Surgery News

In a real-world cohort of Medicare beneficiaries with ACS and multivessel CAD, CABG conferred lower odds of mortality, readmission and repeat procedures compared with PCI, researchers reported.

Access to transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation did not impact annualized surgical mitral valve repair volume, though data suggest access led to improvements in surgery outcomes and 5-year mortality rates.

Cost savings and a smaller environmental footprint may be achieved by hospitals and health care systems that implement key OR quality improvement strategies, according to a review of quality improvement initiatives and interventions.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a life-altering event that predominantly affects women, but there is little consensus about how to best diagnose and treat it.

Datascope/Getinge announced a recall of its intra-aortic balloon pumps due to risk for blood entering the pump through a damaged balloon catheter — also called a blood back event — and causing harm to the patient.

The FDA granted CardioRenal Systems breakthrough device designation for its RenalGuard Therapy, according to a press release.

Evidence suggests that high-risk patients with pulmonary embolism can benefit from surgical management, according to a scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association.

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has developed a model of mortality risk for adults with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac operations.

Among adults with hypertension who underwent CABG, five machine learning models using patient characteristics each demonstrated acceptable predictive ability for 1-year mortality risk, data from a single-center study show.

In patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, septal reduction therapy was associated with reduced risk for HF readmissions, researchers reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.