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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Launches New Valve Surgery Risk Calculators

DAIC

Coming: Risk Calculators for Aorta, Adult Congenital, and General Thoracic The STS has additional enhancements in the pipeline, including risk models and calculators for aorta surgery and adult congenital heart disease, as well as general thoracic procedures focused on lung and esophageal cancer.

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Surgeon Preference Impacts Survival Outcomes Analyses for CABG Patients

DAIC

24, 2025 In-patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a novel analysis evaluating surgeon preference for multi- versus single-arterial grafting may help explain the differing results between prior retrospective analyses and randomized controlled trials regarding long-term survival.

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Abstract 4148106: Hemophilia and Cardiovascular disease in the United States: Prevalence, Risk factors, and outcomes.

Circulation

The secondary outcomes comprise the odds of adverse events, including myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), occlusive atherosclerotic disease, percutaneous coronary intervention, and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)., The hemophilia cohort was slightly older (63.2[16.8]

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Surgeon Preference Factors into Survival Outcomes Analyses for Multi- and Single-Arterial Bypass Grafting

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

With over 95% of adult and congenital cardiac surgery procedures and a majority of lung cancer and esophageal cancer surgery in the U.S., The STS National Database is one of the largest and most comprehensive clinical registries with nearly 10 million cardiothoracic procedures performed by 4,300+ surgeons.

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Women and Heart Health: Unique Considerations and Risks

MIBHS

It’s the leading cause of death for women, claiming more lives each year than all forms of cancer combined. Surgical Interventions : In some cases, surgical procedures like angioplasty, stent placement, or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) may be necessary to restore blood flow to the heart.

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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 (..)