News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: November 5, 2015
Key clinical point: Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support inhibits pathologic responses to mechanical loading but also can inhibit adaptiv...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: November 4, 2015
Key clinical point:High 1-year left internal mammary artery (LIMA) graft patency and low risk of death and stroke seem promising for long-term out...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: November 4, 2015
Key clinical point: This is the first clinical trial to report the midterm safety and efficacy of cardiac progenitor therapy in congenital heart d...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: October 1, 2015
Key clinical point: A minimalist approach to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (MA-TAVR) is feasible with acceptable outcomes. Major finding: ...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: September 24, 2015
Meaningful mentoring “carries with it considerable responsibility. Extreme mentoring comes only at a price – it is going to cost us,” Dr. Michael K. P...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: September 23, 2015
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News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: September 13, 2015
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: September 1, 2015
Key clinical point: Surgeons should choose arterial grafts for multigraft coronary artery bypass surgery when feasible. Major finding: Patients who...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: September 1, 2015
Key clinical point: Aortic valve replacement through right anterior minithoracotomy provides excellent outcomes.
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: August 19, 2015
Key clinical point: Surgeon volume is a predictor of procedure selection for lung cancer surgery and has implications on outcomes. Major finding: F...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: August 19, 2015
Key clinical point: Using the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory to elicit patient-reported symptom burden is a simple, clinically relevant way to optim...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: August 1, 2015
Key clinical point: An operation to repair type A aortic dissection that involves three specific steps achieves better outcomes than do other surg...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: July 24, 2015
Key clinical point: Patients with atrial fibrillation who have mitral valve surgery would benefit from surgical ablation at the same time.
Major f...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: July 1, 2015
Key clinical point: Two different approaches to aortic manipulation that surgeons use during on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery – ...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: July 1, 2015
Key clinical point: A pilot clinical trial reported that molecular contrast imaging during lung cancer surgery is safe and somewhat effective at i...
