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    August 12, 2022 —  Atrium Health Pineville has earned a distinguished three-star rating – the highest possible designation – from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its patient care and outcomes in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures. The rating places Atrium Health Pineville’s heart bypass surgery program in the top 20% of programs in the United States and Canada.     CABG…

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    August 3, 2022 — Research from Ochsner Health published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology is likely to influence expanded insurance coverage for carotid artery stenting. When it comes to options for cardiac patients, carotid artery stenting is a procedure that can improve blood flow to the brain. Significant advances in the field of carotid artery stenting have occurred, which…

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    Dear Editor, Randomised control trial (RCT) evidence is not available to guide screening for asymptomatic coronary artery disease before kidney transplantation. 1 UK observational data show no clear benefit from screening. 2 To gain data representative of current practice in the UK, we invited a lead transplant nephrologist from each kidney transplant centre to complete a survey examining cardiac…

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    • Pre #KidneyTransplant Screening for #Coronary #Artery #Disease: no universal practice and limited evidence upon which the same is based. Results from a 🇬🇧 survey @toomuchaltitude @AdnanSharif1979 https://t.co/Jkzqthsm3S https://t.co/uXq67povQs

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    February 21, 2022 – Researchers at Michigan Medicine have found a novel method of measuring growth in the body’s largest artery that may help clinicians to identify potentially fatal heart conditions earlier. The technique, called vascular deformation mapping, measures changes in the thoracic aorta, which carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. This new technique uses…

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    February 16, 2022 – Elixir Medical, a developer of innovative, drug-eluting cardiovascular devices, has announced completion of enrollment in the BIOADAPTOR randomized controlled trial (RCT). The BIOADAPTOR RCT is evaluating the DynamX Coronary Bioadaptor System, the first drug-eluting coronary artery implant that adapts to vessel physiology, allowing for the restoration of normal vessel…

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    February 11, 2022 — Riverside Community Hospital has earned a distinguished three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its patient care and outcomes in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures. The three-star rating, which denotes the highest category of quality, places Riverside Community Hospital among the elite for heart bypass surgery in the United…

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