10.25373/ctsnet.7261451.v1
Shruti Jayakumar
Shruti
Jayakumar
Christopher Chen
Christopher
Chen
Kumud Dhital
Kumud
Dhital
Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Interview With Kumud Dhital
CTSNet
2018
Transplantation
Heart
Cardiac
Surgery
2018-11-01 17:19:33
Media
https://ctsnet.figshare.com/articles/media/Giants_of_Cardiothoracic_Surgery_An_Interview_With_Kumud_Dhital/7261451
<p>In this <i>Giants of
Cardiothoracic Surgery</i> interview, Shruti Jayakumar of King’s College London
School of Medicine in the UK speaks with Kumud Dhital of St Vincent’s Hospital
in Sydney, Australia, about heart donation after circulatory death (DCD). They
discuss technical aspects of DCD heart donation, the importance of a
recipient-protective program, and Dr Dhital’s journey with DCD heart transplant.
Finally, Dr Dhital provides his words of advice for aspiring cardiothoracic
surgeons: “Don’t give up the ambition.”</p>