New Additions to Multimedia Manual of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Methodology manual for European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) clinical guidelines.

The goal of all clinical guidelines is to assist patients and practitioners in making healthcare decisions. However, clinical guidelines have been questioned about their quality, transparency and independence. Based on the revision of manuals by other scientific cardiothoracic organizations, this document provides instructions for the development of European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surg...

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery. Obstructive mass in pulmonary artery.

A 62-year-old woman was admitted with syncope. A magnetic resonance imaging showed a 6-cm  3-cm mass on the pulmonary valve leaflet (Fig. 1). A 90 mmHg pressure gradient was found (Fig. 2). Angiogram revealed a severely calcified, mobile mass (Fig. 2, Videos 1 and 2), which was treated surgically. On histopathology analysis, a papillary fibro-elastoma diagnosis was confirmed. Fig. 1. Shows a 6...

European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery: carrying the torch.

I would like to thank you for the honour of electing me as your President. As many of you might suspect and some of you know, in a well organised society like ours, with the Secretariat ably run by Torkel Aberg and Maud Zingmark, and the Organisational Secretariat efficiently managed by Kathy McGree, the duties of the President are not onerous. But still, a major task rests heavily on the shoul...

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery Giant pulmonary arteriovenous malformation

A 44-year-old man was admitted with coughing and dyspnea for 3 weeks. Chest radiography and thoracic CT scanning confirmed a huge left lung arteriovenous malformation (Fig. 1). Due to a prohibitively high operative risk, he was investigated with pulmonary angiography in preparation for embolization therapy (Fig. 2). The patient subsequently refused all further therapy. European Journal of Cardi...

Research in cardio-thoracic surgery a European challenge.