SAN DIEGO -- The growing population of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) now has a dedicated operative risk algorithm for cardiac surgery, model developers reported. Incorporating 47 newer ...

Nearly 17% of US adults with congenital heart disease are at a high risk for operative mortality and critical postoperative complications after redo cardiac surgery. This increased risk emphasizes the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has developed a model of mortality risk for adults with congenital heart ...

Heart specialists at Mayo Clinic today presented new research at the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting that redo surgery for adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) remains high-risk ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has launched its next-generation Operative Risk Calculator to assess the risk of adult cardiac surgery operations. The STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database represents 97 ...

The expanding use of transcatheter technologies has changed the landscape in the treatment of valvular disease in adult cardiac patients, with valve surgery rapidly shifting to more complex ...