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Join me on my podcast as I feature Dr. Dina Al Rameni who is a Cardiac Surgeon and a Mechanical Circulatory Support specialist at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut and Assistant Professor at UConn. She discusses her unique journey growing up in a small village in Jordan and what inspired her to become a Heart Surgeon! She discusses the latest advances in Heart transplant surgery and also explains what the "beating heart" transplant is.

A beating heart transplant is a surgical procedure that involves transplanting a donor heart while it's still beating. This is done using a device called the Organ Care System (OCS), also known as "heart in a box".

For more information about the Hartford Hospital Heart Transplant program, please refer to their website:

https://hartfordhospital.org/services/transplant-services/departments-services/heart-transplantation

This episode was sponsored by ParaFlight. Please see their website for details.
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Join me on my podcast as I feature Dr. Anita Asgar who was recently named section head of Interventional Cardiology with Northwestern Medicine at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute in Chicago, IL. She is a structural cardiologist with an interest in valvular heart disease. She discusses her unique journey growing up in Canada and what inspired her to become a Cardiologist! She discusses in detail what Aortic Valve disease is and explains the latest in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) which is a minimally invasive procedure used to replace a narrowed or diseased aortic valve with an artificial valve.

TAVR is an alternative to traditional open-heart surgery for aortic valve replacement, especially for patients who are high-risk for surgery.

For more information on the latest minimally invasive valve procedures that the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute offers at Northwestern, please refer to their website: https://www.nm.org/conditions-and-care-areas/cardiovascular-care

This episode was sponsored by ParaFlight. Please see their website for details.
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Join me on this podcast as I feature Dr. Pedro Salinas, Director of CICU at Advocate-Aurora St. Lukes Medical center in Milwaukee, WI. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography and Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Critical Care Fellowship and Internal Medicine residency programs. He discusses in detail the physiology and impact of the right ventricle and the importance of utilizing point of care ultrasound in the ICU to diagnose RV failure.

If you would like to contact Dr. Salinas, please refer to his email address:
pedrosalinas@icloud.com


This episode is sponsored by EchoNous. Please see their website for details.
https://echonous.com/


If you would like to contact me with any comments or questions, please email me directly at: drtedthachenkary@gmail.com