January 28, 2025

Surgeon Preference Reframes CABG Arterial Grafting Outcomes

Medicare analysis of 1M+ CABG procedures challenges conventional wisdom on multi-arterial grafting survival benefits when accounting for surgeon preference patterns.

Conexiant

January 27, 2025

Long-term Mortality Decreases With Mechanical AVRs Under 60

"With national clinical evidence from over 100,000 patients...the signal of the survival benefit of mechanical valves starts at age 65 but is most clear at age 60 or younger," challenging current trends toward bioprosthetic valves in younger patients.

Conexiant

January 27, 2025

Ross Procedure Shows 90% Survival at 20 Years

"Freedom from re-intervention was 91% at 10 years and 87% at 20 years," reports long-term study of 252 patients who underwent Ross procedure for aortic valve disease.

Conexiant

January 27, 2025

Particulate Matter Prompts Phenylephrine Hydrochloride Recall

Provepharm's urgent nationwide recall warns that contaminated injectable phenylephrine could lead to "serious complications such as stroke or even death" if particulate matter enters blood vessels.

Conexiant

January 24, 2025

Muscular Strength, Cardiorespiratory Fitness May Be Linked to Lower Risk of Mortality in Patients With Cancer

Muscular strength and cardiorespiratory fitness may be associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality in patients with cancer.

The ASCO Post

January 23, 2025

States Split on Immigration, Hospitals Adapt

“You are instilling fear into folks who may defer care, who may go without care, whose children may not get the vaccines they need, who may not be able to get treatment for an ear infection or surgery."

KFF Health News

January 22, 2025

Primary Prevention Aspirin Use Declines Post-2019 Guidelines

"Following landmark clinical trials and changes in guideline recommendations, self-reported primary prevention aspirin use decreased among older adults and adults with low ASCVD risk for whom aspirin was not recommended, but also decreased among adults with higher ASCVD risk for whom aspirin may still be recommended."

Conexiant

January 21, 2025

IMAT Linked to CMD and Cardiovascular Events

"The presence of both coronary microvascular dysfunction and skeletal muscle fat infiltration identified a novel at-risk cardiometabolic phenotype."

Conexiant

January 15, 2025

Higher Surgeon HRV Linked to Better Outcomes

"These results are illustrative of the complex relationship between physiological stress and performance."

Conexiant