A new meta-analysis of 28 different studies confirmed that robotic-assisted radical nephrectomy with IVC thrombectomy is a safe treatment option for kidney cancer.

The historic procedure took approximately 30 minutes, and the patient went home that same day. 

The new certification, based on recommendations published in Circulation, was developed to signal that a facility offers cardiac surgery and primary PCI at all times. 

Multiple specialists involved in the procedure, including the surgeon who transplanted the pig heart, are scheduled to speak at the conference. 

A decade ago, when TAVR was first cleared by the FDA, surgeons had concern about losing business. But unexpectedly, TAVR has helped also gain heart surgery cases. 

The FDA said cardiovascular devices make up the largest number of technologies accepted into the Breakthrough Devices Program, and several are on the list of the first 50 in the program to gain market clearance.

Brijeshwar Maini, MD, structural heart cardiologist, national and Florida medical director of cardiology, Tenant Health, explains what hospitals need to build a structural heart program and develop a heart-team care collaboration approach.

"To say we are proud of what this means for our patients and the medical community at large, is an understatement," the patient's cardiologist said.