Welsh Cardio-Thoracic Society – Annual Meeting 2025  The Orangery, Margam Park Conference Centre, Port Talbot SA13 2TJ  27th September, 2025  8.30 – 9.15 Registration & Coffee  9.15 – 9.30 Welcome & Introduction, Prof Indu Deglurkar, President Welsh Cardiothoracic Society.  Plenary Session 9.30 – 11.00 AM  Chair: S Ashraf, M Kornaszewska, R Nicolae  09.30 – 09.45Read more

8.30 – 9.15         Registration & Coffee 9.15 – 9.30         Welcome & Introduction, Prof Indu Deglurkar, President Welsh Cardiothoracic Society. 9.30 – 9.50        Address by Chief Guest                            Dr Andrew Goodall CBE   Read more

The date and venue for the 2019 WCTS annual meeting to be announced soon.Read more

The WCTS Annual Meeting 2018 The fourth WCTS Meeting was held on the 13th of October, 2018 at The Orangery, Margam Park, Port Talbot. Our sincere thank you to everyone who, despite the weather, attended the meeting and contributed to its success! The meeting focused on defining and shaping specialised services in Wales with presentationsRead more

Professor Saeed Ashraf, Consultant Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon and his team, in collaboration with the engineering department in Swansea University, developed a computer-generated “3-D Model of the Heart” to help improve the performance of cardiac surgeons. Data is used, from the CT and cardiac MRI scans of patients to design a 3-D model of the heart. ThisRead more

The 3-D Heart Model and its segmentation technique were recently utilised by our Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) team at Morriston Hospital. Clinicians using the segmentation technique were able to successfully implant a transcatheter aortic valve, with precision, in a patient with a pre-existing mechanical Starr-Edwards mitral prosthesis. The success of this innovative research andRead more

Pleural mesothelioma can be treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. There is insufficient evidence whether surgery helps patients with mesothelioma and whether surgery with chemotherapy is better than chemotherapy alone. Hence, the aim of the trial is to compare surgical extended pleurectomy decortication with no surgery. All patients will, however, receive chemotherapy. Along with otherRead more

Morriston Hospital is a leading centre in the research of inflammatory response during and following heart surgery in patients. This research work, led by Professor Ashraf, has been utilised in the bio-compatibility of LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) in patients with very poor left ventricular function. At present Professor Ashraf is in the process ofRead more

Mr Ira Goldsmith The first 3-D printed anatomical titanium chest wall prosthesis designed, 3-D printed and used for chest wall reconstruction at Morriston Hospital. A 70-year-old male presented with an enlarging right chest wall chondrosarcoma involving the 2nd to the 4th ribs anteriorly. This required a wide surgical resection and skeletal and soft tissue reconstruction.Read more

The WCTS Annual Meeting 2017 was a great success! A warm and big thank you to everyone who attended the meeting and contributed to its success! The meeting provided an opportunity for members, staff and leadership to share ideas, learn from best practices, as well as explore future new ambitions for the Cardio-Thoracic service acrossRead more