In 2018, a multidisciplinary team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital developed a multimodal enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program to optimize perioperative care in cardiac surgery. They report promising early results in Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

Wide variability has been reported in the administrative and quality improvement databases that are used to guide evidence-based decision-making in vascular surgery. A Brigham team detected numerous differences in patient populations and outcomes between three national data repositories using OAAA repair as a model.

A Brigham and Women’s Hospital team reports most patients were unaware of the availability of unique device identifiers for documentation and tracking of their device, and they mistrust having it shared outside the health care system.

Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH, and colleagues recently reported the results of LEGACY, a double-blind phase 2a trial of MEDI5884. They observed an increased quantity of functional HDL particles and no adverse safety signal.

Brigham cardiovascular specialist Peter Libby, MD, was editor-in-chief of the 12th edition of the iconic textbook “Braunwald’s Heart Disease”, released late last year. He discusses the process of curating a new edition as well as the continued involvement of the founding editor, the Brigham’s Eugene Braunwald, MD.