Cardiothoracic
Conference Coverage
CABG safe 3 days after stopping ticagrelor: RAPID CABG
A new randomized trial showed similar rates of severe bleeding in patients going to surgery at 3 days and 6 days after stopping the antiplatelet...
Conference Coverage
Concomitant tricuspid-mitral surgery beneficial but with a trade-off
Whether the trial’s finding of reduced progression of tricuspid regurgitation results in long-term clinical benefit can be determined only with...
Conference Coverage
VEST: External sheath for CABG vein grafts shows promise
Conference Coverage
Fully endovascular mitral valve replacement a limited success in feasibility study
Although progress in transcatheter mitral valve replacement has been slow compared with TAVR’s rapid ascent, its transition from a transapical to...
FDA/CDC
FDA panel slams Endologix response to stent-graft safety issues
The company argued to skeptical advisors that upgrades to its AAA-repair system have already cut any potential endoleak risk, a long-running...
Conference Coverage
FFR-guided PCI falls short vs. surgery in multivessel disease: FAME 3
PCI guided by FFR assessment may have yielded better outcomes in patients with less complex coronary anatomy, researchers say; others doubt the...
FDA/CDC
FDA class I recall of CardioSave hybrid/rescue IABPs
Subpar batteries were mistakenly released to a limited number of customers and may have a shortened run time and fail unexpectedly.
FDA/CDC
FDA approves Abbott’s Portico valve for TAVR
The approval, based largely on the recently published PORTICO-IDE trial, is for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis at ‘high or...
Conference Coverage
Angiography can wait for cardiac arrest without ST-elevation
Results of the TOMAHAWK trial show that immediate transfer for angiography after out-of-hospital arrest without ST-segment elevation provided no...
Opinion
What is the most likely cause of this patient’s fever?
Case: A patient develops atelectasis after undergoing cardiac bypass surgery.
Feature
Docs fight back after losing hospital privileges, patients, and income
Physicians in St. Louis lost their hospital privileges when the hospital entered into an exclusive contract with other physicians. They’re losing...