Women Get CABG Less Often, But Gender Bias Isn't Reason (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Delayed diagnosis of heart disease may explain surgical disparity (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - September 28, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Delays in Diagnosis Hurt Women Who Have Heart Disease
Study found they were less likely to receive surgeries involving multiple artery grafts Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Heart Disease in Women (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - September 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What is the Best Method for Left Main Revascularization? (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Biggest difference between PCI and CABG may be in repeat procedures (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - September 13, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Villafa ña-founded artificial vessel developer Medical 21 looks to raise $15m
St. Jude Medical founder Manny Villafaña’s newest medtech play, Medical 21, is looking to raise $15 million in an equity round of funding, according to an SEC filing posted recently.
The company is developing an artificial blood vessel as an alternative to harvesting blood vessels for coronary artery bypass surgeries, and has already begun animal testing of the technology, according to a Twin Cities Business report.
Bypass surgeries, which are performed over 500,000 times a year in the US, require surgeons to harvest blood vessels from a patient’s body to be stitched into the heart to repair the circulatory system...
Source: Mass Device - September 7, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Cardiovascular medical21 Source Type: news
Routine LAA Closure at Heart Surgery: Support From LAACS Routine LAA Closure at Heart Surgery: Support From LAACS
Closing off the left-atrial appendage at CABG or valve surgery, widely done without much of an evidence base, seemed to protect against strokes, symptomatic or silent, in a small randomized trial.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Coronary artery bypass surgery effective in patients with type 1 diabetes
(Karolinska Institutet) Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) is the best method of treating artherosclerotic coronary arteries in diabetes patients with multivessel disease, even in the presence of type 1 diabetes, a new study from Karolinska Institutet reports, clearing up a question in the current recommendation. The study is published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 28, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This week ' s topics include outcomes for payment, on- or off-pump CABG, cannabis for pain or PTSD, and the cognitive impact of a PCSK-9 inhibitor (Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics - August 19, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
ROOBY-FS Trial: Off-Pump CABG Inferior at 5 Years ROOBY-FS Trial: Off-Pump CABG Inferior at 5 Years
Calls to abandon off-pump bypass surgery may be premature, with several experts noting that select patients may still benefit.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Which Heart Bypass Surgery Works Best?
Study compares 'on-' and 'off-pump' proceduresSource: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - August 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CMS proposes rolling back bundled payment programs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week proposed rolling back a trio of bundled payment pilot programs aimed at lowering healthcare costs and improving outcomes.
The federal health insurer announced its 5-year “Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement” program in July 2015, saying it would involve more than 800 hospitals in 75 geographic areas. The CJR program, which went into effect in January 2016, bundles payments for hip and knee replacements from hospital admission to 90 days after discharge. The payment covers “all related items and services paid under Medicare Part A and Part B for all Med...
Source: Mass Device - August 17, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Healthcare Reform Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Reimbursement valuebasedhealthcare Source Type: news
CardioBrief: Off-Pump CABG Raises Long-Term Mortality Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Significant risk over on-pump grafting found at 5 years in ROOBY trial (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 16, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
FFR to Guide and to Assess Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting FFR to Guide and to Assess Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
What role can fractional flow reserve play in risk stratification and determination of management strategy for patients before and after coronary artery bypass grafting?European Heart Journal (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
MI Definition Affects Reported Rates After CABG, PCI MI Definition Affects Reported Rates After CABG, PCI
Postprocedure MI rates varied widely, depending on which definition was used, prompting some experts to say,"The time has come to adopt a unifying common definition."Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Levosimendan Disappoints Again in Low-LVEF CABG: LICORN Levosimendan Disappoints Again in Low-LVEF CABG: LICORN
The inotropic agent available in much of the world was safe but didn ' t cut the risk of low cardiac-output syndrome in a small randomized trial, consistent with earlier trials.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Diabetes Does Not Impair Long-term CABG Patency Diabetes Does Not Impair Long-term CABG Patency
Diabetes does not influence the long-term patency of coronary artery bypass grafts, according to a retrospective study.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
