Surgery News

Transcatheter aortic valve repair for bicuspid aortic valve stenosis was associated with lower in-hospital morbidity and mortality and similar 30-day and 6-month outcomes compared with surgical AVR, researchers reported.

Procedural time of day appeared to have no influence on 2-year outcomes among intermediate-to-high-risk patients who underwent elective surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, researchers reported.

For Medicare beneficiaries presenting with acute MI, HF or ischemic stroke, admission to a rural hospital was associated with lower procedure rates and greater risk for 30- and 90-day mortality compared with admission to an urban hospital.

Black and Hispanic patients with peripheral artery disease experience worse limb outcomes compared with white patients, even when presenting at a similar stage of clinical severity, data show.

CVD leads to approximately 40% to 50% of deaths in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease, so CV risk assessment of recipients and donors is an important part of the kidney transplantation process.

Compared with surgical ligation, transcatheter closure of the patent ductus arteriosus in infants and neonates was associated with reduced mortality rates and lower length of stay, researchers reported.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continued to dominate the news, more was learned about its CV implications over the past year. However, the year also featured a number of important developments in other realms of cardiology.

In patients with three-vessel CAD and/or left main disease, those with heavily calcified lesions had elevated long-term mortality risk, which did not vary by assignment to PCI or CABG, according to new data from the SYNTAXES study.

The American Heart Association Scientific Sessions were held virtually Nov. 13 to 15. The event included numerous presentations of new data in cardiology.

In a cohort of patients with MI and mild or moderate chronic kidney disease, Black individuals were less likely to receive invasive management compared with their white counterparts, researchers reported.