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EuroPCR.13: ‘Real-world’ TAVI results look promising

ADVANCE, a study of 1,015 patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) using Medtronic’s CoreValve system, continued to show clinical benefits at one year. The results were presented May 21 at EuroPCR 2013 in Paris.

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AATS: Certification failure rates rise post 80-hour work week

Failure rates for residents taking the American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) examination overall took a hit since implementation of the 80-hour residency work week, according to a presentation May 7 at the annual American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) meeting in Minneapolis.

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Panel explores workings of global TAVR registry

Representatives from the FDA, medical societies, registries and industry met April 22 in Silver Spring, Md., to discuss creation of an international registry for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The collaboration is the first step in an effort to develop a consortium of cardiovascular registries for broad-based analysis and surveillance of medical devices and clinical outcomes.

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Past radiation therapy amplifies heart surgery’s mortality risk

The long-term death rate for cancer patients who received radiation therapy and who later underwent major cardiac surgery was twice that of similar surgical patients who never had prior radiation. The authors of the study, published April 9 in Circulation, recommended that physicians consider alternative treatments for at-risk patients.

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STS unveils updated guidelines on aortic valves

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) published an executive summary of clinical practice guidelines on aortic valve and ascending aorta procedures in the April issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

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