Jan 28, 2013

Purpose: The adoption of Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement (MIAVR) through a right mini-thoracotomy is still limited by the small operating field, the longer cardiopulmonary bypass time comp...

Jan 28, 2013

Purpose: Low-dose warfarin throughout pregnancy (≤5 mg/day) was suggested to be safe in patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis (MHVP). Being only shown in selected small low-risk groups, we...

Jan 28, 2013

Purpose: Optimal TAVI results require accurate valve positioning, possibly including anatomically correct orientation and secure fixation within the aortic annulus, thereby potentially decreasing para...

Jan 28, 2013

An Analysis of Activity, Trends, and Outcomes in 36,026 Patients Who Underwent Aortic Valve Intervention in the 5 Years from 2006–2010 Purpose: The interventional management of aortic valve disea...

Jan 27, 2013

Consensus statements on the management of knee osteoarthritis have not thoroughly addressed the use of opioid medications in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). In order to reduce posto...

Jan 27, 2013

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) unveiled a new model to measure resident performance in 1999 that endorsed six general competencies. These include patient care, medica...

Jan 26, 2013

At hospitals participating in the Get With the Guidelines–Resuscitation registry, survival and neurologic outcomes following in-hospital cardiac arrest appear to have improved between 2000 and 2009....

Jan 25, 2013

Endovascular treatment for patients with peripheral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) appears to achieve good clinical results and has a low overall complication rate when these procedures are planne...

Jan 24, 2013

New research is being presented at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2013 Annual Meeting, from January 26 to 30 in Los Angeles. Meeting Highlights Can Lung Transplants Work With Heavy Smoking Don...

Jan 24, 2013

Massage therapy appears to significantly reduce pain, anxiety, and muscular tension in elective cardiac surgery patients, according to an Australian analysis. Massage therapy also appeared to improve ...

Jan 23, 2013

Using a comprehensive surgical safety checklist and a structured team training curriculum appears to result in significant reductions in 30-day morbidity, according to a study from researchers in Conn...

Jan 23, 2013

The Particulars: Patients who suffer a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and make it to the hospital alive often undergo either open surgical repair or endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Data...

Jan 22, 2013

The Particulars: Reducing the standard dose during CT-guided targeted biopsy reduces patient exposure to radiation. However, the effect of this approach on diagnostic accuracy and major complication r...

Jan 22, 2013

The Particulars: Blood thinners are typically prescribed to treat DVT, but these agents tend to be only partially effective at removing clots. Rheolytic pharmacomechanical thrombectomy is a treatment ...

Jan 22, 2013

The Particulars: Women with an abnormal placenta sometimes undergo cesarean section to reduce risks of hemorrhage during pregnancy. These women, however, are still at risk for excessive blood loss and...

Jan 17, 2013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Octaplas, a pooled plasma (human) blood product for the replacement of clotting proteins (coagulation factors) in certain medical conditions where ...

Jan 17, 2013

Post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) to the chest wall and supraclavicular fossa is beneficial in breast cancer patients with four or more positive nodes, according to findings from the International B...

Jan 17, 2013

Researchers at Columbia University have found that intraoperative blood loss, as indicated by transfusion use, appears to be the most important predictor of intraoperative cardiac arrest (ICA) among a...

Jan 17, 2013

The rate of lower extremity amputations appears to have decreased significantly between 2000 and 2008 among patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to findings from a review of CMS da...

Jan 17, 2013

Patients undergoing total hip replacement (THR) have 4.7-fold and 4.4-fold increased risks of ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke, respectively, during their first 2 postoperative weeks, according ...