Surgery News

Perioperative myocardial injuries 1 year after major noncardiac surgery.

Continuous rhythm monitoring yielded significant undetected atrial fibrillation or flutter in a cohort of patients who had cardiac surgery, according to findings presented at the virtual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Among patients with stable ischemic heart disease enrolled in the ISCHEMIA trial, those with chronic total occlusion lesions had similar outcomes compared with those who did not.

A fully percutaneous bypass system using the femoral vein as a conduit was associated with high rates of patency and low rates of complications at 24 months in patients with severe peripheral artery disease.

Lower LDL levels were associated with fewer adverse events among patients with CHD and type 2 diabetes eligible for PCI or CABG, according to results published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Critical limb ischemia, also known as chronic limb-threatening ischemia, is an undertreated disease that often leads to amputation and/or mortality. One reason for undertreatment and underdiagnosis was coding.

Abiomed announced its compact cardiopulmonary bypass system received 510(k) clearance from the FDA.

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea treated with CPAP while in-hospital for surgical aortic valve replacement required less mechanical ventilation and had shorter hospital stays compared with those who did not receive in-hospital CPAP.

Saphenous vein graft occlusion, graft failure and bleeding with aspirin plus ticagrelor (Brilinta, AstraZeneca) after CABG compared with aspirin alone.

Among high-CV risk patients who underwent noncardiac surgery, up to one-fifth could experience a major adverse CV event within 1 year of their procedure, according to research published in European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care.