SCTS Annual Meeting and Cardiothoracic Forum 2013

Brighton Centre, March 17th - 19th 2013

John Parker - S Stoica

The Ross operation for patients with congenital heart disease: 11-year trends and results from the UK national database

Ronald Edwards - B Nguyen

Activation of leukocytes during surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass is attenuated by sulforaphane in a porcine model: a novel therapeutic strategy

Society Thoracic Prize – U B V Naidu

Repair of pectus excavatum does not improve early chest wall function

Patrick Magee medal - N Papalexopoulos

Successful treatment of failing biological prosthesis due to ‘stent creep’ with transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A Case Series

BASO Prize - A Sharkey

Ethicon Cardiothoracic Forum Best Paper - joint winners;

J Broughton

Radial artery harvesting;what can go wrong?

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D Southey

The impact of the Cardiothoracic Ward Nurse Practitioner upon cardiothoracic patient care

Ethicon Cardiothoracic Forum Best Poster

Joint 1st PRIZE;

A Eden

Key Performance Indicators: A Physiotherapy Departments performance for patients following cardiothoracic surgery and cardiology in-patients

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P Agostini

Exploration of patient physical activity level following thoracotomy and lung resection.