Novel transcatheter heart valve may be effective for management of high-risk aortic regurgitation
1. The 30-day composite primary safety endpoint of > 40.5% was achieved for Trilogy TAVI. 2. 8% of patients who ...
Tag: Cardiac surgery
Levothyroxine does not improve heart transplantation rates in brain-dead donors
1. In this randomized crossover trial, intravenous levothyroxine, given to hemodynamically unstable brain-dead potential heart donors, did not improve the ...
Repeat transcatheter aortic valve replacement after initial attempt is generally safe in patients with balloon-expandable valves
1. Redo-TAVR had low procedural complication rates and was comparable to native-TAVR in terms of risk of death and stroke ...
Postoperative enhanced recovery protocols improve outcomes post-cardiac surgery.
1. Postoperative enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols for cardiac surgeries were found to improve outcomes such as decreasing the ...
#VisualAbstract: Transcatheter repair of mitral regurgitation secondary to cardiomyopathy is safe and effective
1. In this randomized controlled trial, patients who received transcatheter repair of mitral regurgitation secondary to cardiomyopathy had good safety ...
Transcatheter repair of mitral regurgitation secondary to cardiomyopathy is safe and effective
1. In this randomized controlled trial, patients who received transcatheter repair of mitral regurgitation secondary to cardiomyopathy had good safety ...
Percutaneous tricuspid repair improves severe tricuspid regurgitation
1. In this open-label randomized trial, percutaneous tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) reduced severe tricuspid regurgitation and improved quality of ...
Mycobacterium abscessus infections after cardiac surgery linked to hospital water system
1. A cluster of four cardiac surgery patients were found to have Mycobacterium abscessus infections on the same floor at ...
High-dose selenium not associated with a reduction in morbidity and mortality in high-risk cardiac surgery patients
1. In this randomized clinical trial of 1416 adult cardiac surgery patients, high-dose selenium did not increase the number of ...
Fibrinogen concentrate may be cost-effective for bleeding management in adult cardiac surgery patients
1. In this within-trial economic evaluation of the Fibrinogen Replenishment in Surgery (FIBERS) randomized clinical trial, the median total 7-day ...
