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New SCTS Education Podcast Available

Delivering Cardiac Surgery in Developing Countries

There are not one but two interviews in this bumper podcast episode!  We talk to Consultant Cardiac Surgeon Mr Enoch Akowuah and Scrub Nurse Mrs Caroline Baldwin from South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust about their work with the team in Kumasi,... Read more

14 Dec 2020

Operative Video Prize 2021 Submission Now Open

Cardiothoracic Surgical Trainees (NTN trainees and Trust Appointed Doctors) are invited to produce an operative video, appropriate to their year of training The aim of this annual prize are: To encourage trainees and trainers to utilize... Read more

23 Nov 2020

SCTS National Research Meeting *Webinar*

SCTS National Research Meeting - Webinar Date: Saturday 7th November 2020 FREE REGISTRATION: to register contact Leicester Co-ordinator at scts@le.ac.uk Meeting aimed at: Surgeons, Anaesthetists, Trainees, Clinical and Research Fellows,... Read more

7 Nov 2020

A Statement from the British Heart Valve Society (BHVS), the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) and the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS)

Enhanced Follow Up for Patients with TrifectaTM Aortic Valve Bioprostheses To view the document please click here.   Read more

23 Oct 2020

Proctoring in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

Proctoring in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Steve Woolley- Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital Stephen Billing- Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton Guidance on behalf of the Society for... Read more

23 Oct 2020