March 30, 2020 — Patients undergoing coronary bypass graft (CAGB) surgery lived longer and had better outcomes when surgeons used a segment of the radial artery from their arm, instead a saphenous...
Cardiovascular Surgery
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for cardiac surgery. This includes coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) and surgical valve replacements.
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March 30, 2020 — Patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve repair (TAVR) low-risk patients at two years did just as well compared with those undergoing open heart valve replacement surgery in...
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March 29, 2020 — Patients with bicuspid, or two-leaflet, aortic valves who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures had a high rate of success and low risk of death or...
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March 20, 2020 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced March 18, 2020, that all elective surgeries, non-essential medical...
Closing access to the radial artery after harvesting a section of the artery for a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Photo by Getty Images.
News | Cardiovascular Surgery | March 30, 2020
March 30, 2020 — Patients undergoing coronary bypass graft (CAGB) surgery lived longer and had better outcomes when...
Conclusions from the real world TAVR vs. surgery trial for aortic valve replacement outcomes in the U.K., presented by William D. Toff, M.D. at ACC 20.
News | Heart Valve Technology | March 30, 2020
March 30, 2020 — Patients in the United Kingdom (U.K.) who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)...
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | March 30, 2020
March 30, 2020 — Patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve repair (TAVR) low-risk patients at two years did...
News | Heart Valve Technology | March 29, 2020
March 29, 2020 — Worse than expected outcomes were found for survival and quality of life among patients undergoing...
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | March 29, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
March 29, 2020 — Patients with bicuspid, or two-leaflet, aortic valves who undergo transcatheter aortic valve...
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | March 20, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
March 20, 2020 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS...
News | Artificial Heart | March 10, 2020
March 10, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the SynCardia Systems 50cc temporary Total...
The COVID-19 mortality rate for patients cardiovascular disease is 10.5 percent based of data from Chinese hospitals since the outbreak. COVID-19 fatality rates for patients with comorbidities are higher than the average population, but cardiac patients had the highest death rate.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | March 09, 2020
March 9, 2020 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is...
News | Heart Failure | March 05, 2020
March 5, 2020 — Abbott recently received Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
The LivaNova Heater-Cooler System 3T helps open heart surgery patients, but can pose an infection risk if not properly cared for.
News | Cardiovascular Surgery | February 27, 2020
February 27, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a safety communication this week to healthcare...
A 3-D reconstruction of a cardiac CT scan showing an implanted Medtronic CoreValve TAVR device. Image courtesy of TeraRecon
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | February 24, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
In August 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the indication for the use of transcatheter...
News | Heart Failure | February 12, 2020
February 12, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Carmat's investigational device...
Raj Makkar, M.D., led a multicenter national study comparing outcomes for minimally invasive TAVR heart valve replacement to open-heart surgery. The study showed the two methods have similar outcomes. Photo by Cedars-Sinai.
News | Heart Valve Technology | January 31, 2020
January 31, 2020 — A new study from the ...
News | Robotic Systems | January 20, 2020
January 20, 2020 — Research has found that repairing the mitral valve earlier, before the mitral valve prolapse...
