News Archive

Impact of gender, ethnicity and social deprivation on access to surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement in aortic stenosis: a retrospective database study in England

This study, from a large national dataset, indicating that women, Black and Asian patients, and those in the poorest areas in the country are much less likely to receive aortic valve replacement, is an important wake up call for the profession. The... Read more

5 Oct 2023

THORACIC SURGERY - REGISTRAR (JANUARY 2024)

Vacancy

  Dublin, Ireland Fixed Term Full Time Closing date: 15 Oct 2023, 23:45   The Department of Thoracic Surgery in MMUH is part of the national centre for cardiothoracic surgery and heart and lung transplantation. This busy tertiary... Read more

4 Oct 2023

EuroSCORE 3

Data collection

We are starting data collection for EuroSCORE 3. It will be an easy data upload and we would very much like your unit to participate. To find out more, please either: log onto www.euroscore.org contact Chris... Read more

4 Oct 2023

Public Consultation for UK LVAD Emergency Guidelines

2 October 2023 – 16 October 2023

  The Joint British Societies and Transplant Centres LVAD Working Group present the draft UK guideline on management of emergencies in implantable LVAD recipients for use in advanced heart failure centres for public consultation.   We... Read more

2 Oct 2023

Recruiting a few Principal Investigators (PI) from Thoracic Centres in the UK

To join for a multi centred study

Dear Thoracic colleagues,   I am writing to inform you this exciting opportunity that we are currently recruiting a few Principal Investigators (PI) from Thoracic Centres in the UK to join us for a multi centred study (please see attached proposal... Read more

29 Sep 2023