Change Coming for Bloated Congenital Heart Surgeon Workforce Subspecialty seeks to reinvigorate congenital heart training, early careers Jan 23, 2023
When Surgeons Clamp Down on Opioids After Cardiac Operations Pain control feasible even when dropping to zero opioids Jan 22, 2023
Aortic Aneurysm Score Paves the Way for More Targeted Screening Could EHR data help narrow down candidates for imaging? Nov 15, 2022
Can Botox for the Heart Ward Off Afib After Cardiac Surgery? Epicardial botulinum toxin generally not better than placebo in the NOVA study Nov 09, 2022
Definitive Answer on Steroids for Infant Heart Surgery Falls Short STRESS trial misses primary endpoint but secondary benefits are suggestive Nov 06, 2022
SCAD Heart Attacks: Outcomes Not as Bad as Previously Feared Low 3-year MACE rates seen in a more representative spontaneous coronary artery dissection cohort Oct 17, 2022
Concurrent LAA Occlusion Loses Its Appeal for LVAD Surgeons Heart pump placement plus anticoagulation suffice for patients, even those with Afib Oct 05, 2022
PCI vs CABG: Does Age Inform Choice for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease? Swedish registry study contributes to ongoing controversy Sep 19, 2022
PCI Not (Much) Worse Than CABG for Multivessel Disease Long Term Extended follow-up of BEST trial appeared unlikely to change minds, though Sep 19, 2022
MitraClip G4 Sets the Bar Higher for Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair Post-approval study suggests growing pool of TEER-suitable patients Sep 18, 2022
Post-MI Ventricular Septal Defect Repair Strategies: Each Has Its Place for Now Registry study compares percutaneous vs surgical outcomes in real-world practice Sep 18, 2022
Presumed Clinical Benefits of TAVR Cerebral Protection Remain Unproven Large trial comes up short in proving a definitive benefit to debris filters Sep 17, 2022
Study: Microwave Ablation for Lung Nodules Effective as Last Resort Good option for patients who can't have surgery or radiotherapy, surgeon says Sep 08, 2022
Less Invasive Emphysema Treatment Matches Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with valve placement gets a boost from CELEB trial Sep 08, 2022
How to Avoid the Unnecessary Cardiovascular Operations of Philip Roth's 'Everyman' The Skeptical Cardiologist discusses the book's lessons for patients Aug 21, 2022
Life-Threatening Collapsed Lung: Survival Better With Prehospital Needle Insertion Should prehospital needle decompression be used more frequently in trauma cases? Aug 17, 2022
Endocarditis Tied to Whopping Mortality Risk Within Years Staph, enterococci were the deadliest in population-based Danish study Aug 10, 2022
Fluid Therapy Showdown in Cardiac Surgery Disfavors Albumin Major adverse events not reduced, and some complications increased Jul 19, 2022
Surgery After TAVR: Waiting a Month or More Not Really Better Prosthesis-patient mismatch, paravalvular regurgitation the bigger issues for surgical candidates Jul 08, 2022
TAVR Pacemaker Rate Dips to Single Digits Nationwide, but Outlier Hospitals Remain Do worst-performing sites need more education about best practices? Jun 12, 2022
Fate of Transcatheter Tricuspid Devices: Will it Be Repair or Replacement? Many unanswered questions remain regarding devices for tricuspid regurgitation Jun 11, 2022
TAVR Devices Keep Changing -- Is This Really Helping Patients? Clinical outcomes are headed in the right direction, but better research is needed Jun 10, 2022
Promising First Dips Into a Bigger Pool of MitraClip Candidates Real-world outcomes in people with secondary MR who don't fit COAPT criteria Jun 09, 2022
TAVR for Aortic Regurgitation Off to a Good Start in the Real World Yet some growing pains remain for the Jenavalve Trilogy May 21, 2022
Device Type Matters for Valve-in-Valve TAVR in Small Anatomies Showdown between Sapien and Evolut valves in the LYTEN trial May 20, 2022
TAVR Stays Its Course as 10-Year Durability Data Trickle In Glimpse of longer-term valve degeneration in early TAVR patients May 19, 2022
Subcutaneous ICDs Take Care of Lead Complications in ATLAS Trial But do they perform as well as standard transvenous ICDs? May 03, 2022
Do Pediatric Electrophysiologists Have It Harder? Clinicians discuss the dilemmas and shortcomings in the field May 02, 2022
TAVR Valve Outlasts Surgical Bioprostheses at 5 Years No longer assume that TAVR bioprostheses are inherently less durable Apr 05, 2022
Extra Warming Efforts in Surgery Turn Out to Be Hot Air PROTECT trial finds targeting body temperatures a few degrees higher is unnecessary Apr 04, 2022
Add-On Mavacamten Cuts Need for Septal Reduction in Obstructive HCM VALOR-HCM trial shows novel cardiac myosin inhibitor beneficial as targeted treatment Apr 02, 2022
Obstructive HCM: Will Septal Reduction Zapping Hold Up? More progress on PIMSRA at one Chinese center Mar 30, 2022
Ross Procedure Best for Fixing Aortic Valve in Younger Patients? Propensity-matched analysis may suggest it's time for "Ross Centers of Excellence" Mar 07, 2022
For Stable Chest Pain, CT Stands Up to Invasive Coronary Angiography Safety of a CT-first strategy confirmed in DISCHARGE trial Mar 04, 2022
A Simple Way to Tell When Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis Isn't So Benign Could regular NT-proBNP testing be of value to patients with non-severe AS? Feb 16, 2022
More Evidence for Prehab Before Cardiac Surgery One center's initial experience suggests good perioperative results Feb 02, 2022
Adult Congenital Heart Surgery: Go for the Pediatric Specialists? Study suggests worse outcomes at adult centers with expertise in other heart surgeries Jan 31, 2022
Donor Hearts Can Withstand Longer Ischemic Times Over 4 hours not inherently more dangerous, one group finds Jan 31, 2022
More Headway in Taking Acute Aortic Dissections Straight to the OR Shorter waits, better survival at one center Jan 30, 2022
Multi-Arterial Grafting Inches Upward in Surgeon Adoption Learning curve holds strong in CABG technique Jan 30, 2022
