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Open-Heart Surgery Related Topics 
Heart BMJ
MARCH 26, 2025
Background Pericardial complications following cardiac surgery are common and debilitating, significantly impacting patients’ survival. We performed this network meta-analysis to identify the most effective and safest preventions and treatments for pericardial complications following cardiac surgery.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
MARCH 1, 2024
Findley, Ohio-based Blanchard Valley Health System is cutting its open-heart surgery program and will instead transfer patients to other systems as needed.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
JANUARY 9, 2025
to resume open-heart surgery in January after 8-month pause due to safety concerns. "Wynn Hospital in Utica, N.Y. Surgeons undergo extensive training for relaun
Heart Sisters
AUGUST 18, 2024
Personal tips from an experienced open heart surgery patient to help you in the hospital, when you’re going back home, and long afterwards.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
MAY 3, 2024
Regional Healthcare surgeons recently performed the system's first open-heart surgery, marking the launch of its new cardiac surgery program. Chesapeake (Va.)
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
MAY 8, 2024
based Wynn Hospital is temporarily suspending open-heart surgeries to review and strengthen the service, NBC affiliate WKTV reported May 7. Utica, N.Y.-based
DAIC
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The latest analysis of data for AVR surgery covers the same time frame and includes five participating surgeons. “The The Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ three star ratings are among the most prestigious quality indicators for hospitals providing open heart surgery,” said Elizabeth A. Maiorana, MBA, MSN, R.N.,
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
JUNE 6, 2024
Open-heart surgeries at Wynn Hospital in Utica, N.Y., The hospital began its 40-day review period this week and surgeries should resume at the end of that time, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker's. continue to be on hold following an immediate jeopardy citation issued to the facility May 7.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
JANUARY 13, 2025
MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa, has indefinitely paused its open-heart surgery program.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
MARCH 19, 2024
based Endeavor Health is discontinuing open-heart surgeries at two hospitals as it plans to open a cardiovascular institute at another of its hospitals in May. Once open, all heart surgeries will take place at Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview, Ill., Evanston, Ill.-based
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The utilization of virtual reality was found to decrease preoperative anxiety in older patients undergoing open-heart surgery, according to a study published Jan. 4 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes
DECEMBER 27, 2024
BACKGROUND:Differences in the quality of hospitals where Black and White patients receive coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery have been documented. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 30, 2025
BackgroundPostoperative blood glucose levels significantly impact outcomes in cardiac surgery patients undergoing extracorporeal circulation (ECC) auxiliary to open heart surgery. MIMIC-IV 2.2), including 4,033 patients who underwent ECC-assisted open-heart surgery.
DAIC
JANUARY 6, 2025
6, 2025 Medtronic plc hasannounced it received CE ( Conformit Europenne ) Mark for the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) System, a minimally invasive alternative to open-heart surgery for congenital heart disease patients with native or surgically repaired right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT).
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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Middletown, New York-based Garnet Health Medical Center recently launched its open-heart surgery program, Mid Hudson News reported Dec.
Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital
JANUARY 26, 2025
While mitral valve repair remains an effective solution, the invasiveness of traditional open-heart surgery often discourages both patients and healthcare providers.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
JANUARY 4, 2024
HCA Florida Largo Hospital cardiologists were the first in the state to successfully remove a tumor from inside a patient's heart without open heart surgery.
DAIC
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Traditionally, cardiothoracic surgeons have repaired or replaced the tricuspid valve during open-heart surgery and only when absolutely necessary; such surgeries are complex and risky. Catheter-based procedures offer an alternative for patients who are not candidates for open-heart surgery.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Each child had already undergone at least three open-heart surgeries. They'd endured countless hours in doctors' offices and hospitals after being born with a serious heart condition.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
APRIL 3, 2025
The history of repeated open-heart surgery and the application of central venous catheterization during anesthesia increased the risk of VA injuries and its complications of the VJAVF and VAPA. The concurrence of these two entities originating from different ostia of the vertebral artery (VA) is extremely rare.
DAIC
MARCH 25, 2024
This innovative approach, which involves replacing a diseased aortic valve through a small neck incision without the need for open-heart surgery, marks a significant leap forward in cardiac care. TAVR , whether through the groin approach or neck approach, only requires a half-inch or inch incision.
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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
JUNE 14, 2024
"Wynn Hospital in Utica, NY will resume all cardiac procedures on June 20, except for open heart surgery. An external review is underway to relaunch the program
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 11, 2025
CTA can provide important diagnostic information on perforation location and help in deciding whether embolization or open-heart surgery is needed to address ongoing bleeding.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
MARCH 18, 2024
Heparin, the world's most widely used blood thinner, is used during procedures ranging from kidney dialysis to open heart surgery. Currently, heparin is derived from pig intestines, but scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have discovered how to make it in the lab.
DAIC
DECEMBER 18, 2023
All patients in the study underwent a surgical procedure, including open heart surgery, other major surgeries, and minimally invasive procedures involving a catheter or endoscope. Albert, MD, MPH , chair of the Department of Cardiology in the Smidt Heart Institute and the other corresponding author of the study.
DAIC
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
This is really the first valve that can be delivered via catheter where previously open-heart surgery was the only option for patients healthy enough to undergo the procedure,” said Brian O’Neill, M.D. director of Interventional and Structural Heart Research at Henry Ford Hospital.
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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
APRIL 2, 2024
WVU Medicine is expanding its advanced cardiac services with the launch of an open-heart surgery program at its Thomas Hospitals in South Charleston, W.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
APRIL 5, 2024
The management of hemostasis in patients medicated with apixaban (Eliquis) undergoing emergency cardiac surgery is exceedingly difficult. The body’s natural elimination pathways for apixaban prove ineffective.
DAIC
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The ratings clearly illustrate our teams' unwavering commitment to providing unparalleled outcomes for our patients during advanced open-heart surgery. SIUH’s emergence as a national leader in cardiovascular surgery reflects the organization's tireless pursuit of clinical excellence at the highest level”.
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DAIC
JUNE 10, 2024
milla1cf Mon, 06/10/2024 - 17:58 June 10, 2024 — Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute has successfully completed the first commercial tricuspid clip procedure in the Carolinas, performed in May at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center.
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
APRIL 4, 2024
Cardiopulmonary bypass induces a systemic inflammatory response and alterations in fluid homeostasis, resulting in generalized tissue edema. Additionally, ischemia-reperfusion injury following cardioplegic arr.
Conquering CHD
JANUARY 17, 2025
Zane had three open heart surgeries before he turned 3. Zeke and Zane were both diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) before birth. As far as congenital heart diseases go, HLHS falls on the rarer end of the spectrum. And surprisingly, he had a more routine care journey than his brother, Zeke.
DAIC
APRIL 29, 2024
Currently, TEE cannot be leveraged during cardiac bypass surgery. Instead, a surgeon views the patient’s septal thickness via TEE prior to performing open-heart surgery and would trim the septum – if necessary – without real-time guidance.
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DAIC
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is the first in central Ohio to take part in a global clinical trial to use a novel therapy to reduce the size of the left ventricle without open-heart surgery. Patients may experience trouble breathing and fatigue, and at times require hospitalization.
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MIBHS
DECEMBER 27, 2024
The process of bypassing blocked arteries often involves blood loss, and the bodys response to surgery, such as inflammation or changes in nutrient absorption, can contribute to the development of anemia in cardiac surgery patients. CABG is typically performed using traditional open-heart surgery or minimally invasive methods.
HeartRhythm
MARCH 31, 2025
Atrial arrhythmias (AA) are common after atrial septal defect (ASD) closure, but development and treatment data for (AA) according to closure type remain limited.
DAIC
JANUARY 4, 2024
a Structural Heart Disease Fellow at Henry Ford Hospital, is also optimistic that these findings will lead to helping more people. Patients with severely calcified mitral stenosis are often not candidates for conventional open-heart surgery,” said Dr. Giustino. The research letter’s lead author, Gennaro Giustino, M.D.,
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) following open heart surgery is associated with excessive morbidity and mortality. Contemporary DSWI risk prediction models aim at identifying high-risk patients with varyin.
MIBHS
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Due to the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, there are continuous advancements in cardiac surgery techniques. Among these innovations, minimally invasive cardiac surgery stands out as a game-changer, offering numerous benefits over traditional open-heart surgery.
DAIC
JUNE 21, 2024
The EVOQUE tricuspid valve replacement system is a device designed to treat patients with severe leaking of the tricuspid valve, known as tricuspid regurgitation, without open heart surgery. The EVOQUE valve is implanted using a minimally invasive delivery system (a catheter) through the femoral vein reaching to the heart.
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Valvular heart disease (VHD) has been a significant health problem, particularly in developed countries, in relation to the aging population. Recent developments in the management of VHD require a more accurate assessment of disease severity to determine the need for transcatheter interventions or open heart surgery.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
APRIL 28, 2025
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure used to replace damaged heart valves, offering patients an alternative to open heart surgery.
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DAIC
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common and serious disease for which open heart surgery and symptomatic pharmacologic treatment are the current standard treatment options. Owing to high mortality risk, access to open heart surgery is severely restricted and is not considered an option for most patients with TR.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
The moment Kirsten Dorsey realized she would deliver her second child and have open-heart surgery on the same day, her heart raced and her breath quickened.
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