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Columbia Cardiology Launches New Mitral & Tricuspid Center

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Division of Cardiology has announced its launch of the Mitral & Tricuspid Center. Tricuspid and mitral valves are debilitating conditions that can lead to arrhythmias, hypertension, and heart failure.

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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Launches New Valve Surgery Risk Calculators

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As cardiothoracic surgery continues to evolve, STS has responded by adding new risk models to guide treatment decisions and benchmark performance,” said STS President Jennifer C. The STS leveraged contemporary data from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database to develop risk models for surgical tricuspid repair and replacement.

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Columbia Cardiology Launches New Mitral and Tricuspid Center

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Division of Cardiology has announced its launch of the Mitral & Tricuspid Center. Tricuspid and mitral valves are debilitating conditions that can lead to arrhythmias, hypertension, and heart failure.

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Henry Ford Health Heart Failure Patient First in Michigan to Receive Breakthrough Device

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Henry Ford Health's Center for Structural Heart Disease team delivered its first in Michigan FDA-approved VOQUE Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement System to a heart failure patient on February 13, 2024 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. million Americans have moderate to severe tricuspid regurgitation. to receive the device.

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Variations in current clinical practice of postoperative pericardial effusion: a questionnaire study

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Methods A nationwide survey was sent to all interventional cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons in the Netherlands, regarding their preferred diagnostic and treatment modality of PPE. Results In total, 46/140 interventional cardiologists and 48/120 cardiothoracic surgeons responded (27/31 contacted centres).

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Taskforce Develops New Standards to Monitor Adults with Heart Valve Disease

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Previous studies about heart valve disease have focused on procedural or device outcomes, and less on patient-centered and disease-related outcomes that are relevant to patients physical and mental well-being and quality of life. tim.hodson Tue, 02/18/2025 - 16:41 Feb. tim.hodson Tue, 02/18/2025 - 16:41 Feb.

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STS Annual Meeting Late-Breaking Research: 2023 STS/AATS Joint Expert Consensus Document on the Management of the Small Aortic Root

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Predictors of Outcomes: Lower albumin and higher Model for End-Stage Liver Disease scores emerged as novel predictors associated with worse outcomes, highlighting the significance of these factors in the risk assessment for isolated TV surgery. The predicted risk of composite morbidity and mortality was 28.2% for repairs and 26.8%