Survey on nurse-physician communication gaps focusing on diagnostic concerns and reasons for silence.

Diagnosis improvement requires physician-nurse collaboration. This study explored nurses' concerns regarding physicians' diagnoses and how they were communicated to physicians. This cross-sectional study, employing a web-based questionnaire, included nurses registered on Japan's largest online media site from June 26, 2023, to July 31, 2023.

Feasibility of Nurse-Led Advance Care Planning Before Pre-cardiac Procedures: A Descriptive Study.

Background Shared decision-making is important for deciding whether to perform surgery, especially high-risk surgery, or end-of-life care in cases of serious complications after the surgery. In shared decision-making, surgeons should be aware of patients' values. Therefore, advance care planning (ACP) before the surgery is important.

Late Progression of Tricuspid Regurgitation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

Background: Few studies have investigated the progression of baseline mild or less tricuspid regurgitation (TR) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and predictors of late progression of baseline mild or less TR and the impact of late progression on outcomes after TAVR.

Methods: We reviewed 1615 patients who had baseline mild or less TR and 1-year echocardiographic follow-up registered in the Optimized Catheter Valvular Intervention-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation registry.