Sasha Still MD
@RootGal210
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Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery @UABMedicine | Prior aortic & CT fellow @UABsurgery | Live & Breathe 🫀🔪 | Texas Born & Raised🤘🏼| Lone Wolf 🏴☠️
Birmingham, AL
Joined October 2021
54 yo F ATAAD, COPD home O2, plavix, recent AAA repair, ESRD. Risk mgmt is challenging. In high risk scenario, prioritize survival (#1), early events (#2, abd malperf), late events (#3). S/p hemiarch, open TEVAR. Discharged home. @TerumoAortic @UABSurgery @UABCVI @AorticHope
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High risk TAVR explant possible with lower mortality (6%) at @uabmedicine @UABSurgery @UABCVI @UABCardiology, compared to all previously published studies. A great achievement! Let’s figure out how to do even better! @STS_CTsurgery @AATSHQ @WomenInThoracic.
Dr. Sasha Still, an assistant professor in the UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, along with her colleagues in the division, published their experience of TAVR explantation in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 🖥️ Read more: @RootGal210 @annalsthorsurg
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Never underestimate a centrally located structure on a non-con CT chest!. 68 yo F diagnosed with pericardial cyst on CT A/P. Con CT w/ chronic TAAD with thrombosed aortic pseudoaneurysm. S/p hemiarch + in-situ proximal anastomosis. @uabcvi @tmsa @Rad_Bits @TerumoAortic #aortaed
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RT @DavidBobbitt: Inspiring words from 85th @AATSHQ President Dr Tirone David’s Presidential address as we celebrate his career with a tech….
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A good one!.
New pub alert 💥: Open 3-stage repair of multifocal aortic aneurysms in a 34-year-old by @RootGal210, presented by graduating fellow Dr. Soler at the Fellow Case Competition @IntAorticSummit and published in @JVascSurgCIT. #whyUABCT @UABCVI #AortaEd
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RT @uabmedicine: UAB Medicine's Sasha Still, M.D., explains how a delayed diagnosis of #AorticDisease among women, who often present later….
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Honored for the invite to represent @UABCVI and discuss post-TAVR #aorticaneurysm at #ACC25 in the joint @ACC/@STS session: TAVR Here to Stay, TAVR in the Way - Emerging Challenges in Post-TAVR Cardiac Surgery.
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JTCVS Open: .Evaluating effects of socioeconomic status (DCI score) on postop outcomes following ATAAD repair. Result: Similar postoperative mortality @ 30d - 5yr. Consider: Equal access as a balancing force. @UABSurgery @UABCVI @THINK__AORTA @AATSHQ @TSRA_official #aortaED
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RT @Doc_Texas: 🚨BREAKING NEWS:. University of Texas mascot, Bevo, has been hospitalized. Bevo has been diagnosed with back pain from carr….
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47 yo M with ATAAD and cold R leg x 4 hr. Mild AI, 5.0cm root. Underwent RLE reperfusion at time of CPB (thanks @jarradrowse!), hemiarch, valve sparing root replacement. Choose you adversary wisely! Doing great postop! @THINK__AORTA @UABSurgery @UABVascular @UABCVI @TSRA_official
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Post-STEMI pap muscle rupture is deadly. Expedited management saves lives. 69 yo M s/p STEMI PCI LCx, intubated, IABP, transferred to UAB. Max support at arrival. Emergent VA ECMO. MVR within 48hrs. Decann'd, d/c'd. Doing great!! @UABCVI @UABSurgery @TSRA_official
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RT @uabctsresidency: Dr. Sasha Still @RootGal210 presenting excellent outcomes @UABCVI @UABSurgery after TAVR explant in a high risk popula….
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RT @UABSurgery: It’s a full house and a morning of hearing some fantastic local research with the Halsted Society! . Thank you to everyone….
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Thank you @BenCHambright for presenting our data on how socioeconomic status affects outcomes after acute type A dissection repair. Just an MS3 and he killed it! . Equal access = surgical justice… and IT MATTERS!. @ECTSS_CTsurg @UABCVI @ThinkAortaUS @SurgicalEquity @UABHeersink
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Let's explore the intersections between surgery, ancestry, SES, and SDoH! Register to join us for our first National SRS Research Seminar hosted in conjunction with the @UABSurgEquity with guests @RootGal210 and @DrAndreaGillis1
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Early intervention makes a difference!.
Real-world evidence shows early surgical intervention for symptomatic aortic regurgitation can yield significant benefits in terms of mortality, healthcare utilization, and cost, helping to provide better treatment for patients. #AHAJournals #SAVR
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RT @uabctsresidency: New @JAHA_AHA pub alert 💥: @RootGal210 shows improved outcomes with early SAVR (within 12 months of diagnosis) for sym….
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Free wall perforation - UPDATE!. Arrived in tamponade, shock (EF10%), lactic 12, 600 plavix load. S/p 1 emergent repair, 5 d VA ECMO, 29 d impella 5.5. Rehabed, EF 30%. SURVIVED AND AT HOME! STAY HARD! @davidgoggins . @UABCVI @UABSurgery.
54 yo F with late STEMI and LV WALL PERFORATION. Survived to OR. TEE with EF <20%, flow in pericardial space. Repaired alla Still. Stable. Anyone seen? Advice/Stories?. @MarcMoonMD @RuelMarc1 @luiscastromd @schaefers_hans @CardioNerds @official_trsa @ACCinTouch #cardiotwitter
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