Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CABG/surgical AVR was tied to lower risk for stroke, MI, valve reintervention or death vs. PCI/TAVR for aortic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Percutaneous intervention bested surgical treatment of severe aortic stenosis and complex CAD. The trial was ...

Chicago – Jose Augusto Barreto-Filho, M.D., Ph.D., of the Federal University of Sergipe and the Clinica e Hospital Sao Lucas, Sergipe, Brazil, and colleagues assessed procedure rates and outcomes of ...

The National Quality Forum Board of Directors has recently approved endorsement for 21 quality measures concerning surgical care. The measures — part of the Surgery Endorsement Maintenance 2010, Phase ...

A new study, published in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, found no differences in key postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing an elective cardiac surgery on any day of the ...

SAN ANTONIO -- The early experience of patients needing cardiac surgery after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has surgeons raising the alarm about the excess risks of these challenging ...

PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Regional Hospital (PRH) has earned a distinguished three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its patient care and outcomes in isolated aortic valve ...

Socioeconomic disparities in access to care exist for patients receiving TAVI but also notably SAVR, according to data highlighting a known but ongoing problem in aortic stenosis treatment pathways.

BIRMINGHAM, UK — A new study finds 3.0 to 7.6 times higher permanent pacemaker implantation rates after valvular surgery compared with CABG, with risk particularly high after dual and triple valve ...