According to a new report, robotic peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) can be safely and successfully performed for below-the-knee interventions.

A recent study shows that interactions among healthcare professionals may even help determine patients’ short-term outcomes following CABG.

Patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who underwent PCI with stenting had a lower rate of clinically significant bleeding if they received treatment regimen that included rivaroxaban than if they received a standard regimen that included a vitamin K antagonist, according to a randomized trial.

Automatic enrollment post-surgery could save 25,000 lives and prevent 180,000 hospitalizations annually. 

Technology allows veterans to track their diet and exercise regimes to protect their hearts. 

W. Dudley Johnson, MD, a pioneer in coronary artery surgery, died Oct. 24 due to complications from a stroke, the New York Times reports. Johnson was 86.

A registry analysis of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement in the United Kingdom found that two series of prosthetic aortic valves were associated with significantly increased hazards of death or reinterventions. The valves were the Sorin Mitroflow series and the Sorin Biological series.

After adjusting for regional- and hospital-level factors, health systems in which physicians collaborate during CABG episodes had lower 60-day rates of emergency department visits, readmissions and mortality among Medicare beneficiaries, according to a recent study.