Interventional Cardiology & Surgery
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Radial Artery Tops Saphenous Vein Graft in CABG
Major Finding: Functional graft occlusion at 5 years was 12% in radial-artery grafts and nearly 19% in saphenous-vein grafts.Data Source:...
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Therapeutic Hypothermia Can Treat Cardiac Arrest in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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Aortic Dissection Repair: Tight BP Control Avoids Late Reoperation
Major Finding: The rates of freedom from reoperation after aortic dissection repair among patients on beta-blocker therapy at 10 and 15 years were...
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Blood Transfusions Linked to Increased Deaths in CABG Patients
Major Finding: Patients undergoing isolated CABG surgery had a 2.88-fold increased risk of operative mortality, compared with patients who did not...
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Female Donor Ups the Risk For Male Heart Transplantation Patients
Major Finding: Men undergoing heart transplantation were 13% more likely to die if their donor was female.
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LVH in Donor Heart Does Not Increase Recipients' Risk of Death
Major Finding: Donor-heart left ventricular hypertrophy did not increase recipients’ risk of death overall.
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Factors Predict Successful Weaning From VAD
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Reversal Seen in Use of Hearts From High-Risk Donors
Major Finding: The percentage of hearts from donors older than age 40 years averaged 21%, 30%, and 28% in eras 1, 2, and 3, respectively.
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New Heart Allocation Algorithm Appears Effective
Major Finding: With implementation of the new heart allocation algorithm, the adjusted risk of dying on the waiting list or becoming too sick for...
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Case Volume Deemed Not a Significant Factor in CABG Outcomes
Major Finding: When comparing low- with high-volume centers, there was no significant difference in mortality (OR 1.08), morbidity (OR 1.34), or...
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Erythropoietin Bolus After PCI Fails to Reduce Infarct Size
Major Finding: Infarct size was no different on cardiac MR between patients who received an IV bolus of epoetin-alfa and those who received a...