Welcome to the official newspaper of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) published 12 times yearly. Thoracic Surgery News is the official newspaper of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery and is published 12 times a year.
Over 5,000 thoracic surgeons worldwide rely on Thoracic Surgery News for timely and relevant news and commentary about clinical developments and the impact of health care policy on the profession and on surgical practice. Content for Thoracic Surgery News is provided by IMNG, LLC, an Elsevier company, and Elsevier Global Medical News. News from the Association is provided by the American Associati
Over 5,000 thoracic surgeons worldwide rely on Thoracic Surgery News for timely and relevant news and commentary about clinical developments and the impact of health care policy on the profession and on surgical practice. Content for Thoracic Surgery News is provided by IMNG, LLC, an Elsevier company, and Elsevier Global Medical News. News from the Association is provided by the American Associati
Reductions in hospital-acquired conditions prevented 8,000 inpatient deaths and saved almost $3 billion from 2014 to 2016, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported.
The largest improvements occurred in central line–associated bloodstream infections (down 31% from 2014).
Physicians treating ACS patients with an antiplatelet all but ignore their genetically assessed ability to metabolize clopidogrel.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Physicians treating ACS patients with an antiplatelet all but ignore their genetically assessed ability to metabolize clopidogrel.
Implementation of the AHA Mission: Lifeline program improved treatment times. Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow predicted that the success of this program will lead to a ramping up of efforts to regionalize and coordinate STEMI care across the country. http://bit.ly/2hC2abW
Thirty million Americans became hypertensive overnight on Nov. 13 with the introduction of new high blood pressure guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Thirty million Americans became hypertensive overnight.
Making prognostic assessments 3 days post cardiac arrest may reduce survival potential.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Three days after arrest is too soon to reliably prognosticate.
OSA patients demonstrated similar results for quality of life, blood pressure, and CPAP compliance, whether they had been diagnosed with HRP or PSG.
The analysis concludes TAVR costs less and improves quality-adjusted life-years more.
DENVER – The analysis concludes TAVR costs less and improves quality-adjusted life-years more.
CULPRIT-SHOCK shows advantages of leaving nonculprit lesions alone.
Planned two-stent PCI strategy bests provisional stenting in randomized DKCRUSH-V trial.
DENVER – Planned two-stent PCI strategy bests provisional stenting in randomized DKCRUSH-V trial.
Claims involving EHRs have more than doubled in the last 7 years, according to an analysis.
Events go up as ejection fraction declines.
DALLAS – Events go up as ejection fraction declines.
SAN DIEGO – There was an 86% greater risk of ischemic stroke after transcatheter aortic valve replacement, compared with surgical aortic valve replacement, and a more than sixfold increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke, in a review of more than 44,000 patients in the Nationwide Readmissions Database who were followed out to a year after having one procedure or the other. #ANAmtg2017
Study in real-world setting shows more than sixfold higher risk for hemorrhagic stroke.
Could this latest defeat push lawmakers toward bipartisan action on health care reform? #ACA
Could this latest defeat push lawmakers toward bipartisan action on health care reform?
The American College of Cardiology has updated its advice regarding the use of nonstatin therapies following clinical trial results of PCSK9 inhibitors and ezetimibe.
The ACC has updated its advice regarding the use of nonstatin therapies following clinical trial results of PCSK9 inhibitors and ezetimibe.
Houston doctors gave their best as Hurricane Harvey gave their city its worst.
Parsing the CTEP inhibitor’s means of conferring benefit proves elusive.
BARCELONA – Parsing the CTEP inhibitor’s means of conferring benefit proves elusive.
HHS establishing medical shelter to aid those affected by Hurricane Harvey http://bit.ly/2vB8YZ2 #prayforhouston #houstonstrong #Harvey
Thousands of Texans sheltering at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston will have medical care on-site through a 250-bed Federal Medical Station established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at the request of the State Department of Health.
“The durability results are very encouraging. We can’t see that the TAVR patients are doing worse. So I think this is setting the scene to try to move forward in patients at low risk and also in younger patients."
PARIS – TAVR looks good through 5 years in NOTION trial.
#ACA: Five tactics could lead to implosion http://bit.ly/2ulFS3A
Are regulation and inaction being employed by the White House to push the Affordable Care Act to the point of no return?
Bailout stenting for coronary bifurcations brings ‘unacceptable’ hazards http://bit.ly/2wBCtKC
PARIS – Careful procedural planning is a must.
Common postop complications run up the bill exponentially.
COLORADO SPRINGS – Common postop complications run up the bill exponentially.
Tips and tricks for appealing an audit : http://bit.ly/2uVD6ie
Here’s what you need to know about appealing audit findings and winning your case.
Bad news keeps piling up for Absorb coronary scaffold. #EuroPCR
PARIS – MiStent uses prolonged-release sirolimus microcrystals embedded in the artery wall.
The repositionable valve showed an observed-to-expected ratio of 0.35 at 30 days in the large FORWARD study.
PARIS – The repositionable valve showed an observed-to-expected ratio of 0.35 at 30 days in the large FORWARD study.
Bad news keeps piling up for Absorb coronary scaffold http://bit.ly/2sL7pKK
PARIS – AIDA trial finds an alarming nearly fourfold increase in device thrombosis.
Do sleep interventions prevent atrial fibrillation? http://bit.ly/2sqmgpT
WASHINGTON – Obstructive sleep apnea treatment may not fend off arrhythmias in patients with cardiovascular disease.
Malpractice reform: House passes bill to cap damages http://bit.ly/2svf3DX
Doctors, malpractice insurers support the legislation.
Outcomes/costs similar for minimally invasive vs. sternotomy-based mitral surgery http://bit.ly/2t7PPxn
NEW YORK – Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery is not more costly than conventional sternotomy.
Concomitant MIMV-TVS no worse than MIMV alone http://bit.ly/2tul3SC
NEW YORK – Adding tricuspid surgery to minimally invasive mitral valve surgery seems OK.
#FDA approves dabrafenib and trametinib for BRAF V600E+ metastatic #NSCLC http://bit.ly/2szaPi7
The FDA also approved a next-generation sequencing test to detect BRAF and other mutations from a single tissue specimen.
BIO-RESORT: A mandate to prescreen PCI patients for silent #diabetes http://bit.ly/2rZygSO
PARIS – Unsuspected abnormal glucose tolerance can provoke periprocedural complications.
VIDEO: Lack of heart teams impact prevalence of PCI http://bit.ly/2qX2zrP
BOSTON – Data show a marked bias in referral patterns for coronary revascularization in stand-alone interventional cardiology units lacking a heart team.
Statins: No benefit as primary prevention in elderly http://bit.ly/2rgWirZ
Are your older, hypertensive, mildly hypercholesterolemic patients taking statins?
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