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Recall for Impella RP Flex labeling short on safety cautions
The devices themselves are not part of the recall; clinicians may continue to use them, the FDA says.
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Crossed wires: Ischemia testing and monomorphic VT storm
“That’s why this is such a great paper, because it has an immediate message [for nonelectrophysiologist clinicians and] the potential to change...
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FDA: No excess mortality risk from paclitaxel stents, balloons for peripheral intervention
“The updated RCT meta-analysis does not indicate that the use of paclitaxel-coated devices is associated with a late mortality risk.”
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FDA expands inclisiran statin-adjunct indication to include primary prevention
The indications now include patients taking statins for primary dyslipidemia who have high-risk comorbidities such as diabetes but who do not have...
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Starting indicated heart failure meds in-hospital: Progress, opportunities
The finding suggests that “heart failure hospitalization is, in and of itself, an important intervention for getting folks on the appropriate...
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First-line or BiV backup? Conduction system pacing for CRT in heart failure
CSP is “a long way” from replacing conventional CRT, but the new studies at the HRS sessions should help extend His-bundle and LBB-area pacing to...
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ECG implant tightens AFib management, improves outcomes in MONITOR-AF
“Continuous and dynamic monitoring enabled quicker decision-making and patient management.”
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Leadless dual-chamber pacemaker clears early safety, performance hurdles
The study suggests that “dual-chamber pacing can be achieved with leadless technology” and “with a very high degree” of AV synchrony.
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Cut in AFib burden gains traction as gauge of ablation success: PULSED-AF
It’s the first study tying those outcomes to residual AFib burden after ablation achieved using the emerging pulsed-field ablation technology.
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Losing weight may bolster AFib ablation’s chances for success: LEAF interim results
“We’re talking about a moderate amount of weight loss. These patients are not going from being obese to being thin. They’re still quite overweight...
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Gestational HTN, preeclampsia worsen long-term risk for ischemic, nonischemic heart failure
The current study “is an important step” for its finding that hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are associated separately with both ischemic and...
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NSAID use in diabetes may worsen risk for first HF hospitalization
“Given the well-established relationship between the use of NSAIDs and increased HF, these findings are not unexpected because type 2 diabetes is...
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Statins don’t worsen muscle injury from moderately intense exercise
Statin users need not limit exercise out of concern that the drugs will worsen normal muscle pain or fatigue, a controlled study suggests.
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AHA, ACC push supervised exercise training for HFpEF
The statement aims to raise clinicians’ awareness of exercise as a therapy in preserved ejection fraction heart failure and convince Medicare that...
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Subclinical CAD by CT predicts MI risk, with or without stenoses
Even without symptoms, more atherosclerosis by CT angiography means greater MI risk, which climbs even further if there are obstructive lesions....