Using CMS CABG data as a denominator, the investigators examined the penetration, completeness, and representativeness of the STS database with respect to the CMS database. The investigators found that, in 2012--the most recent year analyzed--center-level penetration was 90% and patient-level penetration was 94%.
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December 26, 2015
December 24, 2015
Patients undergoing surgical ablation for afib were evaluated for recurrence using either intermittent monitoring using traditional methods or continuous monitoring using an implantable loop recorder (ILR). Compliance with ILR use was higher than with traditional monitoring methods (93% vs about 80%). Detection of afib was similar between ILR and t
December 24, 2015
With the successful linking of the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) database, the authors studied the extent to which the STS database represents national activity in CABG. The number of centers represented increased from 45% in 2000 to 90% in 2012. The number of CABG patients represented increased
December 23, 2015
CTSNet published over 200 pieces of educational clinical content in 2015. As the year comes to a close, Arie Blitz, CTSNet Deputy Editor, presents his choices for the most interesting content of 2015.
December 22, 2015
CTSNet published over 200 pieces of educational clinical content in 2015. As the year comes to a close, Joel Dunning, CTSNet Co-Editor, presents his choices for the most interesting content of 2015.
December 16, 2015
This video demonstrates a total and complete arterial revascularization using bilateral internal mammary arteries in a 65-year-old man with acute inferior wall myocardial infarction.
December 16, 2015
PREVENT IV trial participants who had undergone either a RIMA or LIMA to LAD anastomosis and underwent an angiogram at 1 to 1.5 years (n=1539) were analyzed for mammary graft failure (defined as >75% stenosis).
December 15, 2015
In this video, Tirone David gives an invited talk during the STSA 62nd Annual Meeting Postgraduate Program in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
December 13, 2015
In this prospective study on 377 patients, the authors evaluate the effect of the application of a patient-specific transcatheter heart valve (THV) selection algorithm, which suggests the use of a specific THV (CoreValve or SAPIEN XT) for specific anatomical subsets, on procedural outcomes.
December 10, 2015
A growing body of evidence demonstrates improved short, mid, and long term outcomes with the use of arterial conduits for coronary revascularization. Despite this, less than 10% of patients receive more than 2 arterial grafts.