Richard Weisel

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Joo report results of distal arch repairs in June JTCVS bit.ly/2Kl35GwJTCVS and Borger comments that treatments should be individualized bit.ly/2IkcVbcJTCVS - Hybrid zone 2/3 repair depicted @AATSJournals @tssmn @OuzounianMD @ArieBlitzMD @ebender001 @TheRakeshArora

In April JTCVS Takamochi et al present their randomized trial with no advantage of the digital drainage system – watch the excellent video bit.ly/2FamwDOJTCVS @tssmn @maraantonoff @DavidCookeMD @DavidCookeMD @biniamkidaneMD

In April JTCVS Rusch et al discuss Keynote-024: Unlocking a pathway to lung cancer cure? bit.ly/2FmtXqPJTCVS @tssmn @maraantonoff @TomVargheseJr @DavidCookeMD @biniamkidaneMD

In the April JTCVS Guo & Krupnick summarize the results of three recent and influential randomized trials of checkpoint inhibitors in lung cancer bit.ly/2Fap2ddJTCVS @tssmn @maraantonoff @TomVargheseJr @DavidCookeMD

Etz & Borger Heart Center Leipzig commentary on Machine-learning BAV aortopathy phenotype. Do these phenotypes have distinct structural wall alterations? That would be evidence for different etiologies. Read Feb JTCVS bit.ly/2lh8cNdJTCVS @AATSJournals @tssmn @OuzounianMD

Jean Bachet from ADETEC, Suresnes, France provided a commentary on Machine-learning BAV aortopathy phenotype. The complicated analysis confirms previous studies. Surgical judgement is still required. Read Feb JTCVS at bit.ly/2lelg5OJTCVS @AATSJournals @tssmn @OuzounianMD

BAV aortopathy phenotypes: 656 3D CT scans @ClevelandClinic: Root type in younger males suggests a genetic etiology and arch type in older pts with AS, a hemodynamic process Read Machine-learning in Feb issue of JTCVS at bit.ly/2C9LzlEJTCVS @AATSJournals @tssmn @OuzounianMD

Trezzi and Bradley show a Goretex graft implanted within a dilated right ventricular outflow tract in TOF. The graft then serves as a landing site for a Melody valve placed under direct vision Feb JTCVS at bit.ly/2lfM6upJTCVS @tssmn @OuzounianMD @AATSJournals

Ross procedure provides excellent results but Ross reversal may be necessary - see how it is done at the @ClevelandClinic read jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-… Feb JTCVS. @tssmn @AATSJournals @OuzounianMD

A bilateral pneumonectomy - a world's first jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-… Cystic fibrosis patient after pneumonectomy for septic shock.

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery jtcvsonline.org/#.VWZylACC0ls.…