Cardiothoracic
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No Survival Benefit Seen for EVAR Over Open Surgery for Ruptured AAA
Major Finding: Kaplan-Meier estimates of 1-, 2-, and 3-year survival rates were not significantly different, at 50%, 50%, and 42%, respectively,...
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A-Fib Ablation Shown Safe During Cardiac Surgery
Major Finding: After 30 days, the adverse event rate was 10% in cardiac surgery patients also undergoing ablation and 15% in patients without...
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FAME 2 Favorable PCI Results Driven by Revascularization
Major Finding: The percentage of patients who had an MI, death, or urgent revascularization (the combined primary end point) was significantly...
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Equally Low Thrombosis Seen With Zotarolimus-, Sirolimus-Eluting Stents
Major Finding: Over 3 years, the incidence of stent thrombosis was 1.4% with a zotarolimus-eluting device and 1.8% with a sirolumus-eluting stent....
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ESC Guidelines Tackle TAVI
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Aortic Regurgitation Index Can Improve TAVR Prognosis
Major Finding: Patients with AR index of less than 25 had a significantly increased 1-year mortality risk, compared with patients who had an AR...
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TEE Important During TAVI
Major Finding: Perivalvular leak was the most common observation during the procedure and occurred in roughly 80% of the cases, but of moderate...
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Drug-Eluting Stents Beat Bare-Metal in STEMI Patients
Major Finding: At 1 year, the primary end point of major adverse cardiac events occurred in 4.3% of patients who received biolimus-eluting stents...
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Mortality Soared With Post-TAVR Vascular Complications
Major Finding: Patients with major vascular complications following TAVR had significantly higher 30-day mortality (14% vs. 3%) and 1-year...
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Radiofrequency Ablation Frees Majority From Atrial Fibrillation
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Data Clarify Diagnosis, Treatment of Thoracoabdominal Trauma
Major Finding: The majority of patients with isolated thoracoabdominal trauma arriving alive and without severe head trauma (72.3%) were managed...