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Cardiac
September 4, 2014
Brighton Colorado in the story of -- dog who save lives but now need saving himself. K is an eight year old lab -- pit bull mix who spent several tours of duty sniffing out roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan. With his handler army specialist Brandon Donahue at -- side.
September 4, 2014
This remarkable dog served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan sniffing out bomb threats, and it is estimated he saved thousands of lives. When he was diagnosed with a cardiac tumor, his handler decided to offer him heart surgery, and is raising money for this purpose.
September 4, 2014
The impact of continuous flow VAD on survival among patients awaiting heart transplant is not well known. Pts on the UNOS list were propensity score matched 1:2 (HeartMate II vs no VAD). Wait list mortality was 10% during the 7.5 year study. Use of a VAD improved survival to transplant at 1 (91% vs 77%) and 2 years (85% vs 68%). Use of VAD as a br
September 4, 2014
This study summarized data regarding valve use in over 1l,000 pts in the STS database who underwent aortic valve replacement for active endocarditis. Nearly 75% of pts had no prior cardiac surgery. Prior cardiac surgery was associated with a higher risk of root replacement (29.9% vs 7.2%), a higher rate of complications (68% vs 61%), and a substant
September 3, 2014
Mark La Meir of the Academic Hospital Maastricht discusses hybrid surgical options for treating patients with atrial fibrillation.
September 2, 2014
This video demonstrates an endovascular aortic repair for a penetrating aortic ulcer.
August 30, 2014
The study provides a risk-adjusted impact of postoperative atrial fibrillation on hospital mortality, resouces utlization, and costs. 49,264 patients from the STS database who underwent cardiac surgery were extracted from 2001-2012.
August 28, 2014
This video contains a brief case presentation and a step-by-step guide for tackling the problem of aortic root endocarditis.
August 27, 2014
Sacha Salzberg of the HeartClinic Zurich discusses surgical options for treating the left atrial appendage (LAA), including concomitant and stand-alone LAA therapies.