Cardiothoracic
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Guideline-recommended beta-blockers before noncardiac surgery shown to increase mortality by 27%
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Best CRT outcomes with LBBB and prolonged QRS
Major finding: Patients with LBBB and a prolonged QRS interval (150 ms or more) had the lowest mortality at 1 month, 1 year, and 3 years, as well...
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Edwards to start U.S. trial of SAPIEN 3
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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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Enteral nutrition linked to in-hospital mortality
Major finding: The mortality rate was 36% in hyperglycemic patients vs. 16% in controls (unadjusted OR 2.94; adjusted 3.28), a significant...
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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...
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Postop troponin elevation, MI impact 5-year survival
Major finding: Postoperative ischemia in the form of a troponin elevation increased the hazard of death at 5 years by 45% (HR, 1.45; P =.01) while...
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Reablate, don't medicate, after failed AF ablation
Major Finding: At 3 years after a first ablation procedure had failed for symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, 12% of those randomized to...