HeartMate 3: Analysis of Outcomes and Future Directions.

Heart failure (HF) remains a public health concern affecting millions of individuals worldwide. Despite recent advances in device-related therapies, the prognosis for patients with chronic HF remains poor with significant long-term risk of morbidity and mortality. Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have transformed the landscape of advanced HF management, offering circulatory support as destination therapy or as a bridge for heart transplantation.

The Beyond the Books Program: Improving Medical Student Attitudes Toward the Underserved.

To determine the impact of the Beyond the Books (BTB) program, a short-term pre-clinical intervention, on medical student attitudes toward the underserved (MSATU). BTB was evaluated through a prospective cohort study using the validated MSATU questionnaire. There were no significant MSATU total score differences between BTB students (=13) and student controls (=29) at the beginning of the program.

Metastatic gynecologic malignancies: advances in treatment and management.

Gynecologic cancers comprise of mostly uterine, ovarian, and cervical malignancies and are responsible for 95,000 new cases annually in the United States. Uterine cancer is the most common and the number of new cases and mortality has been increasing. Cervical cancer has decreased due to screening, early detection, and treatment of pre-invasive cancers.

Parental satisfaction with being present in the operating room during the induction of anesthesia prior to pediatric neurosurgical intervention: a qualitative analysis.

OBJECTIVE Parental presence in the operating room during the induction of anesthesia (PPIA) has been shown to decrease parent and child anxiety and increase satisfaction with patient experience in outpatient otolaryngological procedures, such as tympanostomy tube placement. PPIA for other procedures, such as a major neurosurgical intervention, has been a practice at the authors' institutions for many years. This practice is not universally accepted across the United States, and the potential benefits for patients and families have not been formally evaluated.