Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
🔥 Extremely grateful to @EACTS for awarding me a Specialty Impact Fund (SIF) Grant. 🙏
🙌This initiative helps early-career surgeons join the global @EACTS community. 🌍💙 Excited to make the most of this opportunity and dive into all things CT surgery! #EACTS2025
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
🚀 First 5 years in CT surgery? Let’s talk contracts, cases & career moves. Join @DSGMD, Dr. Douglas Liou & @jgrizzity LIVE on Instagram — Tues, Sept 16 at 7 p.m. ET. No reg needed, just follow STS & tune in! #CTsurgery #EarlyCareerSurgeons
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
Is it your first ECTSS Annual Meeting? We answered some frequently asked questions for you!
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
🔥 Hot off the press in @JACCJournals:
Cardiac CT after LAAO reveals:
📌 Residual LAA patency → 2x ↑ thromboembolism risk.
📌 Bayesian analysis confirms high probability of harm.
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2025.…
@IbrahimSultanMD @M_Pompeu_Sa_MD @UPMC_CTSurgery
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
The University of Pittsburgh has ranked #1 in the 2025 TSF Top 20 Institutional Honor Roll, having received the most cumulative support for research and education projects
@PittTweet @ThoracicSurgFnd @STS_CTsurgery #TSF #ThoracicSurgeryFoundation
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
Early HVD, per VARC-3 criteria, is an important outcome after TAVI.
Our findings:
🔹HVD in 6.2% of pts 1-yr post-TAVI
🔹Smaller valve size ↑ HVD risk
🔹Larger valves = protective
@IbrahimSultanMD @DSGMD @HviUpmc @annalsthorsurg
📎authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
UPMC Heart Transplant Program's patient outcomes rank among the top in the nation
Read more: upmcphysicianresources.com/n…
@UPMCPhysicianEd @DavidKaczoro @GavHick @HviUpmc @UPMC #HeartTransplant #Transplant
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
We are excited to announce the appointment of Arman Kilic, M.D., as the new Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
medicine.musc.edu/department…
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
What are the implications of tracheostomy after acute type A aortic dissection repair? Learn about the longitudinal outcomes and factors associated with patients requiring it by reading this #JTCVS Open study published by researchers at @UPMC_CTSurgery: doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2025.…
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
#AdultCardiac #CME article from Brown et al on Natural History of Mitral Regurgitation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.09.008 #AnnalsCME
@sarahyousefmd @M_Pompeu_Sa_MD @danial_ahmad93 @DSGMD @CatalinPToma @Amber_MakaniMD @IbrahimSultanMD
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
Observational study of #TAVI for aortic stenosis: significant mitral regurgitation before and after TAVI associated with ⬇️ survival
🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3932…
@IbrahimSultanMD @sarahyousefmd @M_Pompeu_Sa_MD @danial_ahmad93 @DSGMD @Amber_MakaniMD @annalsthorsurg #AorticStenosis
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
Retrospective study validates a dose-response association between postop complications and mortality in patients undergoing surgery for acute type A #AorticDissection
🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3900…
@cediazc @IbrahimSultanMD @DSGMD @M_Pom
@AATSHQ @HviUpmc #JTCVS #ATAAD #Aorta
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
💥Hot off the press in JTCVS
#SAVR and #TAVR prove comparable in patients with low-flow, low-gradient (LFLG) aortic stenosis
No differences in mortality or HF readmissions
jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223…
@Nav_Warraich1 @danial_ahmad93 @DSGMD @IbrahimSultanMD @UPMC_CTSurgery @AATSHQ
Honored to see our study featured as an Editor’s Choice in the May issue of #JTCVS
Read it free until 5/30
#AorticDissection @UPMC_CTSurgery @IbrahimSultanMD @DSGMD @M_Pompeu_Sa_MD @geoarnaoutakis #WilsonSzeto @STS_CTsurgery
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
🔥Hot off the press: early aortic valve replacement (AVR) in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis significantly reduces all-cause & cardiovascular mortality, plus heart failure hospitalizations, our RCT meta-analysis shows.
📎doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.202…
🌍 Great international effort!
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
Intra-annular and supra-annular valves are associated with comparable device performance after #TAVR
🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4001…
@HviUpmc @M_Pompeu_Sa_MD @danial_ahmad93 @Amber_MakaniMD @CatalinPToma @DSGMD @IbrahimSultanMD #AorticValveReplacement #AorticValveStenosis #Aorta
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
Retrospective single institution cohort study of #TAVI shows that after TAVI, >moderate paravalvular leak is associated with ⬇️ survival vs none/trace PVL
🔗: linkinghub.elsevier.com/retr…
@DSGMD @IbrahimSultanMD @EishanAshwat @CatalinPToma @Amber_MakaniMD @HviUpmc @annalsthorsurg
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
🔥#AorticUniverse #STS2025 Great opportunity for #AorticEd with #aortic experts from all over the world
@JohnRitterFdn @MarfanFdn @AorticHope @ADCollab @AorticDissectUS @AorticDissectCT @TerumoAortic @ThinkAorta @aorta
Opening the #STS2025 meeting with STS Aortic Universe. Packed room of attendees understanding how to perfect aortic arch surgery using Thoraflex. #aortaed #cardioed @STS_CTsurgery @geoarnaoutakis @KarenMKimMD1 @jgrizzity @DSGMD @UPMC_CTSurgery
Opening the #STS2025 meeting with STS Aortic Universe. Packed room of attendees understanding how to perfect aortic arch surgery using Thoraflex. #aortaed #cardioed @STS_CTsurgery @geoarnaoutakis @KarenMKimMD1 @jgrizzity @DSGMD @UPMC_CTSurgery
Ibrahim Sultan retweeted
🔥Join us in this journey through the life cycle of the newly designated #aortic “organ”, and enhance your ability to provide exceptional care to patients with aortic disease.
#AortaEd #STS2025 @STS_CTsurgery @ThoracicSurgFnd
@IbrahimSultanMD @geoarnaoutakis @KarenMKimMD1































