Surgery News

PARIS — Patients with aortic stenosis have poor survival rates if their condition is left untreated, regardless of whether their stenosis is moderate or severe, researchers reported at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

PARIS — Ten-year follow-up data from the SYNTAXES trial highlight no significant difference in all-cause death among patients who underwent PCI using first-generation paclitaxel-eluting stents or CABG.

PARIS — In the AFIRE trial, rivaroxaban monotherapy was noninferior to rivaroxaban plus an antiplatelet agent with respect to CV events and death from any cause, and was superior for major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation and stable CAD.

PARIS — New data from the POPular AGE study support the use of clopidogrel over ticagrelor and prasugrel, based on significant reduction in bleeding, in patients aged 70 years and older with non-ST-elevation ACS.

Early anticoagulation after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement was associated with short-term reduced risk for stroke in patients who had surgical AVR but not in those who had transcatheter AVR, researchers reported.

Alirocumab reduced the risk for major adverse CV events and death in patients with recent ACS and polyvascular disease and in those with CABG after an ACS event, according to two analyses of the ODYSSEY OUTCOMES trial published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Myocardial viability was not linked to a long-term benefit from CABG in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, according to results from the STICH study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

In a new study, nearly 63% of patients discharged from the cardiac ICU had an indication for cardiac rehabilitation, yet only 30% were referred upon discharge.

Among patients with peripheral artery disease who underwent a surgical or endovascular intervention, statin use after the procedure was associated with better odds of survival and limb salvage, researchers reported.

Newborns with the congenital heart defect patent ductus arteriosus face many potential complications such as respiratory failure, acute kidney injury, necrotizing enterocolitis and HF. But closing it has been much easier said than done.