Cardiothoracic
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What's New? The Changing Landscape of Infective Endocarditis
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ADVANCE: TAVI Survival Remains High With CoreValve
Major Finding: At 1 year, overall survival was 82.1% and cardiovascular survival 88.2%.Data Source: International, postmarket phase IV study of 1,...
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Left-Atrial MAZE Ablation Compromises Atrial Function
Major Finding: Full left-atrial ablation produced statistically significant impairments of left-atrial function, including an average 20% drop in...
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Perioperative Fish Oil Supplements Did Not Cut AF Risk
Major Finding: Atrial fibrillation lasting 30 seconds or longer occurred after cardiac surgery in 233 (30.7%) controls and 227 (30%) patients who...
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FREEDOM: CABG Shows Excellent Cost Effectiveness
Major Finding: Coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease had a highly favorable projected...
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Lung-Volume Reduction Coils Boost Walk Distance
Major Finding: Implantation of lung-volume reduction coils was associated with a mean between-group difference of 63.5 m in 6-minute walk distance...
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Sternal SSIs, Mediastinitis Plummet Under Preop Decolonization Program
Major Finding: Following initiation of a preoperative S.
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FDA Expands Sapien Approval
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Frailty Useful for TAVR Prognosis
Major Finding: Frailty was associated with a threefold increase in mortality risk over the first year after transcatheter aortic valve replacement...
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Real-World TAVI Outcomes Spot On With Clinical Trial Results
Major Finding: In-hospital mortality was 2.2% for conventional aortic valve replacement surgery, 4.6% for conventional surgery with coronary...
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Early Lung Cancer Patients Living Longer After Radiotherapy
Major Finding: When stage I NSCLC was treated with radiation alone, median survival improved significantly, from 16 months during 1999-2003 to 21...