Surgery News

In a machine-learning analysis presented at the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Annual Meeting, smoking, lack of physical activity and alcohol use were the lifestyle factors most strongly correlated with events related to peripheral artery disease.

SAN FRANCISCO — Two studies presented at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions yield mixed results for the use of approved diabetes therapies for perioperative management of hyperglycemia in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Preoperative phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor therapy led to elevated rates of right HF after left ventricular assist device implantation, according to findings published in Circulation: Heart Failure.

As each ACC Scientific Session has evolved, I have found my experience to be more and more engaging as I have progressed through each step of my training and beyond.

Patients who underwent surgical aortic valve replacement with a bioprosthetic valve with novel tissue was safe with favorable hemodynamic performance at 4 years, according to data presented at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery 99th Annual Meeting

Among patients with left main CAD undergoing revascularization, CABG and PCI had similar long-term outcomes, and the difference did not vary by whether patients had ACS or stable ischemic heart disease, according to findings presented in the American Heart Journal.

In long-term results from the OVER trial, patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm who had elective endovascular repair had similar survival rates compared with those who had elective open repair, which contradicted findings of other studies, researchers reported.

The incidence of long-term infective endocarditis following transcatheter aortic valve replacement showed little difference compared with surgical AVR, according to findings published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Abiomed announced that two of its heart pumps have received approval from the FDA for expanded premarket labeling to support patients with cardiogenic shock for 14 days.

There was a significant mortality benefit in patients with multivessel CAD who underwent CABG compared with those who underwent PCI, according to a study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.