Health
Dr. Duke Cameron on Aortic Root Surgery
Dr. Duke Cameron, chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, The John Hopkins Hospital, lectured on "Progress in Aortic Root Surgery" as part of the Visiting Professor Series at Montefiore Medical Center.
Starting the am w resident case presentations @MontefioreNews . Very interesting #aortic #valve #surgery cases! #MastersOfSurgery- 1st CT resident presentation on 58yo s/p Ross Procedure w dilated aortic root w minimal AI. Surgical options? #MastersOfSurgery
- Dr. Duke Cameron educating us on beginnings of Ross procedure. Started as good for kids #HeartSurgery #MastersOfSurgery
- Just learned Arnold Schwarzenegger had Arnold Ross procedure! #MastersOfSurgery @MontefioreNews
- 2nd case: 18yo w SOB and DOE, competitive athlete. fibromuscular subvalvar aortic stenosis w central AI #MastersOfSurgery
- 2nd case surgical option: complex LVOTO repair in an 18 y/o man. Ross-Kono Procedure #MastersOfSurgery #HeartSurgery
- New problm/population: adults w #congenital #HeartDisease. Would not have been operated in past. How to treat as adults? #MastersOfSurgery
- 3rd case: 33yo w Tricuspid atresia - no connection btwn right atrium and right ventricle in heart #MastersOfSurgery
Getting ready for the #MastersOfSurgery talk featuring Dr. Duke Cameron. Intro to come from @RMichlerMD
@RMichlerMD introduces Dr. Duke Cameron @HopkinsMedicine. Cameron is exprt in #Marfan syndrome #MastersOfSurgery http://pic.twitter.com/UOiWmT5h
Dr. Duke Cameron Chair @HopkinsMedicine talking about aortic root aneurysms in heart #MastersOfSurgery http://pic.twitter.com/t5eXYv4u- High incidence aortic valve disease in pts w #Marfans Syndrome #MastersOfSurgery
- Life expectancy of Marfan's Syndrome is mid-40s if untreated. Longer if treated. #MastersOfSurgery
- Replacement of the aortic root 1st done by Myron Wheat - thus the Wheat procedure-followed by Bental Procedure #MastersOfSurgery
- "A case report tells you what's possible! Bental case report changed the face of cardiac surgery." Dr. Duke Cameron #MastersOfSurgery
- Learning about history of cardiac surgery! "Poster-child for Bental procedure is Marfan's patient." #MastersOfSurgery
- Bentall Procedure is full aortic replacement and those with Marfan Syndrome are ideal patients #MastersOfSurgery
- Why don't ppl want to take anticoagulation medication? New trend. Internet related? #MastersOfSurgery
- Dr. Cameron theory that the Internet is driving patients to be highly informed and fearful of anticoagulant therapy #MastersOfSurgery
- learning about evolution of valve-sparing aortic root replacement. #HeartSurgery #MastersOfSurgery #Marfans
- Surgeons identify problems and develop solutions. Now we can save heart valves of patients during aortic root replacement #MastersOfSurgery
- Johns Hopkins technique for VSSR: graft sized based on optimal sinotublar junction diameter. #MastersOfSurgery
- At end of VSSR surgery want "position of prayer" for valve. Great visual! #MastersOfSurgery
Dr. Cameron talks through aortic root replacement as done at @HopkinsMedicine #MastersOfSurgery http://pic.twitter.com/ehm8w8ik
Dr. Cameron walks participants through procedure from start to finish via video #MastersOfSurgery http://pic.twitter.com/lemFIBBn
