Cardiovascular Surgery

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

Xenotransplant surgery in progress. Image courtesy of the University of Maryland School of Medicine

News | Heart Failure

UM Medicine Faculty-Scientists and Clinicians Perform Second Historic Transplant of Pig Heart into Patient with End-Stage Cardiovascular Disease

September 25, 2023 — After world’s first successful transplant in 2022, also performed at the University of Maryland ...

September 25, 2023

Cardiac surgeon and advocate for heart disease prevention joins MemorialCare's growing cardiovascular team in Southern California

News | Cardiovascular Business

Dr. Patrick Griffith Selected as Medical Director of Adult Cardiac Surgery at MemorialCare Heart and Vascular Institute at Saddleback Medical Center

August 17, 2023 — MemorialCare, a prominent nonprofit Southern California integrated health system, announced today that ...

August 17, 2023

the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the QuikClot Control+ Hemostatic Device to include mild and moderate bleeding in cardiac surgical procedures and bone surface bleeding following a sternotomy

News | Cath Lab

Teleflex Receives FDA Clearance for Expanded Indication for QuikClot Control+ Hemostatic Device Usage in Cardiac Surgical Procedures

August 2, 2023 — Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical technologies, announced the U.S Food and ...

August 02, 2023

A multi-institutional team of scientists led by Dr. Mario Gaudino, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery and assistant dean for clinical trials at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been approved for a nearly $30 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Large PCORI Award Funds Study of Surgical Options for Coronary Artery Disease in Underrepresented Patient Populations

July 25, 2023 — A multi-institutional team of scientists led by Dr. Mario Gaudino, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss ...

July 25, 2023

The future is quite promising for TAHs, but it will be a decade or more before they may become a comparable treatment to heart transplantation

Feature | Artificial Heart | By Francisco Arabia, MD, MBA

Next-Generation Total Artificial Hearts Offer New Hope for Heart Failure Patients

The U.S. organ donation system has long been under scrutiny, with questions about fairness in organ allocation and ...

July 20, 2023

UM School of Medicine researchers detail inflammatory process and heart damage in Lancet Study in preparation for future transplants

News | Heart Failure

Lessons Learned from World’s First Successful Transplant of Genetically-Modified Pig Heart into Human Patient

June 30, 2023 — A new study published in The Lancet has revealed the most extensive analysis to date on what led to the ...

June 30, 2023

News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

Magenta Medical Initiates Early Feasibility Study with World’s Smallest Heart Pump in Leading NY Cardiology Centers

June 7, 2023 — Magenta Medical Ltd. has announced the initiation of its FDA-approved Early Feasibility Study with the ...

June 07, 2023

News | Cardiovascular Business

Dr. Ronald L. Kirshner Appointed Chair and Medical Director of the Auburn Heart Institute

May 2, 2023 — Auburn Community Hospital (ACH) announced today that Dr. Ronald L. Kirshner has been appointed Chair and ...

May 02, 2023

Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with a common vascular disease have more severe symptoms before bypass surgery and are at greater risk for amputation and other complications after the procedure

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Black and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Patients with Vascular Disease have Worse Symptoms, Bypass Outcomes

April 21, 2023 — A Michigan Medicine study finds that Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with a common ...

April 21, 2023

The new valve is designed to preserve and facilitate future patient options for lifetime management of their heart valve disease

News | Structural Heart

Abbott Receives FDA Approval for Epic Max Tissue Valve to Treat Aortic Valve Disease

March 31, 2023 — Abbott announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's Epic Max ...

March 31, 2023

People exposed to low doses of ionizing radiation have an extra, but modest, risk of developing heart disease during their lifetime, according to a new study

News | Heart Failure

Low-dose Radiation Linked to Heart Disease

March 28, 2023 — People exposed to low doses of ionizing radiation have an extra, but modest, risk of developing heart ...

March 28, 2023

The Vascular Verification Program establishes a cohesive framework for hospitals focused on using data and quality improvement practices to deliver appropriate clinical care to achieve optimal vascular patient outcomes

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

The American College of Surgeons and the Society for Vascular Surgery Launch National Quality Verification Program for Vascular Care

March 24, 2023 — The American College of Surgeons (ACS), with the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), has launched a new ...

March 24, 2023

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine published a study in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography showing that transesophageal echocardiography-guided transcatheter structural intervention was associated with a major complication in 3.6 percent of patients.

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Study Shows One in 25 Patients Undergoing Transesophageal Echocardiography-guided Transcatheter Structural Cardiac Intervention Suffered a Major Complication

March 15, 2023 — Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine published ...

March 15, 2023

Newer technique is equally safe and effective when performed by experienced surgeons, according to investigators

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

March 5, 2023 — In the largest randomized trial conducted to compare minimally invasive and conventional cardiac ...

March 05, 2023

Data show IVC filter use led to few adverse events, even when used prophylactically

News | Interventional Radiology

New study demonstrates inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are safe and effective way to treat venous thromboembolism (VTE)

February 23, 2023 — Few adverse events are connected to the use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters to help prevent deep ...

February 23, 2023