Week in Review: Alcohol & AFib | More than 60,000 pacemakers recalled | The $20M lawsuit over cardiology

The study's authors believe they are the first group to investigate the real-time relationship between alcohol consumption and AFib events.

The FDA has received complaints about 135 injuries so far. 

The cardiologist was also ordered to pay more than $500,000 in restitution, according to an official statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office. 

Researchers evaluated data from 25 different randomized clinical trials, sharing their findings virtually at EuroPCR 2021. 

The meeting is scheduled for July 28-31 in Boston. A fully virtual option will still be available to anyone interested. 

The issues between these two systems appears to go back several years. 

The trend was seen among both Republican and Democrat voters—but it appeared to affect Democrats much more. 

Cardiologists are confident COVID-related shortfalls will soon be behind them, according to the report. 

This secondary analysis of data from the FIDELIO-DKD trial was presented May 17 at ACC.21 and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 

The two-year rates of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke were 4.3% for TAVR patients and 6.3% for SAVR patients.