<ѻý>FDA Panel Supports More Clarity in NSCLC Perioperative Immunotherapy Trialsѻý> Committee unanimously backs mandating trial design to distinguish effects of therapy phases Jul 25, 2024
<ѻý>Pay People, and They Will Go to Cardiac Rehabѻý> Financial rewards increase participation in guideline-recommended programs Jul 22, 2024
<ѻý>Novel Goalpost for PCI Excellence Is Borrowed From the Surgeonsѻý> "Failure to rescue" may help with quality improvement in interventional cardiology Jul 12, 2024
<ѻý>Meta-Analysis Favors Complete Coronary Revascularization in a Single Goѻý> But definitive proof on timing of procedures still lacking Jul 09, 2024
<ѻý>Women-Specific Goalposts Urged for Coronary Bypass Surgeryѻý> Smaller releases of troponin, CK-MB still associated with periprocedural heart injury Jul 05, 2024
<ѻý>Cardiac Shockwave Device Passes Hurdle in Ischemic Cardiomyopathyѻý> Question of clinical benefit beyond LVEF improvement will require larger trials Jun 21, 2024
<ѻý>Established TAVR Platforms Evolving for Lifetime Managementѻý> New additions to Sapien, Evolut, Navitor lines aim to ensure coronary access Jun 10, 2024
<ѻý>Can Mitral Valve Innovators Dig Themselves Out of a Rut?ѻý> Current transcatheter mitral valve replacement devices a poor match for clinical need Jun 06, 2024
<ѻý>Brain-Protected TAVR Results in Fewer Real-World Disabling Strokesѻý> Also, patients with prior stroke ID'd as likely responders in TVT registry analysis Jun 05, 2024
<ѻý>Novel Heart Device Lead Sails Through Performance Hurdlesѻý> Next-gen Medtronic ICD lead wire meets pivotal trial safety and efficacy endpoints May 18, 2024
<ѻý>Bicuspid Anatomy: Wrench Thrown in TAVR for Younger, Low-Risk Patients?ѻý> Controversial findings of low-risk trial allowing bicuspid patients May 15, 2024
<ѻý>Joined Cath Procedures Turn the Table on SAVR-CABGѻý> Small trial favors percutaneous approach to concomitant aortic stenosis and coronary disease May 14, 2024
<ѻý>Gene Therapy Allowing Heart to Grow New Blood Vessels Supported by Early Dataѻý> Researchers are eyeing catheter-based delivery for people with refractory angina May 03, 2024
<ѻý>If Biopsy Needed for ILD Diagnosis, Start With Less-Invasive Option, Trial Suggestsѻý> Reduced patient burden using "step-up" approach with transbronchial cryobiopsy first Apr 21, 2024
<ѻý>Alectinib Lands FDA Approval for Adjuvant Therapy in NSCLCѻý> The ALK inhibitor reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 76% versus chemotherapy Apr 19, 2024
<ѻý>Evidence Strengthens for De-Escalating Axillary Surgery in Breast Cancerѻý> Trial suggests axillary dissection can be avoided in some patients with early breast cancer Apr 03, 2024
<ѻý>After Lariat LAA Ligater Disappoints in aMAZE, Is a Path Ahead Still Possible?ѻý> Adjunctive LAA ligation did not help efficacy of catheter pulmonary vein isolation Apr 02, 2024
<ѻý>Culprit Lesion PCI Before Diagnostic Angiography for Faster STEMI Reperfusionѻý> Strategy for shorter needle-to-balloon time appeared safe in preliminary data Mar 29, 2024
<ѻý>Preemies' Hernia Surgery Can Waitѻý> Randomized study shows safety advantage to inguinal repair after initial discharge Mar 26, 2024
<ѻý>Do Race, Sex Factor Into Who Has Donor Heart Offers Turned Down by Transplant Docs?ѻý> Black people, men receive more offers before one is accepted Mar 25, 2024
<ѻý>Wider Pool of Impella Heart Pumps Caught in Recall After 49 Deathsѻý> Devices require label correction for left ventricle perforation risk Mar 21, 2024
<ѻý>Use of Video Laryngoscopy Reduced Endotracheal Intubation Attemptsѻý> Video laryngoscopy also led to fewer intubation failures, injuries versus direct laryngoscopy Mar 18, 2024
<ѻý>Placenta Issues Linked to Newborns' Brain Aberrations in Congenital Heart Diseaseѻý> Study supports hypothesis that placental abnormalities are intertwined with brain development Mar 01, 2024
<ѻý>Changing the Surgical Paradigm in Oligometastatic NSCLCѻý> Propensity-score matched analysis suggests survival benefit with surgery to the primary tumor Feb 23, 2024
<ѻý>FDA Advisors Nearly All Aboard the TriClip Train for Tricuspid Regurgitationѻý> Committee voted 13-1 that the benefits of the TEER device outweigh the risks in certain patients Feb 14, 2024
<ѻý>FDA Reviewers Skeptical on TriClip for Tricuspid Regurgitationѻý> Tricuspid valve repair system is up for advisory committee scrutiny on Tuesday Feb 12, 2024
<ѻý>Pushback on Rule for Surgical Lymph Node Sampling During Lung Resectionѻý> Surgeons debate the right standard for lymph node dissection in lung cancer Jan 31, 2024
<ѻý>CABG Surgeons Link Multi-Arterial Grafts to Patient Longevityѻý> Short of a definitive trial, MAG proponents make do with national registry data Jan 31, 2024
<ѻý>Drug-Related Endocarditis: A First Stab at Recommendations for Surgeonsѻý> STS consensus statement on ethics, surgical criteria, transcatheter debulking Jan 30, 2024
<ѻý>Caution Raised for Post-TAVR Cardiac Surgeriesѻý> Surgeons report rise in TAVR explants and other risky procedures Jan 29, 2024
<ѻý>Cooling Technique Frowned Upon in Aortic Arch Surgeryѻý> Cognitive deficits common even with less than 20 minutes of hypothermic circulatory arrest Jan 29, 2024
<ѻý>Surgical LAA Closure Rises to the Top in STS Guideline for Afibѻý> Society strongly endorses concomitant LAA occlusion during cardiac surgery Jan 28, 2024
<ѻý>FFR-Guided PCI Saves $$ Clamping Down on Unnecessary Stents in MI Patientsѻý> Cost-effectiveness shown over angiographic guidance for complete revascularization Jan 26, 2024
<ѻý>Angioplasty Redeemed for Stable Angina in Sham-Controlled ORBITA-2ѻý> Reduced angina frequency with anti-anginal meds out of the picture Nov 11, 2023
<ѻý>Heart Injuries Suggest Reconsideration of Holding BP Meds for Surgeryѻý> Pause on ACE inhibitors, ARBs yields more acute hypertension with no prevention of hypotension Nov 06, 2023
<ѻý>EP Study During TAVR Offers Better Prediction of Late Conduction Disturbancesѻý> Interventional cardiologists trained to handle His bundle recordings at one center Oct 27, 2023
<ѻý>Small Aortic Annuli Not Inherently More Amenable to TAVRѻý> TAVR, SAVR result in similar outcomes in female-dominated VIVA randomized trial Oct 26, 2023
<ѻý>Drug-Coated Balloon Answers 'Embarrassing' Need for In-Stent Restenosis in U.S.ѻý> Agent device avoids additional layer of stenting in patients with recurrent blockages Oct 25, 2023
<ѻý>Early Experience Keeps Tendyne TMVR on Track for MR and Severe MACѻý> Will preliminary results be confirmed by SUMMIT trial to come? Oct 25, 2023
<ѻý>Amulet vs Watchman Comparison Still Muddy Any Which Way LAA Leaks Are Definedѻý> The two devices continue to lead to similar clinical outcomes Oct 24, 2023