Surgery News

The European Society of Cardiology released a new guideline on adult congenital heart disease emphasizing lifelong follow-up and endorsing catheter-based interventions when possible.

A new European Society of Cardiology guideline on management of non-ST-segment elevation ACS recommends no pretreatment with P2Y12 inhibitors before PCI in this population, among other changes.

Perioperative stroke, a major complication of cardiac and thoracic aortic surgeries, has many possible origins, which can make prediction and prevention difficult, according to a new scientific statement.

An analysis of the team approach to decision-making for multivessel CAD indicated that the consensus of a heart team was discordant with patients’ original treating interventionalist in nearly one-third of cases, researchers reported.

Interstage home monitoring programs for babies who underwent surgery due to heart defects reduced infant mortality by approximately 40%, according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

In a cross-sectional study of patients with acute MI, there were more observed fatalities than expected during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Abiomed announced that the FDA has issued an emergency use authorization allowing its left-sided heart pumps to provide left ventricular unloading and support to certain patients with COVID-19.

Among patients with a failed surgical aortic valve, valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement was linked to better short-term outcomes than redo surgical AVR, researchers reported.

Bariatric surgery demonstrated significant long-term benefits for the reduction of major adverse CV events and incident HF, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal.

Cleveland Clinic has been ranked as the No. 1 U.S. hospital for cardiology and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report, according to its 2020-2021 Best Hospitals rankings.