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Two new hybrid angiography rooms open for treatment of heart & vascular disease
2019 02 Apr
Two new hybrid angiography rooms open for treatment of heart & vascular disease: technological performance for major therapeutic progress The Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco and Siemens Healthineers MONACO (Mar 29, 2019)-- On 29th March the Cardio-Thoracic Centre of Monaco will be inaugurating the first robotised hybrid operating rooms... Read more
New Screening Tool Identifies Patients at Risk for Malnutrition
2017 17 Jun
According to a new study, patients who are at risk for malnutrition when undergoing heart surgery can now be more easily identified leading to better intervention and improved surgical outcomes. The study is published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Malnutrition during the post-operative period can lead to high morbidity and mortality as... Read more
Statins Before Heart Surgery Reduce Complications
2016 12 Jan
A review article to be published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery suggests the use of statins before and after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. The drugs are believed to reduce cardiac complications, such as atrial fibrillation, following surgery as well as the risk of death during and after surgery. Some of the key points of the... Read more
On-Screen Models Predict Effects of Heart Surgery
2015 12 Oct
Research scientist Sigrid Kaarstad Dahl and her colleagues have generated on-screen models of a patient's beating heart and have stimulated patient-specific blood flow samples in order to predict the effects of heart surgery. The on-screen heart models can enable cardiac specialists and engineers to run simulations of a variety of surgical procedures... Read more
Public Reporting of Clinical Data: Question of Reliability
2015 12 Jun
Public reporting of healthcare and patient safety information has allowed patients to play an increasing role in their own healthcare decisions. With all such information widely available, it is important for patients to know where to look for the most accurate and reliable data. For heart and lung surgery, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) continues... Read more
Blood Test Can Help Predict Stroke After Heart Surgery
2015 24 Mar
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (NC, USA) have found that the results of a blood test done immediately after heart surgery could be a meaningful indicator of postoperative stroke risk. The finding is published online in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery . An acutely elevated level of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) — a measure of kidney... Read more
Anaesthesia Has Major Impact on CABG Surgery Risks
2015 05 Mar
For patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, according to researchers, the anaesthesiologist managing the procedure can have a major impact on the risk of adverse outcomes. The study found "substantial variability" in death or major complications across anaesthesiologists, with close to a twofold difference in risk for CABG patients... Read more
Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes Now Online
2015 01 Mar
Aiming to improve public awareness and understanding of cardiothoracic surgical outcomes, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has released the first publicly accessible national report of surgical outcomes from its Congenital Heart Surgery Database (CHSD). The CHSD is a component of the STS National Database, which is widely considered the gold standard... Read more
3D Printing Makes Heart Surgery Safer for Children
2015 01 Feb
Aside from making surgery safer for children with congenital heart disease, 3D printing technology can reduce the duration as well as the number of invasive procedures required — thus minimising healthcare costs. A case in point is when a cardiac surgeon in the US recently used a 3D printed heart as a model to plan a life-saving procedure for his young... Read more