While awaiting more definitive RCTs, it would be reasonable to exclude the LAA in some of these patients, one expert says.

LONDON -- Keeping potassium levels high after cardiac surgery in hopes of preventing post-surgical atrial fibrillation (Afib) ...

Almost one in three patients having major non-cardiac surgery still do not receive a documented individualised risk ...

In July, Bernard Lim, MD, performed the first atrial fibrillation ablation procedure ever completed at Decatur (Ill.) Memorial Hospital, NowDecatur.com reported Sept. 12. Previously, patients in the ...

LONDON — Potassium supplementation does not alter the risk for postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery, contrary to expectations and popular clinical ...

Among patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery more than one year after coronary drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, there was no difference with respect to ischemic outcomes or major bleeding ...

A 15-hour cardiac surgery was successfully performed on Bishan Singh Bisht at Kailash Hospital in Noida. Dr. Satish Mathew ...

MedTech’s DePuy Synthes has launched its MatrixSternum plate and screw fixation system in the US. The fixation system is used to help stabilise and secure the front part of the chest wall following ...

Of those, 843 were in the group with the “relaxed” standard for supplementation. The lowered threshold for potassium ...

Eight patients (3%) had more than one preoperative risk factor. Indications for cardiac surgery are summarized in Table 2. Five of 221 patients (2%) suffered a MAE: one patient had a cardiac ...

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif launched the CM's Children's Heart Surgery Programme for free treatment during her ...

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif officially launched ‘Chief Minister's Children's Heart Surgery Programme' for the ...