March 2024

CARDIOVASCULAR

A CLOSER LOOK AT RESEARCH HONORED AT STS 2024

Featuring: Christopher K. Mehta, MD, S. Christopher Malaisrie, MD​

Episode Summary

The Richard E. Clark Paper is an award presented at the annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons, recognizing outstanding scientific papers. This year, this honor was awarded to a paper presented by Christopher K. Mehta, MD, a cardiac surgeon at Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute.

​In this video, Dr. Mehta and S. Christopher Malaisrie, MD, cardiac surgeon at Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, discuss the findings from the award-winning paper which examined whether patients with aortic stenosis should get a surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or a transcatheter aortic valve implant. The paper also highlighted exceptional outcomes for SAVR and aortic root enlargement.
Christopher K. Mehta, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery (Cardiac Surgery)
S. Christopher Malaisrie, MD, ​Professor of Surgery (Cardiac Surgery)

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