Cardiothoracic Surgery
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FDA clears mavacamten (Camzyos) for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Mavacamten is a first-in-class allosteric and reversible inhibitor selective for cardiac myosin that targets the underlying pathophysiology of...
Conference Coverage
Which solid organ transplant recipients face the highest risk of skin cancer?
Those at low risk for skin cancer include abdominal organ recipients, SOTR age of younger than 50 at time of transplant, and female gender.
From the Journals
Surgeons in China ‘are the executioners,’ procuring organs before brain death
An analysis of articles published in obscure Chinese language journals provides damning evidence of decades of widespread organ harvesting from...
Conference Coverage
Extraction of infected implanted cardiac devices rare, despite guidelines
Prompt extraction for implantable device infections is guideline recommended but not often performed.
From the Journals
Performance anxiety highly common among surgeons
“I wish we talked about it more and shared our insecurities. Most of my colleagues pretend they are living gods.”
Conference Coverage
FAME 3 subanalysis adds twist to negative primary results
A quality of life subanalysis suggests PCI with fractional flow reserve might be preferred over CABG by at least some patients.
Conference Coverage
POISE-3 backs wider use of tranexamic acid in noncardiac surgery
The antifibrinolytic agent significantly reduced the risk for bleeding in a wide array of major noncardiac surgeries, suggesting an expanded role...
News
Surgery groups push back on VARC-3 valve trial definitions
A new position statement says the updated VARC-3 document on clinical endpoint definitions provides many important contributions, but “some...
News
Congress opens investigation into FDA’s handling of a problematic heart device
The FDA took no decisive action even as safety problems with the LVAD persisted.
Feature
Death of pig heart transplant patient is more a beginning than an end
The landmark case will have much to teach; still, it “turns back the clock” to a time when immunosuppression was especially intense “because we...