Report To The Francis Fontan Fellowship 2003
Toth Zsolt, Pecs, Hungary
Clinical Part
Place: Department of Cardiac Surgery at Harefield Hospital, UK & Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Szentgyorgyi Albert University of Szeged, Hungary
Position: Observer (UK), First Assistant (Hungary)
Tutors: Drs. Julien Gaer, Gilles Dreyfus, Asgar Khaghani, Mohamed Amrani consultant cardiac surgeons (UK) & Dr. Gabor Bogats (Hungary)
New experience
1. aortic homograft implatation (JG)
2. off pump CAB (MA)
3. radial artery harvesting (JG)
4. minimal invasiv saphenous vein preparation (JG)
5. stentless aortic valve and aortic root replacement (JG)
6. cardiac transplantation (GD)
7. lung transplantation (AG)
8. left and right ventricular assist device implantation (AK)
9. mid CAB (MA)
10. mitral valve repair, mitral anuloplasty, ring implantation (GD)
11. tricuspidal valve repair, ring implantation (GD)
12. Ross procedure (GB)
Research Part
Place: Heart Science Center, Imperial College, UK & Division of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Institute and Department of Biophysics, University of Pecs & Kaposvar, Hungary
Position: Honorary Clinical Research Fellow (Heart Science Center, UK), Assistant Professor (Hungary)
Tutors: Sir Magdi H. Yacoub, Professors Lajos Papp, Imre Repa, Miklos Kellermayer
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Peer Reviewed Article and Abstracts |
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Cannulation and cardiopulmonary bypass produce selective brain lesions in pig, (review in Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals (attachments, ACTA-S) |
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Less-invasive reproducible porcine model of post-infarction left ventricular dysfunction, submitted to EACTS Annual Meeting in Barcelona, Spain |
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Mechanical function of human cardiac myosin obtained from open heart surgery and examined in a molecular model system, submitted to EACTS Annual Meeting in Barcelona, Spain |
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List of meetings during the Fellowship year |
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Cardiac Course Level A, The European School for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, March 3-8, 2003, Bergamo, Italy |
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17th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2nd EACTS / ESTS Joint Meeting, October 12-15, 2003, Vienna, Austria |
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26 th World Congress of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, March 21-25, 2004, Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Cardiac Course Level B, The European School for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, June 14-19, 2004, Bergamo, Italy |
