Surgery News

There was an increase in the number of operations performed on neonates and infants with complex congenital heart disease after the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami that resulted in a nuclear accident at Fukushima, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

WASHINGTON — Patients assigned transcatheter aortic valve replacement had fewer events at 1 year compared with those assigned surgical AVR, including disabling stroke, all-cause mortality, HF hospitalization, aortic valve hospitalization and atrial fibrillation, according to a subanalysis of the SURTAVI trial presented at Cardiovascular Research Technologies.

Assessment of the duration and incidence of postoperative delirium in patients who underwent CABG and received either IV acetaminophen and IV dexmedetomidine or standard postoperative management.

The question of whether carotid artery stenting should be available for all patients boils down to the data, which can be cast in different lights, speakers said at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy.

Overlapping surgery did not significantly correlate with differences in in-hospital mortality or postoperative complication rates; however, it was significantly associated with longer surgery among patients who underwent common procedures, according to a recently published study.

Abiomed announced that it has invested more than $100 million in clinical research in the past 5 years in its heart pump platform for the treatment of cardiogenic shock, high-risk PCI and right-side support.

Patients who received IV acetaminophen with IV propofol or dexmedetomidine after cardiac surgery had a decreased risk for in-hospital delirium compared with those who received placebo, according to a study published in JAMA.

In a pooled analysis of the CREST and ACT I trials, treatment of asymptomatic carotid stenosis with carotid artery stenting yielded similar outcomes to treatment with carotid endarterectomy, according to findings presented at the International Stroke Conference.

Patients aged 80 to 89 years with aortic stenosis may experience better outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement, as compared with surgical AVR, according to new data.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery significantly reduced use of antihypertensive medications while promoting a similar 24-hour BP profile and nondipping status compared with medical therapy alone, according to findings published in Hypertension.