Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Postop pneumonia risk strong for subset of thoracic surgery patients
Major finding: On multivariate analysis, significant variables associated with postoperative pneumonia were being on neoadjuvant chemotherapy (P...
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A mitral valve replacement that may grow with the child
Major finding: Eight infants with irreparable mitral valve disease underwent mitral valve replacement with the Melody valve, which offers the...
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Tight glycemic control normalized thyroid function after pediatric heart surgery
Major finding: Seven days after heart surgery, children on tight glycemic control had significantly higher median T4 levels than did children on...
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EVEREST II: Tight MR control improves MitraClip patients' survival
Major finding: In a study of 351 high-risk patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) who underwent repair with the MitraClip device, survival...
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Aortic valve-sparing root surgery durable at 1 year
Major finding: One-year survival rates were 98% after AVS surgery and 97% after AVR surgery (4 vs. 2 deaths; P = .06).Data source: Prospective,...
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Study IDs predictors of unplanned hospital readmission after CEA
Major finding: Four variables were independently associated with unplanned readmission: in-hospital postoperative CHF exacerbation (hazard ratio,...
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One-third of perioperative EVAR deaths occurred after discharge
Major finding: Following endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms, 31% of deaths and 40% of complications occurred after hospital...
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Medicare-remunerated EVAR can mean negative operation margins
Major finding: In a study of DRG 238 remunerated EVAR, stent grafts accounted for 52% of the technical costs while institutional overhead costs...