Cardiothoracic
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Medicare-remunerated EVAR can mean negative operation margins
Major finding: In a study of DRG 238 remunerated EVAR, stent grafts accounted for 52% of the technical costs while institutional overhead costs...
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Postop troponin elevation, MI impact 5-year survival
Major finding: Postoperative ischemia in the form of a troponin elevation increased the hazard of death at 5 years by 45% (HR, 1.45; P =.01) while...
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Reablate, don't medicate, after failed AF ablation
Major Finding: At 3 years after a first ablation procedure had failed for symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, 12% of those randomized to...
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Biomarkers predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
Major finding: Cardiac resynchronization therapy device recipients with a preimplantation brain natriuretic peptide level of at least 440 pg/mL...
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Dilation and regurgitation complicate outcomes of ASO for TGA
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TAVR quickly dominates high-risk aortic stenosis
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Less aggressive anticoagulation appears safe after high-risk aortic valve replacement
Major finding: The composite primary endpoint of major bleed, stroke, transient ischemic attack, thromboembolic events, and thrombosis occurred in...
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Elderly drive increase in U.K. aortic valve interventions
Major Finding: There was a 32% increase in aortic valve interventions, driven in large part by an increase among patients aged 80 years or older....
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Crossing devices offer solutions for failed recanalization
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Inclacumab reduces troponin in NSTEMI
Major finding: In the inclacumab 20 mg/kg group, the drop in troponin I was 22% greater than seen in placebo-treated controls at 16 hours and 24%...
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Big trials deflate off-pump CABG
Major finding: Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery did not differ significantly from on-pump bypass in 1-year rates of death, stroke, MI...