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Cryoanalgesia: Innovative Freezing Technology for Sternotomy Pain

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An estimated 700,000 sternotomies are performed annually in the United States. It is a serious surgery that opens up the chest cavity through the breastbone, or sternum, to gain access to the lungs and heart.

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El Camino Health Cardiologist Earns International Award for Achievements in Advancing Cardiovascular Field

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Goar received the recognition during a special ceremony in Paris, France, along with esteemed cardiothoracic surgeon, Professor Ottavio Alfieri of San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy. It’s a celebration of the amazing innovation that has occurred in structural heart disease therapy over the last 20 years and I’m proud to be part of it.

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2023 in Review: A Look at the Year's Top 10 Topics

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Joint Statement on Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients Issued by Society of Thoracic Surgeons and European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgeons 6. Patients Implanted with Innovative FIRE1 Remote Heart Failure Monitoring System in Early Feasibility Study Atrial Fibrillation Market Reaches $20.92B, According to New Report 9.

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New Treatment Options Available for Patients with Tricuspid Valve Disease

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Traditionally, cardiothoracic surgeons have repaired or replaced the tricuspid valve during open-heart surgery and only when absolutely necessary; such surgeries are complex and risky. Image by Getty. tim.hodson Tue, 02/18/2025 - 10:08 Feb.

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Career Resources

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Early Career

Learn how to know when it's appropriate to break the rules, when to challenge your superiors, how to do so without endangering your career and how to foster learning and innovation among the ranks of people conditioned to follow orders. Thank you for choosing to be part of our community.”

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CTVS Performs First Traumatic Aortic Repair Surgery in Williamson County Using Innovative TBE Device

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More recently, our own board-certified cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons Dr. Mark Felger and Dr. Nicolas Zea became the first physicians in Williamson County to use the TBE on a trauma… Source

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Columbia Cardiology Launches New Mitral & Tricuspid Center

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Its mission, according to a statement released by Columbia on the newly-launched Center, is to explore the latest devices and treatments and turn these innovations into the new standard for management of these chronic conditions.

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