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UrduCedars-Sinai investigators are leaders in the innovation and use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with balloon-expandable valves. They now show that redo TAVR procedures are both safe and effective when compared with situations in which patients with similar risk profiles undergo the same procedure for the first time.
Tag: Society of Thoracic Surgeons
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 59th Annual Meeting – January 20-23, San Diego
Credentialed press representatives are invited to attend The Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ 59th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, which will include late-breaking scientific research, thought-provoking lectures, cutting-edge technologies, and innovative cardiothoracic surgery products. This meeting is the preeminent educational event in cardiothoracic surgery.
When: Saturday, January 21, to Monday, January 23, 2023
Where: San Diego Convention Center – Press office is Room 27A
Unbound Medicine Launches The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Resource Collection on Digital Platform
Unbound Medicine®, a leader in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, today launched STS Cardiothoracic Surgery (STS-CTS) on the Unbound Platform™ to disseminate cardiothoracic expertise to trainees and practitioners around the world.
Same Surgeon, Different Light: Dr. Ourania Preventza
In this episode, Dr. Tom Varghese interviews Dr. Ourania Preventza, from Baylor College of Medicine.
‘COVID Effect’ Leads to Fewer Heart Surgeries, More Patient Deaths
The most deadly global health crisis in a century has resulted in a substantial decline in overall heart surgery volume and an unexplained increase in deaths after coronary artery bypass grafting, according to late-breaking research presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Black Lung Cancer Patients Die Sooner than White Counterparts
Structural racism thwarts a large proportion of black patients from receiving appropriate lung cancer care, resulting in worse outcomes and shorter lifespans than white patients with the disease, according to research presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Media Advisory: Register for STS Annual Meeting and Press Briefings
Credentialed press representatives are invited to attend The Society of Thoracic Surgeons VIRTUAL 57th Annual Meeting. This interactive, fully digital experience—expected to be unlike anything that cardiothoracic surgery has experienced to date—will feature thought-provoking lectures, practice-changing science, and cutting-edge techniques and technologies.
Lung Screening Bus Brings High-Tech Health Care Directly to Patients
A mobile platform for lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (CT) can be developed with limited financial risk and take powerful screening tests directly to patients, including underserved rural areas where rates of new lung cancer cases tend to be higher.
STS Statement on Recent Left Main Randomized Trials
The Society has released a statement regarding the controversy over recently published studies on coronary bypass grafting surgery and percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with left main disease.