Surgery News

This year, Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics was held as a hybrid meeting Nov. 4 to 6, with some participants attending in person in Orlando and others attending virtually.

For some patients who undergo cardiac surgery, discharge without an opioid prescription for pain management is feasible, researchers reported in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

Early surgery or watchful waiting in patients with severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis.

Coronary revascularization confers similar outcomes regardless of race, ethnicity or sex, so decisions on revascularization should be made based on clinical indications, according to a new guideline.

An exercise protocol that combined high-intensity interval training and intensive lower-extremity resistance training enhanced training response in women undergoing cardiac rehabilitation compared with standard exercise training.

In the PALACS trial, patients who underwent posterior left pericardiotomy had a reduced incidence of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery compared with patients who received no intervention.

Healio and Cardiology Today have aggregated the top headlines from the 2021 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Healio and Cardiology Today have curated a list of the most-read headlines from TCT 2021.

Among patients with left main CAD, the incidence of MACCE was similar with coronary revascularization in male and female patients, according to 10-year results of the PRECOMBAT trial.

In patients who underwent knee arthroplasty, milvexian, a novel factor XIa inhibitor, was effective at preventing venous thromboembolism and was linked to a low rate of bleeding, researchers reported.