Guidelines recommend that ICDs should not be implanted until after 90 days following revascularization in patients with an EF<35% and an MI. Studies have shown that no clinical benefit or detriment was derived by implantation prior to 90 days.
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Cardiac
March 23, 2016
March 22, 2016
In this study the STS/ACC Transcatheter Valve Therapy registry was used to compare TAVI in nonogenarians versus TAVI in patients <90 years old. In total 3,773 (15.7%) of the patients were >90 years old. Mortality at 30 days and 1-year was significantly higher for nonogenarians (8.8% vs. 5.9%, p<0.001 and 24.8% vs.
March 22, 2016
In this video, the authors describe a ventriculoplasty technique using a “double-breasted” closure over CoreMatrix patch.
March 22, 2016
This retrospective study evaluated the relationship between the timing betweenLHC and CABG and its effect on renal function in a cohort of 2371 patients at a single center. Findings included:
March 21, 2016
The new AHA/ACC Scientific Statement represents significant progress regarding the management of anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA) by liberalizing the exercise restrictions on those asymptomatic patients with anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery.
March 21, 2016
This French group retrospectively compared their experience with tricuspid valve replacements (n=188) using either tissue (82%) or mechanical (18%) valves during a >30-year period. Findings from the study included:
March 20, 2016
This instructive paper includes three separate meta-analyses focusing on patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) after TAVR. These meta-analyses revealed the following:
March 18, 2016
As the Authors have stated: "maximal medical therapy can no longer be seen as a justifiable end‐point for refractory circulatory shock, at least in well‐resourced health settings." To frame their discussion on mechnical circulatory support (MCS) in the current era, they have provided a case vignette for options potentially available to the patient wi
March 18, 2016
Not only an authoritative 16 year retrospective report on 957 planned aortic aneurysm surgeries from Cleveland Clinic, but a stimulating critique ( pages 771-774) with Tyrone David who was the invited discussant of the manuscript at its presentation at the AATS last April.
March 16, 2016
In a discussion filmed at the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, an international panel of experts considers the management of porcelain aorta.