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

DAIC

The researchers found that Medicare patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer exhibit identifiable predictors for long-term survival and readmission. These findings suggest opportunities to enhance clinical practice and improve outcomes for Medicare patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer.

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Utilization and Outcomes Associated With Intravascular Ultrasound during Abdominal and Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Interventions in the United States in the Contemporary Era (2016–2023)

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Utilization trends were stratified by region, urbanicity, distressed communities index, community versus academic center, Medicare versus dual enrollment status, indication, urgency, and presence of dissection with malperfusion.

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New Legislation Speeds Progress on Patient Access to New Technologies

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

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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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 (..)