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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....
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FDA expands evinacumab approval to younger kids with HoFH
The agency has okayed evinacumab-dgnb for patients aged 5-11 with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
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Mini-invasive MV repair as safe, effective as sternotomy surgery but has advantages: UK Mini-Mitral Trial
Patient recovery at 12 weeks and safety outcomes were similar for the two techniques in patients with degenerative mitral valve disease. But the...
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Viability-guided PCI doubted in stable severe CAD: REVIVED-BCIS2
Is myocardial viability testing for guiding PCI decisions currently used in the best way? A secondary analysis from the main trial suggests not....
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Silent bradycardia common on loop recorders – pacemaker needed?
Long-term rhythm monitoring in a trial revealed six times as much bradycardia as was diagnosed in a usual-care clinical setting. What are the...
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Uptick in natriuretic peptides with long-term serial testing predicts new heart failure
Serial NT-proBNP assays could potentially identify which of those without clinical disease might most benefit from heart-failure preventive...
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What happened to surgical mitral valve repair in the MitraClip era?
It was just as prevalent but with better outcomes as transcatheter mitral valve repair emerged to take on high-risk cases. But more than just a...
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Accelerated pacing a possible strategy for HFpEF?
A study challenges the dogma of beta-blockers for HF with preserved ejection fraction. For now, the strategy might only be for HFpEF patients...