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University Hospitals Now Performing Robotic Heart Bypass Surgeries

DAIC

This robot assists surgeons in performing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) through a minimally invasive approach which leaves patients with less pain and a shorter recovery after surgery. They’re going to have more freedom from re-intervention, and they don't have to have a big sternotomy.”

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Collateral Coronary Flow in the Interventricular Septum Detected on Intracardiac Echocardiography Imaging

HeartRhythm

A 72-year-old man with severe coronary artery disease (CAD) and coronary artery bypass grafting complicated by ischemic cardiomyopathy and ventricular tachycardia (VT) was referred for redo VT ablation.

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Abstract 4139913: Obstructive sleep apnoea predicts a worse survival in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy following septal myoectomy

Circulation

The proportion of coronary artery bypass graft and valvular intervention were comparable between patients with and without OSA. Compared to patients without OSA, patients with OSA were much older ( 44.00 ± 12.18 vs. 52.22 ± 10.33 vs. 26.32 ± 3.00 During a median follow-up of 23.1

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2023 STS Coronary Conference Agenda

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Allied Health

Two Decades of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Females: Has Anything Changed? Women and CABG: A Comparison of Graft Conduit Outcomes from the National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit Database Arnaldo Dimagli, MD (New York, NY, USA) 11:50 a.m. . – 12:30 p.m. Elizabeth Norton, MD (Atlanta, GA, USA) 11:40 a.m.

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

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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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

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 (..)