Cardiothoracic
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No early cancer risk with donor lungs from heavy smokers
Major Finding: Risk-adjusted median all-cause survival did not differ significantly between patients given lungs from donors who smoked heavily...
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Assay may target early lung cancers for adjuvant therapy
Major Finding: The 5-year actuarial overall survival was 83%, 69%, and 52% among patients in assay-defined low-, medium-, and high-risk groups,...
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Pregnancy and Marfan: New insight into risks
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Anticoagulant dabigatran ups the required dose of heparin
Major finding: Of 38 patients prescribed dabigatran during their hospital stay, 5 (13%) received it for unlabeled indications.Data source: A...
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Opt for redo root surgery, not TAVI, in young patients
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Minimally invasive surgery with sutureless valves shows benefits
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Pigtail catheters less painful than chest tubes for traumatic pneumothorax
Major Finding: The average tube-site pain score was 3.2 with the pigtail catheter vs. 7.7 with the chest tube on the day of insertion, 1.9 vs. 6.2...