In this podcast, I sit down with Dr. Rakesh Arora and Dr. Yoan Lamarche, co-founders of the Canadian Cardiovascular Critical Care Society or CANCARE, and Dr. Gurmeet Singh, the current president of CANCARE, to discuss the key pioneering roles that Canadians have played in the growth of the cardiovascular surgical critical care movement, both nationally and internationally.

Cardiac surgical training and the world in which the trainee lives is forever changing, and hopefully for the better. We sit down with 4 trainees at various levels of their training career from across the country to discuss the past, present and future of training cardiac surgeons in Canada.

An internist, an infectious disease specialist, and two cardiac surgeons get together to chat about the increasing clinical and ethical conundrum that is infective endocarditis in the setting of patients who inject drugs.

The CSCS and TopMedTalk team up to discuss the latest trends in enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery and why providers need to pay attention to the increased role that ERAS is playing in improving post-operative outcomes.

A discussion of the increasing burden of acute heart failure and ever evolving role that mechanical circulatory support plays in improving patient outcomes.

A review of the complementary roles of transcatheter aortic valve implantation and surgical aortic valve replacement in the management of severe aortic stenosis.