REALITY Check: Stricter RBC Transfusion Safe for Anemic MI Patients Restrictive strategy makes sense for clinical outcomes, costs Sep 01, 2020
Aspirin Alone Best Bet for Majority of Post-TAVR Patients Lessons from DAPT in PCI do not translate to TAVR, researchers find Aug 30, 2020
Novel Tx Turns in Favorable Performance in Obstructive HCM Mavacamten tackles underlying pathophysiology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Aug 29, 2020
Medicare to Broaden Coverage for LVADs, Artificial Hearts CMS would drop requirement for clinical trial enrollment Aug 12, 2020
New-Onset Arrhythmia After TAVR: How New, Really? Study assesses pre-existing arrhythmic burden of TAVR candidates Jul 15, 2020
ViV TAVR: Device, Implantation Choices Matter Long Term Worse outcomes tied to smaller original surgical valve, TAVR valve type, existing severe PPM Jun 26, 2020
Satisfactory Progress Reports for MitraClip Alternatives Mitral valve replacement, repair devices under ongoing study Jun 25, 2020
TEE-Related GI Injuries Commonplace During Structural Cardiac Interventions Even the most complex complications could be managed conservatively, however Jun 22, 2020
Sapien 3 TAVR On Par with Surgery at 5 Years Differences observed in stroke and pacemaker rates Jun 21, 2020
No Clarity on Clinical Impact of Post-TAVR Leaflet Thrombosis Cases of HALT, RLM largely limited to one leaflet Jun 21, 2020
S3 Ultra Valve Cuts TAVR Paravalvular Regurgitation Data reassuring for newer device, TVT registry analysis shows Jun 20, 2020
For Amy Grant, 'Every Heartbeat' Has New Significance Singer undergoes surgery for newly discovered congenital defect Jun 09, 2020
Promising Data for Transcatheter Pulmonary Valves Old and New Is a new TPV approval on the horizon? May 17, 2020
S-ICD Pulls Even With Conventional ICDs PRAETORIAN head-to-head trial shows an even tradeoff in outcomes May 08, 2020
One Weird Trick to Rule Out Post-TAVR Pacemaker Rapid RA pacing to predict a person's need for PPI or extended monitoring Apr 16, 2020
Metformin Appears to Shield Diabetic Patients From Post-Op Death Similar to statins, with anti-inflammatory properties suggested as explanation Apr 09, 2020
ISCHEMIA Trial Puts Big Question Mark on Implications of Ischemia Subanalyses of the landmark trial show lack of correlation to outcomes Apr 01, 2020
TAVR: Promising in Low-Risk Patients With Bicuspid Anatomy However, pacemaker rate still high in experienced hands, according to early data Mar 29, 2020
Organ Transplant: 'Essential' Surgery in a Time of Pandemic Centers describe the tough choices, strategies, and outcomes they're seeing Mar 26, 2020
First 'Single Match' Pushes Residency Placements to New Record Finally a unified Match Day for DO and MD grads Mar 20, 2020
A Real Pain in the Neck: Surgeons' Posture Wearable tech confirms ergonomic stress of surgery Mar 11, 2020
Surgical Attire Changes a Bust for Infection Control? One center reports what happened with shift to bouffants, surgical jackets Feb 12, 2020
SAVR Dominates in Younger Patients, but TAVR's Share Is Growing Fast Trends observed for those with or without congenital heart disease Jan 28, 2020
Study: Short Hospital Stays OK After Cardiac Surgery 3 days or less "very safe," one center reports Jan 28, 2020
How Thoracic Surgeons Can Keep Their Piece of the Pie Opportunities in aortic valve replacement, formalized training in structural heart Jan 27, 2020
Should Addicts Get Repeat Valve Surgeries for Endocarditis? MAT should be part of the equation in patients with opioid addiction, STS debaters agree Jan 26, 2020
Plavix Efficacy Blunted With Opioid in the Picture More ischemic events seen with drug combo for heart attacks managed invasively Jan 20, 2020
ISCHEMIA for the Real World Robert Harrington, Jennifer Robinson, and Jay Giri weigh in Nov 20, 2019 video
Oversupply of Congenital Heart Surgery Programs Slammed Researchers call for fewer hospitals in an organized, regionalized system Nov 18, 2019
Post-ISCHEMIA: Focus Turns to Testing for Stable Angina Stress test no longer enough to send most stable cases to cath lab? Nov 17, 2019
Novel TAVR Technique: Single-Side Vascular Access Better prep for complications at access site? Nov 04, 2019
TAVR at 5 Years: Paravalvular Regurgitation is Key "No matter what you're using, you have to decrease PVR" Sep 29, 2019
Post-AVR Leaflet Thrombosis Often Vanishes Sans Treatment Even so, PARTNER 3 substudy found more clinical events with leaflet thickening Sep 27, 2019
Study: LVAD Surgical Technique Can be Further Refined Left ventricular assist device outflow cannula angulation, anastomosis size may be important Sep 15, 2019
Post-MI Survival Better With ICD for Some, Troubled Trial Suggests Potential benefit in STEMI survivors with severe LV dysfunction, other risk factors soon after PCI Sep 04, 2019
SYNTAX at 10 Years: Bypass vs PCI Still a Toss-Up Overall But CABG beats stenting for important subgroups Sep 03, 2019
COMPLETE Revascularization Gets Its Win for Hard Outcomes Investigators obtain missing piece of the puzzle Sep 01, 2019
STICH: CABG Survival Benefit Doesn't Hinge on Myocardial Viability Is viability testing now unnecessary for CAD patients with low LVEF? Aug 21, 2019
Wait, What? Neil Armstrong Died From Botched Surgery!? Hospital paid $6 million to astronaut's family, newly revealed documents showed Jul 25, 2019
