News
EVAR registry results show equivalence between the sexes
EVAR outcomes between the sexes were equivalent at 30 days and 1 through 5 years.
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Cerebral NIRS may be flawed for assessing infant brains after stage 1 palliation of HLHS
Cerebral NIRS is insensitive at detecting low venous oxygenation after stage 1 palliation.
News
Sinus of Valsalva preserved in aortic valve replacement
Keep the sinus of Valsalva during most aortic valve replacement surgeries.
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New-onset AF after aortic valve replacement did not affect long-term survival
New-onset atrial fibrillation after AVR did not affect long-term survival when sinus rhythm was restored before discharge.
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Elective open conversion after failed EVAR safer than emergent
Failed EVAR best served by elective rather than emergent open conversion.
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Multiple factors predict surgical site infection risk after lower extremity revascularization
Targeted preoperative improvements may lower SSIs after open lower extremity revascularization.
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Factory contamination seen as likely source of postop endocarditis outbreak
Heater-cooler units seen as likely source of global valvular endocarditis outbreak.
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Surgeon volume tied to mitral valve surgery outcomes
CHICAGO – Study supports guidelines recommending referral to experienced surgeons.
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Consider invasive mediastinal staging in higher risk NSCLC patients, despite guidelines
Mediastinoscopy staging for NSCLC may be cost effective for more patients than guidelines suggest.
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Embolism major cause of stroke after open arch surgery in patients with carotid/intracranial stenosis
Screening may identify patients needing alternative operative strategies to prevent stroke during open arch surgery.
Opinion
Confronting the open chest – Samuel J. Meltzer and the first AATS annual meeting
In retrospect, the founding of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) in 1917 may seem surprisingly optimistic, given the status of...
Article
Esophageal cancers: Apples and oranges wrongly lumped together
Genomic analysis suggests esophageal adenocarcinoma and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma are two separate diseases that should not be combined...
Article
ECMO patients need less sedation, pain meds than previously reported
Patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation required relatively low doses of sedatives and analgesics.
Article
Midterm results of thoracic stenting for acute type B dissection promising
LAS VEGAS – Patients with acute, complicated type B aortic dissections are reported to have a greater than 50% likelihood of dying from their...