Surgery News

The FDA has designated Arrow International’s recall of two intra-aortic balloon pumps as a class 1 recall, the most serious kind.

Dexamethasone did not significantly reduce major complications and mortality at 30 days in infants who underwent cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass compared with placebo, according to findings from the DECISION trial.

The American College of Cardiology announced a collaboration with the Society for Vascular Surgery focused on a single vascular registry to improve outcomes and care for patients with vascular disease.

Among patients who underwent CABG, single arterial grafts and multiple arterial grafts were similar for all-cause mortality, CV mortality, MI and major bleeding, researchers reported.

The Society of Vascular Surgery released clinical practice guidelines on management of visceral artery aneurysms, which are rare but can have grave consequences if they rupture.

Nearly 1 in 10 patients who underwent CABG or heart valve surgery continued prescription opioid used more than 90 days after surgery, researchers found.

People with greater adherence to healthy eating patterns had a lower risk for CVD, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Contemporary randomized clinical trials assessing invasive CV interventions are often small with short follow-up and limited power to identify large treatment effects, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York, cases requiring surgical repair of acute type A aortic dissection dropped dramatically in the city, according to a new report.

Healio and Cardiology Today present the most-read articles on COVID-19 and the heart.