A diagnosis of perioperative myocardial infarction (MI) from coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery was hardly set in stone, a prospective study found, with different cardiac troponin (cTn) ...
Becker's ASC: Surgeons’ sex ruled out as driver of disparities in cardiac surgery: Study
Whether a surgeon’s sex aligns with that of their patient was ruled out as a driver of gender disparities in cardiac surgery outcomes, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American ...
Surgeons’ sex ruled out as driver of disparities in cardiac surgery: Study
People who participate in cardiac rehabilitation have a decreased risk of death years after surgery, with a trend towards better outcomes in patients who attend more sessions, a study finds. Just over ...
MedPage Today: One Troponin Assay Would Suggest Whopping MI Incidence After Cardiac Surgery
The New England Journal of Medicine: A Randomized Trial of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution in Cardiac Surgery
Patients undergoing cardiac surgery often receive red-cell transfusions, along with the associated risks and costs. Early intraoperative normovolemic hemodilution (i.e., acute normovolemic ...
The New York Times: Heart-Valve Patients Should Have Earlier Surgery, Study Suggests
Her brother’s heart surgery at 4 years old sparked an early interest in cardiology for Linda Park, PhD, NP. But it was the disappointment years later as a cardiac nurse practitioner watching patients ...
EurekAlert!: Study: Artificial intelligence model reads cardiac MRI scans with near expert accuracy
Study: Artificial intelligence model reads cardiac MRI scans with near expert accuracy
Sex discordance isn’t an explanation for gender disparities in outcomes after cardiac surgery, new data suggest. For men, whether their surgeon was male had no impact on morbidity and mortality at 30 ...