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Regaining Weight After Bariatric Surgery Did Not Lead to Excess Mortality
(MedPage Today) -- DALLAS -- There were no differences in mortality after bariatric surgery whether patients regained weight or maintained the loss, according to an analysis of the Swedish Obese Subjects study. Over a post-surgical 26-year follow... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 17, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

CAC measurements on nongated chest CT improve surgery risk assessment
Estimating the prevalence and severity of coronary artery calcium (CAC) using data gleaned from nongated chest CT imaging improves risk assessment of postsurgical major clinical events before a patient undergoes noncardiac surgery, according to research published in the October 10 issue of Circulation.The study results could improve patients' surgical outcomes, wrote a team led by Daniel Choi, MD, of New York University Grossman School of Medicine in New York City. "[Our study found that] prevalence and severity of coronary calcium from preexisting, preoperative, nongated chest CT imaging were associated with stepwise in...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 13, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News CT Source Type: news

Vascular surgeon who performed novel thoracic endovascular aortic repair joins Upstate
Texas patient Susan Benton reunites with Dr Wei Li, after innovative surgery saves her life. (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - October 6, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Source Type: news

New Two-Tier System to Weed Out Some Pediatric Heart Surgery Centers
(MedPage Today) -- Professional societies agreed that U.S. centers performing pediatric and congenital heart surgery should be formally reorganized into two tiers with volume requirements designed to maintain surgical quality. The first tier... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - September 29, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Should Surgical AVR for Aortic Regurgitation Happen Earlier in Young Adults?
(MedPage Today) -- Among young adults with aortic regurgitation (AR), those undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) before they met standard criteria were more likely to achieve good results from the surgery, a study showed. Postsurgical normalization... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - September 19, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Stroke Doesn't Have to Lead to Death or Disability
(MedPage Today) -- Imagine having a severe, life-threatening stroke at 5 p.m., being rushed by ambulance to undergo minimally invasive surgery to remove the blood clot from your brain, then walking out of the hospital, symptom-free, the very next... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - September 15, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

What Are Common Vascular Rings and Slings?
Discussion Vascular rings and slings are not that common a congenital heart problem (about 1% of all congenital heart defects), but do occur and arise from abnormal embryological development of the major vascular structures. Embryologically the great vessels and their major branches arise from the aortic sac. The aortic sac forms two horns – a right and a left. These horns then form aortic arches. The aortic arches with their paired branches then course into the pharyngeal arches. Initially these aortic/pharyngeal arches have symmetric vascular pairs, but as development progresses they become asymmetric (basically du...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 11, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

What Are Some Radiographic Signs of Congenital Heart Disease?
Discussion Total anomalous pulmonary venous return causes snowman sign on a chest x-ray. The pulmonary veins fail to connect normally to the left atrium. Alternate pathways direct flow to the right atrium and then across an atrial communication. The admixture of blood at the atrial level and the right to left atrial shunt result in the cyanosis. It may present at birth because of obstruction to the pulmonary veins. “Characteristic heart shapes in patients with congenital heart disease are often due to long standing hemodynamic changes and are therefore less commonly seen today on [chest x-ray] because patients with c...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - August 28, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

No Reduction in AF After Noncardiac Surgery With Colchicine: COP-AF No Reduction in AF After Noncardiac Surgery With Colchicine: COP-AF
COP-AF trial results showed no significant reduction in co-primary endpoints of clinically important AF or myocardial injury after noncardiac thoracic surgery, although there were positive trends.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - August 27, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Colchicine Stumbles for Protecting the Heart From Thoracic Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- AMSTERDAM -- Anti-inflammatory colchicine (Lodoco) given perioperatively around major non-cardiac thoracic surgery did not cut atrial fibrillation (Afib) or myocardial injury complications, the COP-AF trial showed, although... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - August 26, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

NT-proBNP Level in Preoperative Cardiovascular Risk Assessment NT-proBNP Level in Preoperative Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Might NT-proBNP be a more accurate and cost-effective alternative to myocardial perfusion scan for predicting postoperative cardiovascular complications in non-cardiac surgery?BMC Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news

Prenatal Screening Sets Up Younger Babies for Heart Defect Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- Even with the arrival of mandatory newborn screening for congenital heart defects (CHDs), prenatal diagnosis was tied to younger age at corrective surgery, a retrospective found. From 2015 to 2021, the first heart surgery at... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 4, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Study Questions Relationship Between Hospital Competition and Surgical Quality
(MedPage Today) -- Outcomes after high-risk elective surgery did not have a clear relationship with a hospital's local competitive landscape, a study using nationally representative Medicare data suggested. Hospitals in the highest-competition... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 2, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Cardiac Rehab Lowers Risk for Death After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2, 2023 -- Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is associated with lower two-year mortality following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), according to a study published online June 29 in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Tyler M. Bauer,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Boston Scientific Lifts Annual Profit Forecast Boston Scientific Lifts Annual Profit Forecast
Boston Scientific raised its annual profit forecast for a second straight quarter on Thursday, banking on resilient demand for its cardiovascular devices as surgical procedure volumes pick up pace.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - July 28, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news