The first patient implantation of the investigational Gore Ascending Stent Graft in the ARISE III trial for treating acute type A dissections in high-risk surgical patients has been announced. The trial will enroll up to 112 patients across multiple US centers, with follow-up assessments over five years to evaluate safety and effectiveness.
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Surgery
September 18, 2025
This narrative review examines the impact of depression on outcomes after cardiac surgery. The authors synthesized evidence from PubMed and Google Scholar, focusing on the epidemiology, mechanisms, and management of depression in this context.
July 18, 2024
In this large population-based cohort study, long-term mortality and morbidity were investigated in patients undergoing biological surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for severe aortic valve stenosis. Individual data from the Austrian Insurance Funds from 2010 through 2020 were analyzed.
June 27, 2024
This video is a balanced, gripping presentation on an increasingly common emergency problem for the on-call cardiac surgeon. Professor Oo discusses the evolving landscape of surgery for acute De Bakey I and II pathologies of the aortic organ.
February 12, 2023
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons published its newly developed short-term risk calculator of operative and thirty day risk specific to isolated mitral valve repair for primary mitral regurgitation and degenerative mitral etiology.
November 14, 2022
Quite possibly, this manuscript is projected to have the highest impact on patient care and industry for the immediate future.
September 14, 2021
Based on data of 4203 patients with acute type A dissection in the UK National Adult Cardiac Surgical Audit, Benedetto and associates have identified the following risk factors for operative mortality: age (odds ratio, OR, 1.02), malperfusion (OR 1.79), left ventricular ejection fraction (moderate: OR 1.40; poor: OR 2.83), prior cardiac surgery (OR 2
July 22, 2021
On July 22, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery published this consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and Its aortopathy.
June 11, 2021
A useful detailed review (or state-of-the-art article) on revascularisation in extracardiac vascular stenoocclusive atheromatosis.
June 11, 2021
A glimpse of what could be a future for surgery..........