Surgery News

A shorter length of stay of 3 days or less was safe for patients who underwent elective cardiac surgery, according to a poster presented at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting and Exhibition.

The 4-year mortality rate after a diagnosis of critical limb ischemia is more than 50%, comparable to the deadliest cancers, which demands a nationally coordinated action plan, a speaker said at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy.

This was an odd decade — uneven and erratic for the biggest killer and contributor to poor quality of life in the United States, CVD; yet, celebratory and euphoric in other areas of medicine.

Early surgery vs. conventional treatment strategy in patients with very severe aortic stenosis.

A team at Duke University in December became the first in the United States to perform a donation after circulatory death heart transplant.

Only one-fourth of Medicare beneficiaries eligible for cardiac rehabilitation after a qualifying CV event underwent it, according to research published in Circulation.

Abbott announced that an alternative, less-invasive surgical technique for the implantation of a left ventricular assist device has been approved by the FDA.

PHILADELPHIA — Women with carotid stenosis were more likely to undergo carotid endarterectomy instead of angioplasty and stenting compared with men, but women were more likely than men to have stroke after carotid endarterectomy, according to findings presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Outcomes after cardiac surgery improved at children’s hospitals that participated in a quality improvement collaborative, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels before noncardiac surgery was strongly linked to myocardial injury and vascular death within 30 days after the procedure and may improve cardiac risk prediction along with the Revised Cardiac Risk Index, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.