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General thoracic surgeons emerge as leading providers of complex, noncardiac thoracic surgery

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 ...

Surgery created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgeons pilot expandable prosthetic valves for congenital heart disease

(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 ...

Cardiology created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cardiovascular societies release heart valve replacement credentialing recommendations

Four leading heart organizations representing cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons released initial recommendations today for creating and maintaining transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) programs. The recommendations ...

Cardiology created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lung transplant system often skips over those most in need

The current system for allocating donated lungs based on proximity and not on need appears to decrease the potential benefits of lung transplantation and increase the number of patients who die waiting, researchers said at ...

Other created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds hospitals of last resort deliver lower quality of lung cancer care

A new study finds that lung cancer patients treated in hospitals that care for a high percentage of uninsured and Medicaid-insured patients, so-called "high safety-net burden facilities," were significantly less likely to ...

Cancer created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Increased investment in thoracic surgical expertise increased UK lung cancer resection rate

Increased investment in specialist thoracic surgical expertise can lead to a significant rise in the lung cancer resection rate, based on data from England between 2008 and 2009 that was presented at the 14th World Conference ...

Cancer created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0