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New Legislation Speeds Progress on Patient Access to New Technologies

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

The linkage also would allow registries to continue providing critical information for approval and coverage of innovative medical interventions and preserve the government’s authority to authorize Medicare Coverage with Evidence Development (CED). Download the PDF version Advocacy Quality Improvement Technology

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Days at Home After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Versus Medical Therapy Alone in Heart Failure

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundTranscatheter edgetoedge repair of the mitral valve (mTEER) reduced a hierarchical end point that included death and heart failure hospitalization in COAPT (Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation Trial). in mTEER and 518.2253.0

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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 (..)

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Best of cardiology in 2024 : Check it out and find the winner.

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Top 10 Clinical Trials Preventive PCI on Stenosis With Functionally Insignificant Vulnerable Plaque PREVENT (ACC.24) 24) Finerenone Trial to Investigate Efficacy and Safety Superior to Placebo in Patients With HF FINEARTS-HF (ESC Congress 2024 and AHA 2024) Randomized Evaluation of Decreased Usage of Beta-Blockers After AMI REDUCE-AMI (ACC.24)