex-based outcomes after #TAVR in patients with small aortic annulus in a propensity-matched analysis #StructuralHeart🫀 Ibrahim Sultan Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Amber Makani Catalin Toma, MD Dustin Kliner

UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department at #NYValves2024 with #Pitt med student Eishan Ashwat presenting data about invasive vs #echo gradients after #TAVR #TAVI #StructuralHeart🫀 Ibrahim Sultan Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Amber Makani Catalin Toma, MD Dustin Kliner

Assessment of #MachineLearning models shows adequate to excellent performance in predicting #TAVI outcomes, future potential clinical utility 🔗: jtcvs.org/article/S0022-… AATS UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Xander Jacquemyn Ibrahim Sultan Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Michel Pompeu Sá Catalin Toma, MD Dustin Kliner #AI #JTCVS

🔥Hot off the press🔥 Read our simultaneous publication in #StructuralHeart🫀 Structural Heart at #NYValves2024 Cardiovascular Research Foundation 💥Free access here: structuralheartjournal.org/pb-assets/Heal… 💥Similar VARC-3 outcomes with #Navitor and #Evolut in small annulus Ibrahim Sultan Derek Serna-Gallegos MD UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department

.UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute is home to world-renowned leaders in adult cardiac surgery. UPMC has been awarded the highest possible rating of three stars in four procedures across four different UPMC locations by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons: go.upmc.com/2690nIEmo

🔥Hot off the press🔥 Read our study just published in American Journal of Cardiology: #TricuspidValve replacement with mechanical versus bioprosthetic #HeartValves ajconline.org/article/S0002-… #StructuralHeart🫀 Nidhi Iyanna Nika Samadzadeh Tabrizi Xander Jacquemyn Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department

Evaluation of short- and long-term mortality and cardiovascular outcomes in #TAVI with balloon- vs self-expandable valves 🔗: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Xander Jacquemyn Jef Van den Eynde Tulio Caldonazo Aleksander Dokollari Philippe Pibarot Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan Michel Pompeu Sá

TAVI provides initial survival benefit over SAVR in CKD patients, but long-term survival benefits are observed in #SAVR over #TAVI 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37169208/ Xander Jacquemyn Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan Michel Pompeu Sá UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute #AorticValve #Aorta #MetaAnalysis #CKD

🔥Hot off the press🔥 Read our new studies in American Journal of Cardiology about #mechanical vs #tissue valves in #SAVR and age 💥ajconline.org/article/S0002-… 💥ajconline.org/article/S0002-… 💥Nice collaboration with Eishan Ashwat Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Xander Jacquemyn Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department

Study shows safety and efficacy outcomes of #TAVR in patients with small aortic annuli do not differ in men and women 🔗: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… American Journal of Cardiology UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH Michel Pompeu Sá Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Catalin Toma, MD Amber Makani Dustin Kliner Ibrahim Sultan

🔥Hot off the press🔥 Read our study in the Journal of #Endovascular Therapy ISEVS comparing debranching plus #TEVAR vs total arch replacement for #aortic arch pathologies #AortaEd journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… Xander Jacquemyn Derek Serna-Gallegos MD Ibrahim Sultan Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

Dive into the SAVR-TAVR debate in this week’s STS webinar, The Future of SAVR, on Thurs., Aug. 8, at 7 p.m. ET. The expert panel will present the latest research on SAVR as the preferred approach in a variety of situations. Register for free: ow.ly/p1mu50SRvy9

Please join the webinar today discussing the future of SAVR. I’ll talk about some of the new trial 📊all the surgeons should know. Looking forward to everyone’s participations and questions‼️Puja Kachroo Armin Kiankhooy Ibrahim Sultan TSRA TSMA

The application for the Michael J. Davidson Structural Heart Fellowship will close on Sep 15. Please consider applying for those who want to train and become an expert in the evolving space of SHD! ⁦The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF)⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦TSRA⁩ tsfoundation.webflow.io/awards/davidso…

I am deeply honored to be selected to serve as the inaugural International Member of the EACTS Residents' Committee 🫀🫁 Excited to represent North America and collaborate with our European colleagues on impactful initiatives ahead!

Join us in congratulating Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department on being ranked #1 on the The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) Top 20 2024 Honor Roll and the institution who has received the most cumulative grant funding from the TSF since 1993. This achievement reflects the exceptional work of the thoracic surgery team!