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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 months
What to do when in the process of valve surgery, coronary artery disease is discovered? What is best ? #PCI or #CABG ? How #CABG will impact my minimally invasive or percutaneous valve surgery? Thanks @Heart_Valve for this interview!
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
At @mainlinehealth we performed the first in the World #RoboticCABG on this patient while she was 22GW pregnant having heart attack. Today It was emotional to meet this peaceful and calm 38.5 GW 8.2 pounds baby! A great #team efforts from #nurses #physicians #APP #administrators
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Challenging conduit #CABG case with no SVG conduits one short piece of LSV for RCA, No radial arteries and previous gastric bypass (no GEA). Decision to offer “K” graft with #BITA for LAD1 and LAD2, Diagonal and OM. Planning is everything in surgery!
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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#heart #transplant at ⁦ @UChicagoMed ⁩ never stop! Here an explanted heart with 2 #mitralclip . Very interesting the dynamic of the valve. ⁦ @jeevanandamv ⁩ ⁦ @JBlairMD ⁩ ⁦ @STS_CTsurgery ⁩ ⁦ @ctsnetorg
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Twin brothers operated of #sternotomy #multiarterial #CABG by myself within 4 months. They presented with exact same #Coronary artery disease anatomy and received exactly same grafts configurations. #Cardiotwitter #genetics @LankenauCVSurg
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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#TECAB #Robotic #CABG and Robotic #LAA closure using ⁦ @IntuitiveSurg ⁩ Xi platform with ⁦ @Medtronic ⁩ Nuvo retractor and @Atricure ProDuo Clip. Patient discharged in 24 hours. Thanks to anesthesia, Nurses and PAs at ⁦ @mainlinehealth ⁩ to make this happens!
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Gianluca Torregrossa
1 year
#RITA extended with #SVG in patients with recent cath via #LeftRadial . Off pump sequential to #PDA and #PLB . After #SaveRITA trial I have been more keen in using #vein off of #ITAs to complete revasc when #LRAD is not available. Thoughts?
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Gianluca Torregrossa
1 year
#RITA + #leftRadial ready to be deployed to OM1 and OM2 and PDA via transverse sinus. #LITA to LAD and D1 for total arterial #offPump #CABG . Creating the I anastomosis RITA RAD is crucial for success of #anaortic CABG. @FaisalBakaeen @pomyers @mpvallely @miro_peev
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Gianluca Torregrossa
7 months
Off Pump CABG: The Training "🌟 Join @ISCAScoronary on Feb 10th for an exclusive Live Talk with Dr. Paul Sergeant and Dr. Erik de Wrom. Explore the nuances of off-pump CABG and how to get trained. Don't miss out! 🩺 #ICC #LiveTalk #CABG #Cardiotweet
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Gianluca Torregrossa
4 years
#situs #inversus with HOCAM and heart failure. Very challenging #heart #Transplant with relocation of IVC using a 20 mm reinforced Gore-Tex graft and connection of SVC using donor left innominate vein. @UChicagoCTSurg @ctsnetorg
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Feeling so grateful of being a #CTsurgeon and having the possibility to impact every day patients’ lives. Here with a patient of mine, 6 weeks after sternotomy #CABG #multiarterial and #Maze procedure for parox #aFib . @mainlinehealth #stayhappy #nofrustration
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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I believe this is #CABG surgery of the present and future: #Robotic CABG with LITA or BITA to best targets of L system and #stents in #hybrid procedure. Hands away from surgical field, sterility maintained. BITA for all comers. No risk of wound infection. ⁦ @LankenauCVSurg
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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Sunday morning at ⁦ @LankenauCVSurg ⁩ . One of the few case in which I prefer RITA to LAD: young patient with AV fistula on the left arm. Did RITA LAD, LITA OM and SVG to RCA.
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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I have never posted anything private on social platform but today I make an exemption: this is my grandma Giovanna and today she is 100 years! She is has always been a very sophisticated, strong and bright woman with a strong passion for dance and card game. Buon compleanno Nonna
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Gianluca Torregrossa
8 months
Just finished a Redo chest #Robotic #CABG LITA LAD and Y graft LRAd to OM for LM disease in a 79 yo patient with Previous #SAVR done by @BavariaMd in 2008. 25 mm biological valve after 15 years has 8mmHg grad with mild AI. The chest was so neat and clean it looked a virgin one
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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Double #BITA #TECAB with ⁦ @Medtronic ⁩ Nuvo stabilizer and ⁦ @ConMedAirSeal ⁩ system together with ⁦ @AtriCure #CryoNerve block. Discharged in POD 1 after surgery. Back at work in 2 weeks after surgery. This is the present & future of #CABG ⁦⁦
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
#offPump sternotomy #CABG . Proximal anastomosis is where you play with the risk of #stroke . I never use #SideAorticClamp . #heartstring and #Enclose2 are the best devices. Enclose can be re-used #hearstring when aorta is really bad Here #LeftRadial to OM on the hood of #SVG to PDA
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Chronic #TypeA #dissection in patient with #LeftMain and #Lerische syndrome. The mammary arteries were the only source of leg perfusion. Did Innominate cannulation with 10mm graft, aortic valve repair, ascending replacement, CABG X 2 with veins in Y graft. @LankenauCVSurg
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
Rupture of anterolateral papillary muscle after #STEMI involving proximal Circumflex artery. My first time in seeing a AL papillary muscle rupture with massive flail of anterior leaflet. Generally PM papillary is the one at risk of rupture due to ischemia. ⁦ @LankenauCVSurg
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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Here another time in which Mother Nature surprises me: 64 yo physician presenting with new heart failure symptoms and SOB. BNP 900, hsTnI 55. CTO LM and 95 RCA. His EF was normal 1 year ago. ⁦ @DocSavageTJU ⁩ ⁦ @fischman_david ⁩ ⁦ @djc795 ⁩ ⁦⁦ @Drroxmehran
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
#CABG T graft, S graft, U graft, V graft, F graft, K graft, I graft. Collection of the alphabet in #CABG surgery. Feel free to add pictures @Coronary4front @TSRA_official @mainlinehealth @FaisalBakaeen @pomyers @VictorDayan1 @rodrigo_md_79
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
#jacuzzi technique for #BITA in #CABG . After harvesting with @Ethicon #HarmonicScalpel one or two internal thoracic arteries, I give 2000 UI of heparin systemically and divide the ITAs. I store them in syringes filled with Verapamil. How do you prepare yours? @FaisalBakaeen
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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Redo #CABG just 3 years after first operation (other institution) early #SVG failure to OM1 and OM2 and kink of LITA to LAD at anastomotic site. Patient in early 60s. Today left and right #Radial from same Aortic site for OM1 and OM2 and RITA LAD. ⁦ @LankenauCVSurg
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
I landed in #Japan yesterday and today I am operating at #TokyoWomenHospital ⁦with Prof #HiroshiNiinami learning #GastroEpiploicArtery . This is a pre op angio to assess size and feasibility of the conduit. Are you guys ready for doing it? ⁦ @marwan_badri ⁩ ⁦
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Just finished the third #CABG of the day. Back to back to back. Thanks ⁦ @LankenauCVSurg #nurses #anesthesia #PA -C for a great coordination and excellent efforts! 2 sternotomies #MAG and one #RoboCABG #BITA . ⁦ @mainlinehealth
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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“I” graft: end to end anastomosis of #RITA with #LeftRadial . I love this strategy to extend lenght of RITA, maintaining in situ RITA benefit and reach lateral LV wall via transverse sinus for multiple OM grafts.
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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27 years old #LITA to LAD and #RITA to RCA done off pump by Dr Sutter. #CABG . Pretty impressive! @DocSavageTJU @fischman_david @FaisalBakaeen @mmamas1973 @djc795 @g_giustinoMD
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
#offpump #CABG total arterial with LITA LAD and RITA extended with Left Radial via transverse sinus to OM1 and OM2. Nice way to start Sunday morning ;)! ⁦ @Gianfole ⁩ ⁦ @DocSavageTJU ⁩ ⁦ @DrRoderickTung ⁩ ⁦ @mikeibrahimmd
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Nothing else to be added. Outstanding contribution on @JCardSurg by #MassimoLemma . Find 2 mins to read it during this week end, and a couple of hours to digest it for its brutal honesty. @TSRA_official #innovation
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
First #roboticCABG in pregnant woman! Amazing way to celebrate Xmas. Incredible #collaboration among different disciplines at @LankenauCVSurg . Together we can advance the frontier of medicine. Thanks everyone!
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Lankenau Heart Institute - Cardiovascular Surgery
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🎄We‘re celebrating Christmas today at Lankenau Heart Institute with our pregnant patient after performing #RoboticCABG 🤖🦾 for subtotal oclusion of LAD and Diagonal with @GianTorre610 and #FrancisSutter . Happy for her, her baby and family! @LIMR_ @LankenauCVSurg @mainlinehealth
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Gianluca Torregrossa
1 year
Intramural hematoma of the ascending aorta with severe aortic regurgitation in a bicuspid valve. After opening the aorta I found this clot on the intimal portion of the #aorta just above left main. Did Bio Bentall with #Konect device + hemiarch. #dissection
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
41 cases in the first 30 days at @mainlinehealth ! 65% robotic, 0 conversion, 80% #offpump and excellent outcomes! #hitthegroundrunning . Thanks to all the nurses, #APC and physicians for their help in making this possible! Our results depend immensely from the #team around us!
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Pretty unique: simultaneous #Robotic #CABG at ⁦ @mainlinehealth ⁩ ! Incredible coordination of #nurses #supply materials, #Anesthesia #Surgeons and #Technical support to perform two #BITA cases! Thanks and well done! ⁦ @LankenauCVSurg ⁩ ⁦ @LankenauCV ⁩ ⁦ @LIMR_
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Gianluca Torregrossa
1 year
Did #aorticDissection with valve sparing #DavidV in young patient with type A and anomalous right coronary artery from the left coronary sinus. Rei planted the RCA with #Cabrol Vein Graft to Ascending Aorta. Thanks to @coreyrherman and the rest of the team for the great help!
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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#RITA extended with #SVG to reach PDA and OM3 while LITA used in sequential for D1 and LAD. I generally extend RITA with #LeftRadial but after reading the encouraging results of #SAVERITA trial I start to believe veins perform better when arise form ITAs rather than Aorta.
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
#offpump #CABG “F” graft of LITA to LAD, distal LITA to D1 and #Radial to OM1. Total arterial anaortic bypass in #JehovahWitness patient. Great way to avoid proximal anastomosis and potential for #bleeding . @LankenauCVSurg @mainlinehealth @LIMR_ @BaselRamlawiMD @M_Pompeu_Sa_MD
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
Very happy to announce I will be joining the father of #Robotic CABG, dr #FranSutter and @BaselRamlawiMD @ScottGoldmanMD @robertorodriguez at @mainlinehealth the 3 star #STS #CABG and #Aortic program in #Philadelphia to keep promoting the #busiest #robotic #CABG program of #USA
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Acute rupture of #SVG graft 13 years after implantation. Patient received #CABG in 2009 with LITA LAD, RITA RCA and SVG OM. Was cath in 2021 for new angina with no findings. Now presenting with pseudo aneurysm of #SVG graft and new ⬇️EF. ⁦⁦ @djc795 ⁩ ⁦ @DocSavageTJU
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Gianluca Torregrossa
4 years
Help from #thoracic surgeons out there?With @drbypass we removed this #freefloating mass from R chest of a 57 yo M. Mass had no connection with surrounding structures. Patient is a triplet of a spontaneous pregnancy. Ideas? #cardiotwitter @STS_CTsurgery
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
Getting acquainted with #MicroCorKnot device by #LSISolution . A small fastener compatible with 7/0 and 8/0 ideal for minimally invasive #CABG and not visible at post op angio. @rodrigo_md_79 @RuelMarc1 @PirozeD @SauerJude @RuffenachG @TSRA_official
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Gianluca Torregrossa
1 year
I'm hosting Proximal Anastomosis in #CABG with #Enclose2 Device. Proximal anastomosis is where we pay the price of stroke in off pump Make sure to attend it on September 7th at 7:00 AM NYC Time.
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Robotic LITA to LAD @mainlinehealth . Thanks #TimShapiro to shoot this one! There are a lot of patients that could benefit for #CABG + #PCI rather than extensive conversation of #CABG vs #PCI #hybrid @fuad_moussa @RuelMarc1 @FaisalBakaeen @mpvallely
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
One of my first Type A dissection as attending did this tatoo on him few months after surgery. I took this pic 3 years ago... I think it has a role in convincing me going into #Robotic #Surgery . @ThoracicStudent @TSRA_official @M_Pompeu_Sa_MD @AndreaAmabileMD @rodrigo_md_1979
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
When I am not happy with #TTFM flow of a graft anastomosis I always take a picture of it using ultrasound. I find this tool very useful in the algorithm of assessing grafts after #CABG . @FaisalBakaeen @Coronary4front @rodrigo_md_79 @fuad_moussa @tssmn
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Total stent in #LAD of a 55 yo man presenting with stable angina, CTO LAD, RCA proximal and circumflex disease. Done in a major university center in Manhattan. Why is this allowed? He got stent 6 months ago and now presenting with ISR LAD, RCA and Cx… @FaisalBakaeen @djc795
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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This is Dr Robicsek, a world renown #heartsurgeon who died at age 90 last April. He was buried with his surgical scrub. Among his contributions the #Robicsekweave for #sternalclosure . I dedicated my #EACTS presentation on preventing #sternal complications to him. @EACTS meeting
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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Extremely honored to be appointed as Program Chair for the 2024 International Coronary Congress, the most prestigious coronary meeting in the World. We will celebrate the 10th anniversary of ICC in London and we are preparing some incredible surprises… stay tuned!
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ISCAS
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We are delighted to announce that Dr. Gianluca Torregrossa, MD has been appointed as the 2024 ICC Program Chair. Please join us in congratulating him on this new role and we look forward to the new ideas and initiatives they bring to our society. Congratulations!
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
Sat night #aorticdissection at @mainlinehealth . Severe AI. Could not flow on #CBP despite LV vent. Decided to #crossclamp aorta and reconstruct root with #reverseElphantTrunck of a 26mm #Hemashield @GetingeGlobal . Do you cross clamp aortic dissection?
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Persistent left superior vena cava during #offpump #CABG surgery in patient with ESRD and 20%EF. Could not receive transvenous ICD and had 5 shock out of his transcutaneous ICD. Decided to place LV, RV, RA leads for Synch Pace and LV patch for IcD at the end of surgery
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Not only #RoboticCABG . Thanks ⁦ @mpvallely ⁩ to popularize & describe #anaortic #totalarterial CABG. Today ⁦ @LankenauCVSurg ⁩ sternotomy LITA to LAD1 and LAD2 and RITA extended radial to OM2 and PLB. Do you start CCB in POD0? ⁦ @FaisalBakaeen ⁩ ⁦ @RuelMarc1
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Gianluca Torregrossa
1 year
Pulling out a #clot from a #leftradial harvested during a #CABG 2 months and half after left heart cath. What is the rational behind left vs right radial approach during elective left heart cath? @djc795 @mmamas1973 @georgedangas @LAzzaliniMD @SCAI @VictorDayan1 @pomyers
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
Journal of Cardiac Surgery: “Aortic Valve replacement above the age of 60: Real world surgical outcomes"
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Benefit of #cryoanalgesia in #RoboticCABG patients. I have been using ⁦ @AtriCure #CryoIce probe in all comers for this procedure. I really have perceived a difference in terms of decreasing #opioid usage and improving #incentivespirometer
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
It is a honor learning #miniMitral from @ScottGoldmanMD one of the master of this procedure. I found it more intuitive than a #robotic Mitral. Endoscopic cardiac surgery has its own role in CV surgery. And young surgeons should learn it. @ecsclub @LankenauCVSurg @TSRA_official
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Gianluca Torregrossa
1 year
How to Deal with “Seagull Deformity” in Diamond-Shaped Sequential CABG cool technical videos. Very important teaching home message: do not oversize coronary arteriotomy in sequential grafting @FaisalBakaeen @rodrigo_md_79 @VictorDayan1 @pomyers @miro_peev
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Trying to educate myself about the #controversy around @ACCinTouch @AHAMeetings @SCAI guideline for coronary artery revascularization. Here some slides I prepared around the debating points that led @STS_CTsurgery and @AATSHQ to do not #endorse the guidelines. @ctsnetorg
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
During #CABG I always obtain ⁦ @Medistim ⁩ flow of my Bypasses and record in the operative report. Today flow LITA LAD was marginal (flow 24 PI 1.8). Decided to take some #pictures of the #anastomosis using #ImagingProbe of #MiraQ . ⁦
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
At ⁦ @mainlinehealth ⁩ having a deep understanding of #TTFM (intra operative graft flow measurement) during #CABG surgery using simultaneously ⁦ @Medistim ⁩ and our old system #Transonic . As heart surgeons we need to know how to read TTFM charts as part of our training
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Gianluca Torregrossa
8 months
Explore the past and future of Off Pump CABG surgery! Join @ISCAS Live Talk in a live webinar with pioneers of #OffPump #CABG .. Uncover the evolution, #trial outcomes, and the future of this groundbreaking technique. 🫀💡 #CABGSurgery #Coronary4Front
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
@VipinZamvar
Vipin Zamvar
2 years
Spent a wonderful three days in Tokyo attending the International Coronary Congress. Coronary surgery in Japan is miles ahead of anywhere else from the rest of the world. And every patient gets an angio after surgery, before discharge from hospital. @FaisalBakaeen @GianTorre610
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 months
Great study on revascularization in #CTO coronaries. Patients who receive #CABG do better than those who get #PCI . Added value of having a minimally invasive sternotomy sparing CABG program in multiple Institutions.
@HrisKirov
Hristo Kirov
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👉CABG is associated with superior long-term survival compared to PCI in patients with chronic total occlusion! 👉This survival advantage is associated with fewer events of MI and repeat revascularization. Find out more here:
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
#OPCABG total arterial with #RITA extended with #LeftRadial to PDA and PLB and LITA to LAD with Right radial K graft to Diagonal and OM1. #notOnlyRoboticCABG @mainlinehealth
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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Third time redo sternotomy with a dominant RCA and a non-PCI approachable lesion. Revascularization offered with @drbypass using a #RGEA to RCA in off pump without opening the chest. Probably one of the most valuable scenario to use RGEA. @MMCTS_Manual @tssmn
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Gianluca Torregrossa
1 year
#CABG surgery. From #notouch to #notrauma technique! Keep skeletonize your conduits but make sure your technique is perfect. @JoeSabik @FaisalBakaeen @ISCAScoronary @MsRashmiYadav @TSRA_official #cardiotwitter
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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Strong 74 yo M #Diabetic patient with #CAD and multiple stents. C/o active angina at rest. Max medical therapy. FFR LAD positive 0.78. FFR Cx positive 0.80. What would you offer? @Coronary4front @FaisalBakaeen @djc795 @DocSavageTJU @Drroxmehran @VictorDayan1 @pomyers @drbypass
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Live Talk with the Authors. Off Pump CABG in low EF
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Gianluca Torregrossa
9 months
Excellent two days in the OR with @LsiSolutions specialists to use Micro Core-Knot device in sternotomy #offPump #CABG and in #Robotic #CABG . Great tool to close an anastomosis during a minimally invasive CABG or to close a repair stitch.
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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Aortic Valve Neocuspidization: Frequently Asked Technical Questions
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
BMI 60 #Robotic #CABG for CTO LAD after failed attempt to reopen in a major University hospital. The value of a minimally invasive #CABG program is to expand the Portfolio of treatments for different patients. @mainlinehealth @wfearonmd @djc795 @LAzzaliniMD @Coronary4front
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Gianluca Torregrossa
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Journal of Cardiac Surgery: Live Talk with the Authors. Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction
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Gianluca Torregrossa
4 years
#redoCABG approached with a sternotomy spare technique using #robotic #TECAB by ⁦ @drbypass ⁩ . Patient with two previous surgery and multiple stents. RITA to LAD off pump. Discharged in POD 2 ⁦ @UChicagoCTSurg ⁩ ⁦ @tssmn ⁩ ⁦ @STS_CTsurgery
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
#CABG in low EF by Dr @FaisalBakaeen at @ICCoronary : on pump with blood cardioplegia arrest. Pulmonary artery pulsatility index greater than 1.8. LVEDD less than 65. If poor RV function might be served better by HF surgery. Consider multi arterial. Full Revascularization
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
Today surgery by dr @ScottGoldmanMD : Redo Mitral valve after 20+ years of successful #mitralrepair . Progression of the disease with MV stenosis, #Afib and #clot in LAA. MV Replacement with #epic @AbbottCardio , LAA clip and #maze procedure @AtriCure . @LankenauCVSurg
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
V graft in #CABG : using one single aortic proximal anastomosis to feed two bypass: SVG to D1 and SVG to D2. Useful technique to minimize aortic manipulation or to attach a small #arterial graft (Radial or ITA) from the #aorta . Any experience with it? ⁦
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Gianluca Torregrossa
4 years
On Saturday 13th Feb 8:00 am EST I will interview Dr. #UgoTesler the author of "A History of #CardiacSurgery ". Join me and ask him how was Denton Cooley in the OR, what really happened the day of the first #ArtificialHeart . @tssmn @BobbyYanagawa @M_Pompeu_Sa_MD @Cerf_MD
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Interesting paper from @EACTS_Journals on #TTFM @Medistim flow in predicting #graftFailure after #CABG . Mean flow less than 36 ml/min for #veingraft or 26 ml/min for #arterialgraft associated with early graft failure @mpvallely @pomyers @VictorDayan1 @FaisalBakaeen @JoeSabik .
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
At #AorticValveRepairSymposium in Philadelphia organized by ⁦ @BavariaMd ⁩ . We start with the right step thanks to a terrific presentation on #guidelines on when to operate on ascending aorta. Final slide is a classic!
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Gianluca Torregrossa
4 years
Passed my @EBCTSExam ! Very happy about it. It was harder than expected but very surprise by the result. Now getting ready for oral part #FEBCTS @EduQuintanaCVS @EACTS
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
International Coronary Congress 2021: Live Stream
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Gianluca Torregrossa
4 years
I will interview dr Gaudino on Tuesday December 8 on liveStream on ⁦ @LinkedIn ⁩ and ⁦ @YouTube ⁩ channel, about his most recent book on #CABG surgery. Join us and ask questions! ⁦ @tssmn ⁩ ⁦ @STS_CTsurgery ⁩ ⁦ @EACTS ⁩ ⁦ @dompagano ⁩ ⁦ @AnnalsofSurgery
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Gianluca Torregrossa
8 months
Saturday 6th Jan 8 am NYC Time. Explore the past and future of Off Pump CABG surgery! Join @ISCAScoronary , and pioneers of #OffPump #CABG in a live webinar. Uncover the evolution, trial outcomes, and the future of this groundbreaking technique.
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Gianluca Torregrossa
1 year
3 years outcome of #notouch #SVG vs #skeletonized #SVG conduits by Chinese No Touch SVG initiative. After publishing the 12 months follow up on ⁦ @CircAHA ⁩, now 3 years outcomes: #noTouch seems superior but come with increase risk of surgical site infection
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
ICC Live Talk: Implications of the ISCHEMIA trial on the practice of CABG Surgery
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3 years
Interview with the author: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: a Practical Guide.
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
Journal of Cardiac Surgery: Moderate Mitral Regurgitation during LVAD implantation
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
Surgical Notes: Robotic Bilateral Thoracic Arteries Harvest how to take down #BITA grafting using @IntuitiveSurg . No sternal wound infection and max length of RITA when sternum stays close. @TSRA_official @M_Pompeu_Sa_MD @RowseMD @pomyers @ovidiogarciav
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Gianluca Torregrossa
2 years
Numbers of #AorticRoot surgery from @STS_CTsurgery . Data presented by @BavariaMd at #avrs impressive increase of #Ross procedure. In the era of #TAVI are we pushing the boundaries of advancing the skills of aortic surgeons? @IHamamsy
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Gianluca Torregrossa
3 years
Live ICC: Skeletonized vs Pedicled Internal Mammary Artery Graft Harvesting in CABG
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Gianluca Torregrossa
9 months
@Medtronic LAA #Penditure Clip during #OffPump CABG with in situ #BITA . 5th in the world implant. Happy to have tried a new device for the treatment of left atrial appendage management. Time to understand when and how we should deal with LAA during #cardiac #surgery cases!
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