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(HealthDay)—The mortality risk from emergency repair of acute aortic dissection is double when performed by lower-volume providers, according to research published in the May issue of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-higher-acute-aortic-lower-volume.html Cardiology Mon, 13 May 2013 13:30:01 EST news287667805 (HealthDay)—Depression is relatively common in patients who undergo heart bypass surgery, and a new study finds that short-term use of antidepressants may aid patients' recovery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-antidepressants-hasten-bypass-recovery.html Surgery Wed, 01 May 2013 11:40:48 EST news286627232 (HealthDay)—Patients with breast cancer that has spread to the lungs may live longer if they have surgery to remove the lung tumors, a new study from Germany suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-breast-cancer-lungs-surgery-survival.html Cancer Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:50:01 EST news284031509 Smoking cessation even a year prior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery does not fully normalize the changes smoking has made to the saphenous (leg) veins used for the surgery and may lead to later graft failure, according to a study published in the January 2013 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-affects-heart-surgery-outcome-year.html Health Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:05:57 EST news276347134 While thoracic surgeons are traditionally known as the experts who perform heart surgeries, a UC Davis study has found that general thoracic surgeons, especially those at academic health centers, perform the vast majority of complex noncardiac operations, including surgeries of the esophagus and lungs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-thoracic-surgeons-emerge-complex-noncardiac.html Surgery Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:30:14 EST news274030153 (Medical Xpress)—Heart surgery to repair the mitral valve is safe and leads to a better quality of life for older patients long-suspected to be too high risk for the operation, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-mitral-valve-safe-effective-elderly.html Cardiology Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:52:43 EST news273829950 (HealthDay)—Lung cancer surgery takes longer and is more costly if a patient is obese, a new study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-obesity-complicates-lung-cancer-surgery.html Cancer Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:30:02 EST news273504589 (HealthDay)—Adults undergoing cardiac surgery who have moderate-to-severe preoperative anemia have significantly increased morbidity and mortality compared with non-severely anemic patients, according to research published in the October issue of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-severe-anemia-linked-poorer-heart.html Surgery Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:40:02 EST news268502622 (Medical Xpress)—Surgeons at Boston Children's Hospital have successfully implanted a modified version of an expandable prosthetic heart valve in several children with mitral valve disease. Unlike traditional prosthetic valves that have a fixed diameter, the expandable valve can be enlarged as a child grows, thus potentially avoiding the repeat valve replacement surgeries that are commonly required in a growing child. The new paradigm of expandable mitral valve replacement has potential to revolutionize care for infants and children with complex mitral valve disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-surgeons-prosthetic-valves-congenital-heart.html Cardiology Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:05:22 EST news268455904 (HealthDay)—People over the age of 80 generally do well after aortic or mitral valve replacement surgery, especially if they are discharged home, according to a study published in the September issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-elderly-discharged-home-heart-valve.html Surgery Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:10:01 EST news265995807 (Medical Xpress) -- Among patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma, treatment with lung-sparing surgery in combination with photodynamic therapy (PDT) yielded unusually long survival rates, with median survival rates up to two or more years longer than is reported with traditional treatments, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The research is published in the latest issue of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-photodynamic-therapy-added-lung-sparing-surgery.html Surgery Wed, 30 May 2012 06:53:29 EST news257579554 A two-year effort to prevent infections in children healing from cardiac surgery reduced sternum infections by 61 percent, a San Antonio researcher announced at the Cardiology 2012 conference Feb. 23 in Orlando, Fla. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-protocol-sternal-wound-infections-children.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:12:16 EST news249588699