This systematic review compares three minimally invasive techniques for surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: the endocardial Cox-Maze procedure, epicardial surgical ablation and an epicardial surgical and catheter-based endocardial ablation hybrid procedure.
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Cardiac
September 28, 2015
This video shows a robotic-assisted repair of an anterior mitral valve leaflet perforation from endocarditis and ruptured posterior chordae tendinae.
September 26, 2015
In this RCT, patients at increased risk for cardiac surgery requiring CPB were assigned to steroids at the time of anesthetic induction and again at the time of CPB induction or no steroids. Primary outcomes were 30-day mortality and major morbidity. Steriods had no effect on the primary outcomes. There was no evidence that stero
September 24, 2015
Neil Moat of the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK, gives a talk on transcatheter mitral valve implantation.
September 24, 2015
The investigators of this study compared survival of bare metal stent percutaneous coronary intervention (BMS-PCI) versus drug-eluting stent PCI (DES-PCI) versus single artery CABG (SA-CABG) versus multiarterial CABG (MA-CABG) in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease.
September 23, 2015
The authors conducted a propensity-matched analysis of outcomes and costs associated with TAVR vs. SAVR procedures in patients considered either intermediate risk (STS PROM 4-8%) or high risk (STS PROM >8%) within the Commonwealth of Virginia.
September 22, 2015
This video demonstrates a technique for performing a minimally invasive multi-vessel coronary bypass.
September 18, 2015
Red blood cell transfusion in cardiac surgical patients has been strongly associated with increased infection, increased ischemic post-operative events, prolonged hospital stay, increased mortality, and increased hospital costs. The goal of this protocol is to identify cardiac surgical patients who will safely undergo care and receive no homologous blood transfusions.
September 18, 2015
This sub-study of the Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) trial compared clinical outcomes and 1-year graft patency between CABG cases where residents vs. attending surgeons were the primary operator. Graft patency rates were similar between resident- vs. attending-completed distal anastomoses for on-pump (83.0% vs. 82.4%) and off-pump (77.2% vs.
September 18, 2015
This study describes activity and outcomes for both standard aortic valve implantation and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in England and Wales in the TAVI era. The study demonstrates that both standard aortic valve implantation and TAVI acitivity have increased since TAVI was first performed in the United Kingdom.