The authors studied the rate of publication of completed clinical trials performed in academic medical centers in the US. Among over 4,300 such trials, only 36% were published within 2 years of completion, and only 66% were ultimately published at any time. There was considerable variation in publication rates among institutions.
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February 18, 2016
December 24, 2015
With the successful linking of the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) database, the authors studied the extent to which the STS database represents national activity in CABG. The number of centers represented increased from 45% in 2000 to 90% in 2012. The number of CABG patients represented increased
December 17, 2015
Massimo Caputo relates the story of a how charitable project to establish a congenital heart surgery program in Homs, Syria, was destroyed by the civil war in that country.
December 16, 2015
PREVENT IV trial participants who had undergone either a RIMA or LIMA to LAD anastomosis and underwent an angiogram at 1 to 1.5 years (n=1539) were analyzed for mammary graft failure (defined as >75% stenosis).
December 10, 2015
A growing body of evidence demonstrates improved short, mid, and long term outcomes with the use of arterial conduits for coronary revascularization. Despite this, less than 10% of patients receive more than 2 arterial grafts.
November 26, 2015
Arie Blitz of the McAllen Heart Hospital, McAllen, Texas, delivers a talk on vertical and horizontal integration in health care.
November 19, 2015
Recorded via Google Hangouts, Joel Dunning and E. E. John Smith discuss the new international Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons qualification.
November 17, 2015
The authors report on the extended follow-up of Courage Trial patients for up to 15 years. In this trial, patients with chronic stable angina were randomized to medical therapy alone versus PCI plus medical therapy. At extended follow-up, there was no difference in overall survival between the two treatment strategies.
November 4, 2015
Doctors in the U.S. are committing suicide at an alarming rate. This article focuses on the suicide of a 29-year-old oncology fellow, and examines the role a physicians health program (PHP) may have played in his death.
October 19, 2015
Download the 5 year plan for workforce planning across the whole of the UK here.