Fernando Ramirez Del Val MD MPH
@frdv_md
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Cardiac Surgeon @MethodistHosp, Cardiac Surgery Resident @mghctsurgery/@harvardmed, SAFRA Fellow @Brighamthoracic/@harvardmed, General Surgery @incmnszmx
Houston, Tx
Joined October 2010
Seems like a wonderful time together. Wish could have been there. Go HMH cardiology!
A lovely milestone gala celebrating #ACC25 75th anniversary. So special to celebrate with our @HMethodistCV family and all. Onward! @ACCinTouch @ASE360 @SCMR @Heart_SCCT @DrMarthaGulati @escardio
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Check out our most recent #1minCTconsult discussing TAAA Repair (Operative Approach) with Dr. Coselli and Adham Ahmed. Part 2 will follow in a few weeks! @JCoselli_MD @Adham_Ahmed_64
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Thanks to all the members of Southern Vascular, a true honor I will cherish. Love the resident persuasion device( or ?faculty persuasion hammer) #SAVS2025 . . .
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Just posted on my @YouTube channel a whiteboard lecture to our structural fellows. A simplified way to understand TEE/fluoro imaging between #mitral and #tricuspid #TEER #MitraClip #TriClip to make procedures more efficient. Now you can appreciate the parallel between the 2
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Congratulations on your presidency, my friend @Hirji1987 . What a year! We are so proud of all your accomplishments, and everything you have done for @TSRA_official over the last many years. @BrighamCardiac #STS2025
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Deep dive on #EARLYTAVR from ##TCT2024 Lots already said & discussed It takes time to read the paper, read the supplementary appendix, analyse the results, think about them etc! Some thoughts...🧵
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Dr. Vicente Orozco, a triple-board certified general, vascular, and cardiac surgeon at Baylor Medicine, highlights his favorite aspects of being a part of this team. @vicenteorozco2
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Are you looking for interesting manuscripts for your Journal Clubs in critically ill patients? Here are 14 ideas: ➡️All RCTs ➡️All published in 2023, ➡️all @NEJM Half of them with stat significant differences in primary endpoint (or mortality) In order of importance 1/15
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A1: We often find statements that imply causation in reports of retrospective studies. In these cases, we ask authors to rephrase objectives, findings, and conclusions in terms of associations, avoiding terms like impact, effect, affect, cause, influence. #AASChat
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Are you a medical student or resident rotating on Cardiac Surgery? Check out our new book written by amazing trainee/staff duos from around the country. https://t.co/LJatHEJqQe
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Top reads 🫀 HCM surgery review -Schaff 🫀992 Crawford I repairs -Coselli 🫀750 Redo mitrals -Glower 🫁Home discharge 18h >lobectomy -Kim 🚸Congenital work survey 👉STS Presidential address
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Parameters of the mitral apparatus in patients with ischemic and nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (AI summary) 🔍 #CardiologyUpdate: New review by Presume et al. explores mitral valve apparatus in #IschemicDCM & #NonischemicDCM. Highlights: 📈 Elevated risk of FMR in DCM. 💡
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Tune in to learn more about heritable thoracic aortic disease with @vicenteorozco2 and @MarfanFdn
#aoraEd
Happening now!!!! Please join @MarfanFdn and @vicenteorozco2 discussing aortic surgery and genetic disorders. #aortaEd
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EACTS together with STS and AATS is going to release the Guidelines for diagnosing and treating acute and chronic syndromes of the aortic organ @JCoselli_MD @EricRoselliMD @EACTS @keaglemd @OuzounianMD @DrWheatley @AortaSurg @AkhyariMD @OPreventzaMD @MarkELindsay
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Minimally invasive Mitral Valve repair with annuloplasty ring implantation. 6 knots for every suture with the Knot-Pusher instrument! In most patients, it is difficult to tie a knot with a finger 👇🏻 (due to minimally invasive access)
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British Thoracic Society recently published a must-read Statement on pleural procedures. It is 26 pages long & is accompanied by 13 online supplementary appendices
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Pulmonary autograft implantation during the #rossprocedure with a running suture. Technique learned from @schaefers_hans. @UCSFCTSurgery @UCSFSurgery @UCSFCardiology
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