In Global News: 3D Heart Simulations to Treat Arrhythmias, Early Discharge Safe for TAVR Patients, and Favorable Outcomes Related to 4L Lymph Node Dissection [1]
Patient Care and General Interest
3D personalized simulations of patient hearts [3] reportedly allow physicians to better locate and treat arrhythmias.
A six-year-old girl became the first patient to receive congenital open heart surgery [4] in Mali.
Star LA Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen will need to undergo a second ablation procedure [5] at the end of the baseball season to correct an irregular heartbeat.
A study published in CHEST suggests the prevalence of racial disparities in the United States regarding the surgical treatment of lung cancer [6], even in relation to participants in the National Lung Screening Trial.
Jonathan Chen has joined the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia [7] as its new Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Research, Trials, and Funding
A new meta-analysis indicates that TAVR patients who are discharged early do not fare worse than patients with longer hospital stays [8].
Data from the IMPULSE registry suggests that many patients in European countries with aortic stenosis who have no related symptoms are being sent for aortic valve replacement [9], despite the absence of guideline-recommended indications.
A study from the Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute in China suggests that patients with primary left lung cancer who undergo 4L lymph node dissection have more favorable outcomes [10] than those who do not receive 4L dissection.