New Techniques and Innovative Technology: An Integrated Element of Our Cardiovascular and Thoracic Specialty

Abstract

Ten years ago if you had a new idea in the field of cardio-vascular surgery and it did not fit the way the old guards were thinking, you would have had a hard time getting it presented at any of the existing thoracic surgical meetings. If a new idea was presented, it would be the odd thing, and definitely you would not see innovations in cardiac devices and technology occupying a visible portion of the event. This scenario was the premise for creating Cardiac Techniques and Technology (CTT), the meeting.