The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network: Early experience and lessons learned.

Background: The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network (TSSMN) is a social media collaborative formed in 2015 by The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery to bring social media attention to key publications from both journals and to highlight major accomplishments in the specialty. Our aim is to describe TSSMN's preliminary experience and lessons learned.

Methods: Twitter analytics was used to obtain information regarding the @TSSMN Twitter handle and #TSSMN hashtag.

The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network: Early Experience and Lessons Learned.

Background: The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network (TSSMN) is a social media collaborative formed in 2015 by The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery to bring social media attention to key publications from both journals and to highlight major accomplishments in the specialty. Our aim is to describe TSSMN's preliminary experience and lessons learned.

Methods: Twitter analytics was used to obtain information regarding the @TSSMN Twitter handle and #TSSMN hashtag.

Social media as a tool to rewrite the narrative for women in cardiothoracic surgery.

To deliver the best possible care, the global surgical workforce should mirror the diverse society it is entrusted to serve. Cardiothoracic surgery remains amongst the most under-represented of the surgical specialties for women. Herein, we describe the role of social media in the cardiothoracic surgery community and its potential to rewrite the narrative for women in cardiothoracic surgery.

Social Media as a Means of Networking and Mentorship: Role for Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery.

As women represent <5% of practicing cardiothoracic (CT) surgeons, networking and mentorship is pivotal to support the growth of women in this field. With widespread use of social media in the healthcare domain, its role in enhancing mentorship for CT surgeons who lack access to same-sex mentors remains unknown. Methods: A 35-item survey investigating CT trainee and surgeon social media use was designed using online survey software and distributed via social media and email.

The academic tweet: Twitter as a tool to advance academic surgery.

Social media, Twitter in particular, has emerged as an essential tool for surgeons. In the realm of academic surgery, it enables surgeons to advance the core values of academic surgery, as outlined by the Association for Academic Surgery: inclusion, leadership, innovation, scholarship, and mentorship. This article details the ways in which surgeons are using Twitter to embody these values and how the Twitter account for the Association of Academic Surgeons accomplishes its goal of inspiring and developing young academic surgeons.

Social media in the mentorship and networking of physicians: Important role for women in surgical specialties.

Background: Social media may be a useful supplement to physician and trainee interactions; however, its role in enhancing mentorship has not been described.

Methods: A 35-item survey investigating trainee and physician social media use was distributed. Responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Patch Repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Anterior Descending Artery From the Right Coronary Artery.

Coronary artery anomalies occur in an estimated 1.3% of the population. We present the case of a 52-year-old man who had a less common anomaly of a left anterior descending artery arising from the right coronary ostium, causing ischemia and chest pain, demonstrated by perfusion scan.

Successful Heart Transplant after Ten Hours Out-of-body Time using the TransMedics Organ Care System.

Objective: We report the successful transplantation of a heart following an out-of-body time of 611 minutes into a recipient with dilated cardiomyopathy and left ventricular assist device implant.

Patients: Our patient was urgently waiting for a cardiac transplant whilst receiving LVAD support. Recurrent VF and repeated AICD shocks necessitated this action.

Surgical resection of a giant cardiac fibroma.

A 42-year-old woman presented to a regional hospital emergency room with palpitations and was found to be in ventricular tachycardia. Chest radiography demonstrated a massively enlarged cardiac silhouette. Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a mass within the left ventricular free wall, consistent with a cardiac fibroma.