Cardiothoracic
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Aortic Regurgitation Index Can Improve TAVR Prognosis
Major Finding: Patients with AR index of less than 25 had a significantly increased 1-year mortality risk, compared with patients who had an AR...
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TEE Important During TAVI
Major Finding: Perivalvular leak was the most common observation during the procedure and occurred in roughly 80% of the cases, but of moderate...
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Drug-Eluting Stents Beat Bare-Metal in STEMI Patients
Major Finding: At 1 year, the primary end point of major adverse cardiac events occurred in 4.3% of patients who received biolimus-eluting stents...
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Mortality Soared With Post-TAVR Vascular Complications
Major Finding: Patients with major vascular complications following TAVR had significantly higher 30-day mortality (14% vs. 3%) and 1-year...
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Radiofrequency Ablation Frees Majority From Atrial Fibrillation
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Data Clarify Diagnosis, Treatment of Thoracoabdominal Trauma
Major Finding: The majority of patients with isolated thoracoabdominal trauma arriving alive and without severe head trauma (72.3%) were managed...
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No Consensus on Best Surgery for Neonatal Heart Syndrome
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TAVR at 10: A Review
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Operative Error Skews Surgeons' Decision to Withdraw Support
Major Finding: Surgeons evaluating complications after emergency surgery that did not involve surgeon error were nearly twice as likely to agree...
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Delirium Signals Cognitive Risk After Heart Surgery
Major Finding: Patients who developed postoperative delirium following cardiac surgery showed a greater cognitive decline during hospitalization...
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Transfusions, Blood Conservation Yield Similar Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery
Major Finding: Compared with transfusion recipients, Jehovah's Witnesses who refused transfusions after undergoing similar cardiac surgery had...