Shout Out!

Congratulations and best wishes to Kathy van der Vis on her retirement after 33 years with Cardiology.   Thank you Kathy for your outstanding service.

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Martin R Cowie, Ricardo Mourilhe-Rocha, Hung-Yu Chang, Maurizio Volterrani, Ha Ngoc Ban, Denilson Campos de Albuquerque, Edward Chung, Cândida Fonseca, Yuri Lopatin, José Antonio Magaña Serrano, Lilyana Mircheva, Gustavo Adolfo Moncada-Paz, Zurab Pagava, Eugenio B Reyes, Clara Saldarriaga, Pedro Schwartzmann, David Sim Kheng Leng, Marcelo Trivi, Yoto Trifonov Yotov, Shelley Zieroth, OPTIMIZE Heart Failure Care program coordinators The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on heart failure management: Global experience of the OPTIMIZE heart failure care network  Int J Cardiol. 2022 Jun 21;S0167-5273(22)00922-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.06.022. Online ahead of print.

Paloma Jordà, Laurens P Bosman, Alessio Gasperetti, Andrea Mazzanti, Jean Baptiste Gourraud, Brianna Davies, Tanja Charlotte Frederiksen , Zoraida Moreno Weidmann , Andrea Di Marco , Jason D Roberts , Ciorsti MacIntyre , Colette Seifer, Antoine Delinière, Wael Alqarawi, Deni Kukavica, Damien Minois, Alessandro Trancuccio, Marine Arnaud, Mattia Targetti, Annamaria Martino, Giada Oliviero, Daniel C Pipilas, Corrado Carbucicchio, Paolo Compagnucci, Antonio Dello Russo, Iacopo Olivotto, Leonardo Calò, Steven A Lubitz, Michael J Cutler , Philippe Chevalier, Elena Arbelo , Silvia Giuliana Priori, Jeffrey S Healey  Hugh Calkins, Michela Casella, Henrik Kjærulf Jensen , Claudio Tondo, Rafik Tadros, Cynthia A James , Andrew D Krahn, Julia Cadrin-Tourigny   Arrhythmic risk prediction in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: external validation of the arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy risk calculator Eur Heart J. 2022 Jun 29;ehac289. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac289. Online ahead of print.

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Sal’s Star of the Week: Critical Care Nursing Educators – Shelley Dolbeck, Laura Ross, Elson Alvarez    

(Introduced by Sarah Gilchrist)

This week we are recognizing the Educators in the Critical Care Nursing Orientation Program –  Shelley Dolbeck, Laura Ross and Elson Alvarez.  This group plays a pivotal role in the recruitment and onboarding of our ICU nurses joining all three Critical Care Units at St. Boniface.  

Shelley, Laura and Elson are often the first contacts for nurses joining Critical Care and they use their skill, expertise, compassion and humour to provide a smooth transition.  Over the last 3 years there has been a lot of changes to the CCNOP;  particularly the change from the delivery of theory to a blended model requiring the navigation of an online nursing platform and changes in how the clinical portion is performed, bringing on board Y2 nurses who require ICU training and let’s not forget even a name change!  This team has been able to pivot from the previous ways of doing things, working collaboratively as a team and working with their unit educator partners to ensure a successful path forward into the clinical area for our nurses.   

Most recently this group has collaborated with the unit based educators to offer weekly Lunch and Learn sessions for our teams.  They have been very well attended, interactive and a great way to provide a spark back to our recovering teams.  It can not go unnoticed that taking on new initiatives in this time of COVID recovery is a feat, but I think this shows their level of passion for education and safe and competent care delivery to the patients we serve.

Shout Outs!

Shuangbo Liu and the MB ACS Network have launched a new educational campaign called “Dial Don’t Drive” (DDD) to help the public be aware of heart attack symptoms.  This important initiative was featured on the CTV News Medical Watch.  Check it out.

Emily Hyde and Robin Ducas, with Annette Schultz, Anna Chudyk, Andrea Winther Klippenstein, Dawn Barker, Holly Bekkering, Chloe Frechette, Joanne St.Godard-Frechette, Karan Buttar, and Ravinder Buttar were awarded an Exploration Grant by the Reseau Compassion Network for developing innovative approaches “Engaging Patients and Caregivers in Identifying Needs to Support Transitions from Pediatric to Adult Congenital Heart Disease Care”. They will be using this funding to consult congenital heart disease patients and their caregivers to ensure they have a voice in the development of transitions from pediatric to adult care. Congratulations!

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Derrick Y Tam , Jan O Friedrich, Rakesh C Arora, Bobby Yanagawa  Frequentist or Bayesian: Coronary artery bypass grafting offers advantages over percutaneous coronary intervention in left main coronary disease  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 May 14;S0022-5223(22)00599-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.04.045. Online ahead of print.

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The Section of Cardiac Surgery would like to acknowledge the retirement Keith Warrian after a career spanning 7 decades of dedicated service. 

Keith graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1969 and began his residency here as well.  He initially worked as a vascular surgeon in Kelowna before returning to Winnipeg where he remained until retirement.  He served as the Associate Medical Director of Cardiac Surgery and made numerous contributions to the Program in clinical and educational endeavors.  He was the Chair of the Cardiac Sciences Standards Committee and the Director of the Cardiac Surgical Clerkship Program.  His mentorship, not only to residents and students but also to junior staff members, was invaluable.  He made a tremendous impact not only on his patients, but everyone who had the privilege to work with him.

Congratulations to Keith on a very well-deserved retirement!

Sal’s Star of the Week: Cheryl Leblanc and Claudia Klemmens   

(Introduced by Scott MacKenzie)

The Sals Stars of the Week are Cheryl Leblanc and Claudia Klemmens who are the CRNs for the Cardiac Operating Rooms. Their roles are essentially twofold: 1) being clinical experts and a resource to staff  2) maintaining and improving nursing practice by providing clinical guidance/support to health care team members. Teaching comprises a large part of their daily activities. Claudia and Cheryl  developed a Fast Track Cardiac Nurses Training Program with funding provided by the Cardiac Surgery Program. This program allows them to provide mentorship to nurses for an 8 week intensive course.  This gives those nurses who are inexperienced to Cardiac Sciences a solid foundation to further develop their skills and become expert Cardiac OR nurses. In addition to their clinical duties, Claudia and Cheryl are responsible for monitoring supplies, equipment, implants and are responsible for liaison with the equipment and supply personnel, all to keep the 3 Cardiac Operating Rooms running efficiently. They also maintain SIMS doctor preference cards and other written resources to allow for preparation for all Cardiac procedures. Cheryl and Claudia are wonderful to work with and possess a wealth of knowledge. They are in large part responsible for the smooth running of the Cardiac Operating Rooms. Congratulations and thank you for all you do!

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Denise Battaglini, Lavienraj Premraj, Samuel Huth, Jonathon Fanning, Glenn Whitman, Rakesh C Arora, Judith Bellapart, Diego Bastos Porto, Fabio S Taccone, Jacky Y Suen, Gianluigi Li Bassi, John F Fraser, Sung-Min Cho, Chiara Robba The Use of Noninvasive Multimodal Neuromonitoring in Adult Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 Infection J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2022 Jun 8. doi: 10.1097/ANA.0000000000000859. Online ahead of print.

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Sal’s Star of the Week: Shere Gigolyk  

(Introduced by Kwabena A. Osei-Bonsu)

This week, the Sals Star is Shere Gigolyk from the RT & Perfusion Department. Shere has been with St Boniface Hospital since June 1990; first as a therapist then taking on a leadership role in 2015. As she says, despite having worked in several capacities around the province – Neonatal Transport Team, The Pas, Flin Flon & Thompson, St B has always been home for Shere. She’s been able to build strong bonds at this site over the years and in 2015 she decided to give something back to the profession she had received so much from by taking on the Clinical Lead role in the NICU.

Through continued dedication and hard work Shere has continued to excel, not only in implementing programs such as Point of Care Lung Ultrasounds (more on this later) and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy at the bedside but in bringing more RTs into the fold and to the cutting edge of care delivery at the bedside. “I don’t want to ever stop developing respiratory therapy”-Shere said as I noticed the passion in her eyes as she spoke of where she wanted to continue driving the profession with a goal of seeing a role of a respiratory care practitioner developed someday.

Shere’s list of accomplishments are impressive and extensive. Notably, Shere presented the progress of the St Boniface Hospital Point of Care Lung Ultrasound program at a Neonatology Conference in Paris, France! The paper has also been published in the Journal of Perinatology. She continues to be an ambassador for the profession and for St Boniface Hospital on a local, national and  international basis.

Notwithstanding her accomplishments, her caring and kind-heart is the part of Shere that shines the most! Her impact on RT students through preceptorship over the years has definitely helped recruit many RTs to St Boniface Hospital (Including me!). 

During her downtime, Shere loves to spend time at the lake, with her dogs and cook. (Enchiladas are her favourite to cook as we found out during our cultural food week!). 

Thank you Shere. We are grateful to have you on our team. I look forward to many more years working with you! Congratulations.

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Madeleine Barker, Roxana Mehran, Graham C Wong, Parvathy Nair, Annie Chou, Eve Aymong, Craig Butler, Annabel Chen-Tournoux, Kelly Coverett, Peggy DeJong, Btissama Essadiqi, Michael Froeschl, Samir Hazra, Ashlay Huitema, Malek Kass, Katherine Kavanagh, Clarence Khoo, Victoria Korley, Hung Ly, Andrew Moeller, Joelle Morin, Matthew Sibbald, Ken Gin, Janarthanan Sathananthan Perspectives of Female Cardiology Trainees on Interventional Cardiology Training and Careers: A Canadian Nationwide Survey  Can J Cardiol. 2022 Jun;38(6):832-835. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.01.014. Epub 2022 Jan 21.

Abhinav Sharma, Subodh Verma , Deepak L Bhatt , Kim A Connelly, Elizabeth Swiggum , Muthiah Vaduganathan , Shelley Zieroth, Javed Butler Optimizing Foundational Therapies in Patients With HFrEF: How Do We Translate These Findings Into Clinical Care?  JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2022 Mar 2;7(5):504-517. doi: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2021.10.018. eCollection 2022 May.

Ali Hage, Fadi Hage, Francois Dagenais, Maral Ouzounian, Jennifer Chung, Ismail El-Hamamsy, Mark D Peterson, Munir Boodhwani, John Bozinovski, Michael C Moon, Michael Yamashita, Michael W A Chu, Canadian Thoracic Aortic Collaborative; Andreanne Cartier, Vincent Chauvette, Ming Guo, Abigail White, Carly Lodewyks Frozen Elephant Trunk for Aortic Arch Reconstruction is Associated with Reduced Mortality as Compared to Conventional Techniques  Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Summer 2022;34(2):386-392. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.03.049. Epub 2021 Jun 3.

Lina A Elfaki, Jessica G Y Luc, Mara B Antonoff, David T Cooke, Rakesh C Arora, Nikki Stamp, Thomas K Varghese Jr, Maral Ouzounian Sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic  JTCVS Open. 2022 May 13. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2022.05.005. Online ahead of print.

Hellmuth R Muller Moran, Rakesh C Arora, Rizwan A Manji Commentary: The A-B-C’s of H-I-T  Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Summer;34(2):581-582. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.05.020. Epub 2021 Jun 25.

Virendra K Arya, Waiel Al-Moustadi, Vikas Dutta Cardiac output monitoring – invasive and noninvasive   Curr Opin Crit Care. 2022 Jun 1;28(3):340-347. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000937. Epub 2022 Mar 11

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Sal’s Star of the Week:  Kathy van der Vis and Rita Mann    

(Introduced by Tim Dyck)

Rita Mann has been an Administrative Secretary with the Cardiac Sciences Program since 2003. Rita previously worked at St. Boniface from 1973 to 1980, moved out of province, and then returned in 2002. 

Rita is a strong contributor and a team player with the Y3 cardiology admin team. She has seen a number of changes in the section over the years having worked with a number of cardiologists. Rita literally is the right hand of some of the cardiologists she works with, and has been instrumental in providing excellent patient care. Rita is a true team player who is always willing to go the extra mile to help someone in need, whether that be mentoring a new staff, or just answering questions and explaining processes.  Rita is also noted as having contributed to the organization and administration of the Inherited Arrhythmia Clinic with Dr. Seifer, Dr. Khoo and Genetics. Rita has been the catch-all with taking on a bunch of extra responsibilities for the department as a whole such as filling out work orders, ordering billing cards, booking rooms, ordering scrubs, ordering office supplies, helping with payroll, and the list goes on and on.

Outside the hospital Rita enjoys spending time with her 2 sons (Sean & Patrick) and 3 grandsons – James 12, Matthew 10 & Kyle almost 6.  Rita enjoys bike riding and going for walks at Kildonan park with her partner & best friend Henry.

Rita will also be retiring in July, and has earned a well-deserved break.

Again, thank you both for your dedication and years of service to the Cardiac Sciences Program.

Shout Out!

Congratulations to Chris Kuttnig on her appointment as president-elect of  the Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses (CCCN). 

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Cameron R Eekhoudt, Tessa Bortoluzzi, Sonu S Varghese, David Y C Cheung, Simon Christie, Skyler Eastman, Ishika Mittal, J Alejandro Austria, Harold M Aukema, Amir Ravandi, James Thliveris, Pawan K Singal, Davinder S Jassal Comparing Flaxseed and Perindopril in the Prevention of Doxorubicin and Trastuzumab-Induced Cardiotoxicity in C57Bl/6 Mice  Curr Oncol. 2022 Apr 21;29(5):2941-2953. doi: 10.3390/curroncol29050241

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Sal’s Star of the Week:  Chantal Fillion  

(Introduced by Lisa Bowen)

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Michael C Grant, Sylvain A Lother, Daniel T Engelman, Ansar Hassan, Pavan Atluri, Rainer Moosdorf, J Awori Hayanga , HelenMari Merritt-Genore, Subhasis Chatterjee, Michael S Firstenberg, Hitoshi Hirose, Jennifer Higgins, Jean-Francois Legare, Yoan Lamarche, Malek Kass, Samer Mansour, Rakesh C Arora Surgical Triage and Timing for Patients with COVID: A Guidance Statement from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 May 17;S0003-4975(22)00706-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.05.001. Online ahead of print.

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Sal’s Star of the Week:  Cardiology Medical Team

(Introduced by Colette Seifer)

Congratulations to Thang Nguyen, Sarah Gilchrist, Katarina Lee and Emily Hyde who graduated from the Executive Training (EXTRA) Program offered through Healthcare Excellence Canada.

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Evan J Wiens, Megan Deviaene, Ashish H Shah Clinical applications of high-sensitivity troponin testing: from diagnosis to prognosis Can J Cardiol. 2022 May 12;S0828-282X(22)00316-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.05.008. Online ahead of print.

Morten H Møller, Waleed Alhazzani, Kimberley Lewis, Emilie Belley-Cote, Anders Granholm, John Centofanti, William B McIntyre, Jessica Spence, Zainab Al Duhailib, Dale M Needham, Laura Evans, Annika Reintam Blaser, Margaret A Pisani, Frederick D’Aragon, Manu Shankar-Hari, Mohammed Alshahrani, Giuseppe Citerio, Rakesh C Arora, Sangeeta Mehta, Timothy D Girard, Otavio T Ranzani, Naomi Hammond, John W Devlin, Yahya Shehabi , Pratik Pandharipande, Marlies Ostermann Use of dexmedetomidine for sedation in mechanically ventilated adult ICU patients: a rapid practice guideline Intensive Care Med. 2022 May 19. doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06660-x. Online ahead of print.

Kiran Sidhu, Anna Isotta Castrini, Victoria Parikh, Nosheen Reza, Anjali Owens, Maxime Tremblay-Gravel, Matthew T Wheeler, Luisa Mestroni, Matthew Taylor, Sharon Graw, Marta Gigli, Marco Merlo, Alessia Paldino, Gianfranco Sinagra, Daniel P Judge, Hannia Ramos, Olurotimi Mesubi, Emily Brown, Samual Turnbull, Saurabh Kumar, Darius Roy, Usha B Tedrow, Long Ngo, Kristina Haugaa, Neal K Lakdawala The response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in LMNA cardiomyopathy  Eur J Heart Fail. 2022 Apr;24(4):685-693. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2463. Epub 2022 Mar 14.

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Sal’s Star of the Week:  Imei Woo

(Introduced by Dalibor Gavranovic)

Congratulations to cardiac surgery resident graduates Carly Lodewyks and Ivan Zelentsov.  Carly has accepted a position at Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis and Ivan has accepted a position at the New Brunswick Heart Centre.

The Adult Cardiology Program, and Cardiac Sciences family would like to congratulate Dr. Hilary Bews (C2 Adult Cardiology) and welcome Anders Jeffrey Danny Pavlick, born April 12 at (6lbs 12 oz), who decided to join us 10 days late.  Mom and baby are doing well.  

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Ashish H Shah, Shakeel A Qureshi, Richard A Krasuski Invasive Hemodynamic Evaluation of the Fontan Circulation: Current Day Practice and Limitations  Curr Cardiol Rep. 2022 May;24(5):587-596. doi: 10.1007/s11886-022-01679-4. Epub 2022 Mar 1.

Primary Panel: Beth L Abramson, Mohammed Al-Omran, Sonia S Anand, Zaina Albalawi, Thais Coutinho, Charles de Mestral, Luc Dubois, Heather L Gill, Elisa Greco, Randolph Guzman, Christine Herman, Mohamad A Hussain, Victor F Huckell, Prasad Jetty, Eric Kaplovitch, Erin Karlstedt, Ahmed Kayssi, Thomas Lindsay, G B John Mancini, Graham McClure, M Sean McMurtry, Hassan Mir, Sudhir Nagpal, Patrice Nault, Thang Nguyen, Paul Petrasek, Luke Rannelli, Derek J Roberts, Andre Roussin, Jacqueline Saw, Kajenny Srivaratharajah, James Stone, David Szalay, Darryl Wan, Secondary Panel:; Heather Cox, Subodh Verma, Sean Virani Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2022 Guidelines for Peripheral Arterial Disease  Can J Cardiol. 2022 May;38(5):560-587. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.02.029.

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Sal’s Star of the Week:  Belinda Landry

(Introduced by Sara Unrau)

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Rachel Eikelboom, Ricky Muller Moran, Weiang Yan, Michael Yamashita, Apurva Patel , Michael Reardon, Aaron Spooner Current and future transcatheter aortic valve replacement valves  Curr Opin Cardiol. 2022 Mar 1;37(2):173-179. doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000935.

Judith Therrien, Jack Colman, Erwin Oechslin, David J Barron, Curt J Daniels, Robin Ducas, Paul Khairy, Candice Silversides, Ariane Marelli Standing on the Shoulders of a Giant Dr. Gary Douglas Webb 1943-2021  Can J Cardiol. 2022 Apr 28;S0828-282X(22)00266-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.04.016. Online ahead of print.

Kaien Gu, Kirsten Marshall, Quinn Robertson-Stovel, Shelley Zieroth Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Detected With a Smartwatch  CJC Open. 2021 Dec 16;4(4):424-427. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.12.003. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Umar Ismail, Manish Motwani, Douglas G W Fraser, Ragheb Hasan, Ashish H Shah  Chest Pain Post-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Don’t Forget the Uncommon Complication  JACC Case Rep. 2022 Apr 20;4(8):473-475. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.01.023.

Denise Battaglini, Lavienraj Premraj, Samuel Huth , Jonathon Fanning , Glenn Whitman, Rakesh C Arora, Judith Bellapart , Diego Bastos Porto, Fabio Silvio Taccone , Jacky Y Suen, Gianluigi Li Bassi , John F Fraser, Rafael Badenes, Sung-Min Cho, Chiara Robba , COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium  Non-Invasive Multimodal Neuromonitoring in Non-Critically Ill Hospitalized Adult Patients With COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Front Neurol. 2022 Apr 14;13:814405. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.814405. eCollection 2022.

I hope you are staying safe and healthy (and having a good Mother’s Day!).

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Sal’s Star of the Week:  ACS Network

The ACS Network has had a history spanning 3 decades and was one of the early “wins” of the newly established Cardiac Sciences Program. In 2008 the Code STEMI program was initiated that has been an important step in reducing in hospital mortality. In 2014 the ACS Network was formally constituted and has been important in the development of a range of provincial standards-  17 at last count!.  The work of a number of members of the Cardiac Science Program have been integral in the development of the ACSN, especially that of the leadership of John Ducas, Lorraine Avery and now Shuangbo Liu.

This past several weeks has been a very notable time for the ACSN, for several reasons. Firstly, Friday they held another very successful  Heart Attack Day, a major CHE event for health care providers across MB.    However, this week we are recognizing the ACSN team as a very deserving Sal’s Star of the Week- for the work they have done in implementing the Dial Don’t Drive Campaign, directing STEMI patients to an ambulance and NOT to a lift from the family.  This is an important public health effort and continues a long history of achievement for this truly dedicated team.  Congratulations to the ACSN for your recent successes and for your almost 15 years of dedicated efforts improving cardiac care in Manitoba.

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Ariane Marelli, Luc Beauchesne , Jack Colman, Robin Ducas, Jasmine Grewal, Michelle Keir, Paul Khairy, Erwin Oechslin, Judith Therrien, Isabelle F Vonder Muhll, Rachel M Wald, Candice Silversides, David J Barron, Lee Benson, Pierre-Luc Bernier, Eric Horlick, Giuseppe Martucci, Krishnakumar Nair, Nancy C Poirier, Heather J Ross, Helmut Baumgartner, Curt J Daniels , Michelle Gurvitz, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, Adrienne H Kovacs, Christopher J McLeod, Barbara J Mulder, Carole A Warnes, Gary D Webb Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2022 Guidelines for Cardiovascular Interventions in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease  Can J Cardiol. 2022 Apr 20;S0828-282X(22)00260-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.03.021. Online ahead of print

Akshi Malik, Ashim K Bagchi, Davinder S Jassal, Pawan K Singal Interleukin-10 Mitigates Doxorubicin-Induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress as Well as Cardiomyopathy  Biomedicines. 2022 Apr 13;10(4):890. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10040890

Andrew D Shaw, Nicole R Guinn, Jessica K Brown, Rakesh C Arora, Kevin W Lobdell, Michael C Grant, Tong J Gan, Daniel T Engelman, Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) and Enhanced Recovery after Surgery–Cardiac (ERAS→-Cardiac) investigators Controversies in enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery  Perioper Med (Lond). 2022 Apr 28;11(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s13741-022-00250-7

I hope you are staying safe and healthy.

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