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Surgeon Preference Impacts Survival Outcomes Analyses for CABG Patients

DAIC

Medicare beneficiaries who underwent CABG from 2001 to 2019. With over 95% of adult and congenital cardiac surgery procedures and a majority of lung cancer and esophageal cancer surgery in the U.S., A study presented at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 61st Annual Meeting explores findings in more than a million U.S.

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Sudden cardiac arrest in patients with cancer in the general population: insights from the Paris-SDEC registry

Heart BMJ

Background Data on the management of patients with cancer presenting with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) are scarce. We aimed to assess the characteristics and outcomes of SCA according to cancer history. Results Out of 4069 patients who had SCA admitted alive in hospital, 207 (5.1%) had current or past medical history of cancer.

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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Launches New Valve Surgery Risk Calculators

DAIC

Tricuspid Valve Repair Existing literature on national surgical outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve repair or replacement is based on data from over a decade ago and may not reflect current practice results. Outcomes were worse with increasing surgical urgency, older age, dialysis dependence, and multiple reoperations.

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STS Announces Late-breaker Research to Be Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting

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The analysis included 4,798 patients from 207 STS sites who underwent esophagectomy between 2012-2019. The researchers found that Medicare patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer exhibit identifiable predictors for long-term survival and readmission.

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Abstract TP230: Atrial Fibrillation and Short-Term Outcomes After Cancer-Related Ischemic Stroke

Stroke Journal

Introduction:Atrial fibrillation (AF) and cancer are both independently associated with worse outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Few studies have evaluated the impact of AF on outcomes of cancer-related stroke. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. The primary exposure was a diagnosis of AF.

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Abstract 4147601: Associations between Accelerated Aging Phenotypes with Cancer-Specific and Cardiovascular-Specific Mortality in Long-Term Cancer Survivorship

Circulation

Background:The consequences of cancer and anti-cancer treatments are often described as representing an “accelerated aging” phenotype. Participants missing vital data and those diagnosed with multiple cancers, childhood cancers, cancer within the previous 5 years, or skin cancer were excluded.

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Abstract 4148170: Impact of cancer on healthcare utilization in patients with heart failure

Circulation

Background:Cardiovascular disease is an important cause for mortality in cancer patients and cancer is a primary cause of non- cardiac mortality in patients with heart failure. Patients with a principal discharge diagnosis of heart failure were stratified into two groups based on presence of cancer. vs 3.1%; OR: 1.6;