Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Cardiac implantable device infection rate is falling
Major finding: Annual infection rates following primary pacemaker implantation declined nationally from 0.9% in 1997 to just 0.2% in 2010. The ICD...
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Fewer graduates, more thoracic surgery board failures
Major finding: The failure rate for ABTS oral exams doubled from 14.4% to 28.1% between 2000-2005 and 2006-2011, the 6 years before and after the...
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Single, high-dose erythropoietin cuts heart surgery transfusions
Major finding: Patients receiving an 80,000-IU bolus of human recombinant erythropoietin plus iron received 0.39 blood units/patient, compared...
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Fontan reoperation mortality unexpectedly high in multicenter analysis
Major finding: Discharge mortality was 10.1% among adults undergoing a Fontan conversion from 2007 to 2011.Data source: Retrospective analysis of...
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TAVR quickly dominates high-risk aortic stenosis
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Less aggressive anticoagulation appears safe after high-risk aortic valve replacement
Major finding: The composite primary endpoint of major bleed, stroke, transient ischemic attack, thromboembolic events, and thrombosis occurred in...
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Crossing devices offer solutions for failed recanalization
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Big trials deflate off-pump CABG
Major finding: Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery did not differ significantly from on-pump bypass in 1-year rates of death, stroke, MI...
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Neonates at highest risk for Ebstein's malformation treatment
Major Finding: In-hospital mortality was higher among neonatal patients (23%) than in infants (4%), children (0.8%), and adults (1.1%).Data Source...