This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Enoch Akowuah and the cardiac surgery team operating in Ghana as they visit the James Cook University Hospital in England. They discuss mission trips in Ghana, the training that is involved, and the impact the program has.

Joel also talks about the outcomes of emergency intraprocedural surgical conversion during TAVI, axillary versus femoral arterial cannulation, and the preconditioning drugs that can reduce side effects of cardiac surgery.

He also discusses another installment in Dr. Tristan Yan’s aortic repair series on descending aortic intimal flap fenestration and myocardial protection during a 5 cm access aortic surgery.

JANS Items Mentioned

Incidence and Outcomes of Emergency Intraprocedural Surgical Conversion During TAVI: A Multicentric Analysis

Axillary Versus Femoral Arterial Cannulation in Acute Type A Dissection: International Multicenter Data

Preconditioning Drug Offers Potential to Reduce Side Effects of Cardiac Surgery

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Breaking the Broken Dogma in Aortic Valve Replacement: The Nine Suture With Interstitch Pledget AVR Technique

Mitral Regurgitation and KISS Repair: A Doodle Journey

Deep Dive Into Aortic Surgery: 5 cm Access Aortic Surgery and Myocardial Protection

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