CardiacWire

JANUARY 31, 2024

Procedure trends certainly suggest that we’ve entered the TAVR era, but a pair of new studies show that surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is a far better option for many younger and healthier patients who are increasingly seen as TAVR candidates. Much of these SAVR declines occurred in patients with tricuspid aortic valves (from 84.5%

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Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 29, 2023

years) patients who underwent treatment of PVL at 3 tertiary centers between January 2002 and December 2021 were included. Three hundred cases (89.6%) had mitral PVL, and 35 (10.4%) had aortic PVL. Echocardiographic features, procedure details, and in‐hospital or long‐term outcomes were assessed. Technical (78.9 versus 76.2%;P=0.549)

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2021

For example, we have a lot of meaningful data on outcomes from CABG procedures and transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the short term. This legislation, if passed, would help us see the bigger picture and allow us to design treatment strategies that would offer the best long-term outcomes for our patients,” said Alan M.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

JANUARY 19, 2022

The TSF/FFF Fellowship—established in 2021—will help fund international travel and living expenses, allowing the awardees to continue their education outside of their home countries. So if you want to have exposure to something that is brand new, you may have to go to Europe to do that.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Program Designations Access and Publications (A&P) 1 Participant User File (PUF) 2 Task Force on Funded Research (TFR) 3 Special Projects 4 Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Lead Author Title Publication Date William Keeling 2 National Trends in Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery October 2023 Jake (..)

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Lead Author Title Publication Date Jacob Raphael Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Pulmonary Complications: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis The Annals of Thoracic Surgery January 2024 Joseph Sabik Multi-Arterial versus Single-Arterial Coronary Surgery: Ten Year Follow-up of One Million (..)

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