Vinod Thourani

Oct 6, 2024 | jacc.org | Suzanne Arnold |Rebecca T. Hahn |Vinod Thourani |Raj R. Makkar

Introduction Severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) can result in a substantial burden of symptoms, such as dyspnea, fatigue, and edema, which can negatively impact patients’ physical and social function and their quality of life.1-4 Although it was expected that treatment of severe TR would lead to reductions in both mortality and heart failure hospitalization, to date, the only proven benefit of transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention is improved health status.5-7 In both the TRILUMINATE...

Jun 23, 2023 | ctsnet.org | Vinod Thourani

At the 2023 Innovation, Technologies, and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Cardiovascular/Vascular Surgery (ISMICS) annual meeting in late May, President Vinod Thourani made the keynote speech on mental health and collaboration among cardiothoracic surgeons. He spoke on the benefits of developing mental immunity in fostering innovation.