Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, costing
the lives of 18 million people annually, with up to one-third being attributable to cardiac …

Background The effect of teaching hospital status on cardiovascular surgery has been of
common interest in recent decades, yet its magnitude on heart valve replacement is still a …

Unlike other surgical residency training programs including thoracic surgery, robotic cardiac
surgery skill training is minimal or absent in residency curricula. A review was conducted to …

Approximately 10% of the general population and therefore the surgeon population is left-
handed (LH), and only 2% to 3% are ambidextrous. 1, 2 Historically, left-handedness in …

Thirty-five Years of Heart Transplantation in Medellín: Colo... : Transplantation Thirty-five Years
of Heart Transplantation in Medellín: Colombia’s First Center for Cardiac Transplantation …

Cardiovascular surgery in Panama has depended on constant contributions and support
from other developed countries. Although cardiac surgery has reached important …

Introduction: With the introduction of minimally invasive cardiac surgery, more commonly
cases of lung herniation are starting to appear. Acquired lung hernias are classified as …

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) has demonstrated its efficacy in diminishing
postoperative pain, accelerating early recovery, and facilitating a prompt return to daily …

Surgical training and education began in 1890 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Here, the
Halstedian training structure became the cornerstone for surgical education up to this day 1 …

MitraClip implantation has been reported in severe mitral regurgitation following ischemic
papillary muscle rupture in surgically high-risk patients with cardiogenic shock. Here we …