In Global News: Updated US TAVR Coverage Decision, 3D Modeling for Chest Wall Reconstruction, and Disparity in Eligibility for Lung Cancer Screening

Patient Care and General Interest
San Francisco, California, passed an ordinance to ban the sale of e-cigarettes in the city, the first such ordinance in the USA.
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the anticipated update to the national coverage decision for transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The full decision memo is available on the CMS website.
Patient-specific 3D modeling is used to aid planning of a complex chest wall reconstruction.
A brief interview with the chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Arizona, USA, focuses on the importance of transparency and a true team attitude to achieve the best possible patient outcomes.
 
Research, Trials, and Funding
Researchers from Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, USA, report that among adults diagnosed with lung cancer, a smaller proportion of black Americans than white Americans would have qualified for screening.