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Occurrence and predictors of pericardial effusion requiring invasive treatment following heart valve surgery

Open Heart

Objectives To describe the occurrence of significant pericardial effusion, and to investigate characteristics associated with pericardial effusion within three months following heart valve surgery. Data were gathered from The Western Denmark Heart Registry and electronic patient records. Increasing age (HR 0.97, 95% CI 0.95

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Health Care Use and Expenditures Associated With Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Eligible Medicare Fee‐for‐Service Beneficiaries

Journal of the American Heart Association

Nearly 65% of beneficiaries had a percutaneous coronary intervention, 33.5% had a coronary artery bypass graft, and 16.8% had a heart valve repair/replacement. had an acute myocardial infarction, 17.5% Compared with nonparticipants, participants had 47.6

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Minimally Invasive Options For High-Risk Heart Surgery

MIBHS

During the procedure, you’ll be hooked up to a heart-lung bypass machine so that your blood flow can be maintained throughout the surgery Types Of Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery If minimally invasive heart surgery is an option for you, you’ll work with a surgeon to determine the ideal one. Then, they place a graft.

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Rationale and Design of the mTECH?Rehab Randomized Controlled Trial: Impact of a Mobile Technology Enabled Corrie Cardiac Rehabilitation Program on Functional Status and Cardiovascular Health

Journal of the American Heart Association

This study is designed to evaluate the Corrie Hybrid CR, a technology‐based, multicomponent health equity‐focused intervention as an alternative to traditional in‐center CR among patients recovering from a cardiac event, surgery, or procedure compared with usual care alone.MethodsThe mTECH‐Rehab (Impact of a Mobile Technology Enabled Corrie CR Program) (..)

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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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Inequalities in access to and outcomes of cardiac surgery in England: retrospective analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics (2010-2019)

Heart BMJ

Methods We included people >18 years of age with hospital admission for ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and heart valve disease (HVD) between 2010 and 2019. Within these populations, we identified people who had coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and/or valve surgery, respectively.