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The Saudi Society of Cardiac Surgeons organized a training workshop for fellowship cardiac surgery physicians in the Kingdom on "Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement" at King Fahd Center for Cardiac Diseases and Surgery at King Saud University.
A consultant cardiac surgeon at the Armed Forces Hospital in Jeddah, President of the Saudi Society for Cardiac Surgery, Dr. Walid Abu Khudair, said that the workshop strengthens the principle of cooperation between the association and major heart centers in the Kingdom as part of the association’s plan to actively participate in developing health services provided to heart surgery patients in the Kingdom.
The workshop was supervised by Dr. Turki Al Bakr, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at King Fahd Center for Cardiac Diseases and Surgery at King Saud University, Vice President of the Saudi Society of Cardiac Surgeons, Dr. Hoda Ismail, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Prince Sultan Center for Cardiac Diseases and Surgery and General Secretary of the Society, and Dr. Angelo Nobre, Head of Surgery Department Cardiac Hospital Santa Maria, Portugal.
Dr. Al Bakr explained that the workshop included a scientific lecture on the method of surgically replacing the aortic valve, which was presented by Dr. Nobre, followed by a practical presentation in the laboratory of the method of valve replacement using an animal heart, and then the trainees were distributed among several groups for training on valve replacement under the supervision of the consultants.
He added that the aim of holding such training workshops is to raise the readiness of trainees to perform such operations, and to focus on acquiring the required skills without endangering the lives of patients, as training on animal hearts is carried out in the laboratory.
For her part, Dr. Hoda Ismail noted the distinguished interaction and constructive cooperation between the association and the various medical centers and hospitals specialized in the field of treatment and surgery of heart diseases in order to advance the level of specialization and know the latest developments and developments in this field, with the participation of scientists and specialists from inside and outside the Kingdom.
