In Global News: Heart Health on World No Tobacco Day, Preventing Surgical Fires, and Awake VATS [1]
Patient Care and General Interest
World No Tobacco Day [3] was observed on May 31st, and it focused on cardiovascular disease [4] with the 2018 theme of “Tobacco breaks hearts. Choose health, not tobacco.”
The US Food and Drug Administration recently released a safety communication focusing on surgical fires [5] and practices that can prevent them [6].
Experts in India campaign for mandatory screening of newborns for critical congenital heart disease [7].
Research, Trials, and Funding
A surgeon in California shared his experience with awake video-assisted thoracic surgery [8] at the recent Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society.
Early results suggest good 30-day outcomes with the Tendyne Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement system [9] from Abbott, say researchers from Sydney, Australia, who presented the results at the recent EuroPCR meeting in Paris, France.