This episode covers prosthetic heart valves. Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/surgery/cardiothoracic/prostheticheartvalves/ or in the cardiothoracic surgery section of the Zero to Finals surgery book. The audio in the episode was expertly edited by Harry Watchman.
Apr 2021
#7 Prosthetic Heart Valves
This episode Sam was joined by President of the British Heart Valve Society, Dr Benoy Shah, to discuss prosthetic valves which commonly come up in Station 3, the cardiology station of PACES. They talk through the important findings to look for on examination, how to present your ... Show More
44m 24s
Jul 2020
Episode 93 - The Story of the Mitral Valve
This episode was written by a guest contributor, Simar Bajaj, a student of the History of Science at Harvard University. In it, we cover the story of the mitral valve, from its earliest descriptions, to the discovery of its function and pathology, and of course, the evolution of ... Show More
53m 44s
Dec 2020
Episode 33 - Harbor-UCLA Anesthesia Grand Rounds "Resuscitative Thoracotomy (and some stuff on crics)"
In this follow-up episode to our discussion with Dr. Scott Weingart of EMCrit, we review the indications for performing a resuscitative thoracotomy, together with the potential application of a circulation first resuscitation strategy, and some intricacies regarding performing a ... Show More
28m 8s