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Job title: Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Mr Adrian Pick graduated in 1993, from the Melbourne University Medical School then completed overseas fellowships at the MAYO clinic and the Toronto General Hospital. His interests include minimal access surgery for thoracic and cardiac surgery with emphasis on mitral valve repair and limited access aortic valve replacement. He is also committed to maximizing surgical treatment for both… View more
Pedro Brugada
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Atrial Arrhythmias

 Job title: Head of Heart Rhythm Management Centre
Personal History Pedro Brugada Terradellas was born in Girona, Spain on August 11, 1952. Although his parents were both farmers with no connection to medicine, he, along with two of his three siblings, went on to study medicine in Barcelona and specialise in cardiology.1 During his studies, he initially intended to specialise in haematology, but following the birth of his daughter at age 22… View more
Author(s): Kendra J Grubb , Tamim Nazif , Mathew R Williams , et al Added: 3 years ago
Concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD) and valvular heart disease is a common problem in the ageing population. It is estimated that the prevalence of mitral regurgitation and aortic stenosis in individuals over the age of 70 is 10 % and 4 %, respectively.1,2 Among patients presenting with symptomatic aortic stenosis, concurrent CAD occurs in over 50 % of those over 70 years of age and over 65… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Standards & Guidelines
Author(s): Alessandro Cannavale , Mariangela Santoni , Fabrizio Fanelli , et al Added: 3 years ago
Aortic dissection (AD) is one of the most challenging vascular diseases, with an in-patient mortality as high as 30 %1 and 30-day and 5-year fatality rates of just over 50 % and 60 %, respectively.2 The time course of AD is broadly spit into acute (<14 days), subacute (15–90 days), and chronic (>90 days) phases, and it is split clinically into complicated (i.e. the condition is associated… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Intervention
MIDCAB, TECAB and Hybrid Coronary Revascularisation Surgery
Author(s): Karel M Van Praet , Markus Kofler , Timo Z Nazari Shafti , et al Added: 2 years ago

Intervention
Author(s): Ricardo Boix-Garibo , Mohammed Mohsin Uzzaman , Vinayak Bapat Added: 3 years ago
Aortic valve replacement via full sternotomy is the gold standard surgical therapy for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and insufficiency.1 This procedure has proved to be reliable, reproducible, relieves symptoms and improves prognosis of the patients. Degenerative AS is the most frequently acquired valve disease in the elderly population. In the current era, aortic valve surgery is the… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Intervention
Author(s): Michael Lauterbach , Bruno Sontag , Karl-Eugen Hauptmann Added: 3 years ago
Over the past nine years, since the first transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) by Cribier et al.1 in France in 2002, this new technique has enthralled cardiologists all over the world. With the deployment of TAVI – about 40,000 procedures have been carried out worldwide so far – cardiologists intruded into the previously unshared domain of surgical aortic valve replacement. Albeit… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Imaging & Diagnostics
JIMPosters
Author(s): Krystal Dinh , Lucy Manuel , Kalpa Perera , et al Added: 2 years ago

Vascular Disease and Surgery
Martin Maresch
Job title: Senior Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon
Dr Martin Maresch is a Senior Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon at Bahrain Defence Force - Royal Medical Services Hospital, Bahrain. Established fully functioning Vascular Centre from the scratch, able to co-ordiante the team to push for the best outcome. Special interest in Medical Education, Reaserch and Teaching recently within RCSI Bahrain. Senior Consultant of Vascular &… View more