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Medical malpractice in aortic valve and mitral valve replacement surgery in North America
CONCLUSIONS: In addition to excellent surgeon patient/family communication, administering surgical treatment in a timely manner, diagnosing and acting on concomitant medical conditions, and close patient monitoring may diminish medical malpractice litigation involving aortic and mitral valve replacement operations.PMID:34338496 | DOI:10.23736/S0021-9509.21.11945-7
Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - August 2, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Ashwin Palaniappan Frank W Sellke Source Type: research

Geographical variations in left main coronary artery revascularisation: a pre-specified analysis of the EXCEL trial
CONCLUSIONS: In the EXCEL trial, the relative risks for the 30-day and five-year primary composite outcome of death, MI or stroke after PCI versus CABG were consistent irrespective of geography. However, five-year rates of IDR after PCI were significantly higher in NA centres, a finding the Heart Team and patients should consider when making treatment decisions. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01205776.PMID:34212863 | DOI:10.4244/EIJ-D-21-00338
Source: EuroIntervention - July 2, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Aung Myat David Hildick-Smith Adam J de Belder Uday Trivedi Aaron Crowley Marie-Claude Morice David E Kandzari Nicholas J Lembo W Morris Brown Patrick W Serruys Arie Pieter Kappetein Joseph F Sabik Gregg W Stone Source Type: research

Medical malpractice in heart transplantation from 1994 to 2019
ConclusionsThere should be an emphasis on documenting informed consent from all involved parties in heart transplantation to limit litigations filed against clinicians. As technologies and growing donor pools increase the prevalence of heart transplantation, clinicians would be well ‐served to be aware of legally tenable practices that will allow them to adopt a higher transplant volume without simultaneously adopting added legal exposure.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Surgery - May 13, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Ashwin Palaniappan, Frank W. Sellke, Afshin Ehsan Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

The impact of surgeon and hospital procedural volume on outcomes after aortic root replacement in the United States
ConclusionAmong Medicare patients undergoing an aortic root replacement, there is a strong inverse relationship between annualized surgeon and hospital case volume and postoperative outcomes. Procedural volume is an important quality metric for this high ‐risk procedure.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Surgery - May 13, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Chase Brown, Jason Han, Alexandra E. Sperry, Zehang Chen, Fabliha Khurshan, Fenton McCarthy, Joseph E. Bavaria, Peter Groeneveld, Nimesh N. Desai Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Aortic Annular Enlargement in the Elderly: Short and Long-Term Outcomes in the United States.
CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest annular enlargement during SAVR is associated with increased short-term risk in a Medicare population. Survival curves crossed after three years, which may portend a benefit in select patients. However, annular enlargement is still only done in the minority of patients who are at risk for PPM. PMID: 33421392 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - January 6, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Wegermann ZK, Grau-Sepulveda MV, Fallon JM, Brennan JM, Thourani VH, Badhwar V, Ailawadi G Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research

Type A aortic dissection in the East and West: A comparative study between two hospitals from China and the US
ConclusionsThere was a significant increase in the number of ATAAD at NDTH during the study period while the number at MGH remained stable. Hypertension was a common major risk factor; however, the onset of ATAAD at NDTH was nearly one decade earlier than MGH. Chinese patients tended to have more complicated preoperative pathophysiology at presentation and underwent more extensive surgical repair.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Surgery - August 20, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Andrea L. Axtell, Yunxing Xue, Jason Z. Qu, Qing Zhou, Jun Pan, Hailong Cao, Tuo Pan, Arminder S. Jassar, Dongjin Wang, Thoralf M. Sundt, Duke E. Cameron Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Oversized versus Non-oversized Prosthesis: Midterm Outcomes after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using SAPIEN 3 Valve
Conclusion Oversizing reduces the risk of device failure and intraprocedural postdilation but increases the risk of PPI. Early and midterm morbidity and mortality after OS and nOS with S3 are comparable. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text
Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon - July 19, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Useini, Dritan Beluli, Blerta Christ, Hildegard M ügge, Andreas Patsalis, Polykarpos Schl ömicher, Markus Haldenwang, Peter Bechtel, Matthias Strauch, Justus Tags: Original Cardiovascular Source Type: research

Commentary: Aortic arch surgery —Acting your age
Growing technology and access to health care have led to improved life spans across the world. It is projected that life expectancy may increase over the coming decades from 79.7  years in 2017 to 85.6 years by 2060 in the United States.1 With resultant changes in demographics, the need for complex surgical procedures such as aortic surgery in the elderly population is now commonplace. Despite technical advances and improved outcomes in proximal aortic surgery, the complex ity of these operations still predispose the elderly to higher risks of stroke, delirium, and renal failure.
Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - March 11, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Kanika Kalra, Edward P. Chen Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

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