Surgery News

SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients with severe aortic stenosis and small aortic annuli, treatment with transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement yielded similar early and late hemodynamic and clinical outcomes in the VIVA trial.

SAN FRANCISCO — In patients with severe aortic stenosis at low surgical risk, transcatheter aortic valve replacement was linked with similar long-term outcomes to surgery, according to two trials presented at TCT 2023.

BOSTON — In this Healio video exclusive, Donna H. Ryan, MD, and Christopher Still, DO, FACP, discuss the optimal treatment strategy for patients who require weight loss beyond diet and lifestyle changes.

A comprehensive strategy involving shared cardiac PET scans was associated with better CV outcomes compared with standard care in patients with suspected CAD, according to the results of the CENTURY trial.

Data show that the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting reorganization of health systems led to a significant reduction in vascular procedures in 2020 and 2021 across Brazil, leading to a $17 million reduction in spending on vascular surgeries.

Children who underwent cardiac surgery had a high medication burden that often persisted throughout adolescence, with medication expenditures often 10-fold higher compared with those who did not have heart surgery, data show.

Implementation of a CT angiography-derived fractional flow reserve program on a national level was associated with reduced risk for mortality and fewer downstream CV tests at 2 years, according to the results of the FISH&CHIPS study.

LimFlow announced that its transcatheter deep venous arterialization system for treatment of chronic limb-threatening ischemia was approved by the FDA.

LivaNova announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance and a CE mark for its in-line blood monitor which provides continuous monitoring during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures.

In patients with acute MI complicated by cardiogenic shock, use of early extracorporeal life support did not reduce risk for death at 30 days compared with medical therapy alone, researchers reported.