Cardiovascular Surgery

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for cardiac surgery. This includes coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) and surgical valve replacements.

Blog | HIMSS

Information technology (IT) is among the least sexy areas to cover in medical technology advances, and is often ...

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Videos | HIMSS

ITN Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new technology that was displayed on the expo floor ...

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News | Cardiovascular Surgery

February 16, 2017 — Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) cardiothoracic surgeons Cary Passik, M.D., and Robert ...

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heart team, hybird OR, structural heart team
Feature | Hybrid OR | Dave Fornell

In the current era of healthcare reform and the push toward evidence-based medicine to both lower costs and improve ...

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News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

February 9, 2017 — Janssen Research & Development LLC (Janssen) announced that the Phase 3 COMPASS trial is stopping ...

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News | Congenital Heart

January 25, 2017 — Survival statistics, surgeon-specific experience and complication rates are the types of information ...

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News | Structural Heart

January 25, 2017 — Elderly patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and medium surgical risk experienced better than expected ...

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EXCEL Trial, TCT 2016, drug-eluting stents, CABG, surgery left main heart disease, LMCAD
Feature | Stents | Dave Fornell

The biggest news from the 2016 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting this past fall was the results of ...

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bundled payments for cardiology, CMS cardiac reimbursements, healthcare reform, July 1 2017
Feature | Cardiovascular Business | Dave Fornell

Effective July 1, 2017 for Medicare heart attack patients, the the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will ...

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News | Cath Lab

December 29, 2016 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC), along with several partnering organizations, recently ...

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Feature | Cardiovascular Business

December 29, 2016 — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized new Medicare alternative payment models ...

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News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

December 8, 2016 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced results of the MOMENTUM 3 U.S. IDE Clinical Study during a late ...

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Videos | Cath Lab

David Kandzari, M.D., director of interventional cardiology and chief scientific officer, Piedmont Heart Institute ...

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News | Cardiovascular Surgery

November 3, 2016 — Coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery is the standard treatment for revascularization in patients ...

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EXCEL Trial, TCT 2016, drug-eluting stents, CABG, surgery left main heart disease, LMCAD
Feature | Stents Drug Eluting

October 31, 2016 — A major international study has found that drug-eluting stents, a less-invasive alternative to bypass ...

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