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Heart Rhythm: A new single-chamber leadless pacemaker gains FDA approval | Smartwatch app detects AFib
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
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Editor's Choice: Heart Rhythm

Abbott’s single-chamber leadless pacemaker gains FDA approval

Another single-chamber leadless pacemaker has officially hit the market. 

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Abbott’s Aveir single-chamber (VR) leadless pacemaker FDA approval for treating patients with bradycardia. Image courtesy of Abbott.
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Abbott’s single-chamber leadless pacemaker gains FDA approval

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Abbott’s Aveir single-chamber (VR) leadless pacemaker FDA approval for treating patients with bradycardia. Image courtesy of Abbott.
Another single-chamber leadless pacemaker has officially hit the market. 
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VIDEO: Lowering mortality rates from infected EP implantable cardiac devices

Sean Pokorney, MD, director of the arrhythmia core lab, Duke Clinical Research Institute, assistant professor of Medicine, Duke University, discusses a late-breaking ACC 2022 study that shows mortality is higher in patients with implantable electrophysiology (EP) device infections where the leads are not explanted.

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An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and its associated leads viewed on a X-ray. Old leads are often abandon in veins and new ones added, but a new study of 1 million patients at ACC22 showed there is higher mortality if a device becomes infected and the leads are left behind. Image from RSNA.
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VIDEO: Lowering mortality rates from infected EP implantable cardiac devices

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An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and its associated leads viewed on a X-ray. Old leads are often abandon in veins and new ones added, but a new study of 1 million patients at ACC22 showed there is higher mortality if a device becomes infected and the leads are left behind. Image from RSNA.
Sean Pokorney, MD, director of the arrhythmia core lab, Duke Clinical Research Institute, assistant professor of Medicine, Duke University, discusses a late-breaking ACC 2022 study that shows mortality is higher in patients with implantable electrophysiology (EP) device infections where the leads are not explanted.
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Smartwatch app accurately detects atrial fibrillation in large Chinese study

A Chinese study of 2.8 million participants found that 94% of users flagged for AFib indeed have the heart rhythm disorder.

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Fitbit Afib app wearable
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Smartwatch app accurately detects atrial fibrillation in large Chinese study

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Fitbit Afib app wearable
A Chinese study of 2.8 million participants found that 94% of users flagged for AFib indeed have the heart rhythm disorder.
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VIDEO: 4 predictions on key cardiac technologies for the coming years

Mass General cardiologist and Harvard professor Ami Bhatt, MD, predicts upcoming paradigm shifts in cardiology over the next decade. 

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Use of augmented reality and virtual reality to aid procedures and enhance clinician training is expected to see increasing use in the coming years in cardiology. Photo from Philips healthcare
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VIDEO: 4 predictions on key cardiac technologies for the coming years

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Use of augmented reality and virtual reality to aid procedures and enhance clinician training is expected to see increasing use in the coming years in cardiology. Photo from Philips healthcare
Mass General cardiologist and Harvard professor Ami Bhatt, MD, predicts upcoming paradigm shifts in cardiology over the next decade. 
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DOACs may reduce the risk of dementia among AFib patients by 50%

Nearly 19,000 patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation were included in the team's analysis. 

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DOACs may reduce the risk of dementia among AFib patients by 50%

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Nearly 19,000 patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation were included in the team's analysis. 
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Older LAAO patients, especially women, face a higher risk of complications

Researchers explored data from the National Inpatient Sample, sharing their findings in the American Journal of Cardiology.

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Illustration of a left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) procedure using a Watchman device. Image courtesy of Johns Hopkins Medicine. #LAA #LAAO
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Older LAAO patients, especially women, face a higher risk of complications

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Illustration of a left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) procedure using a Watchman device. Image courtesy of Johns Hopkins Medicine. #LAA #LAAO
Researchers explored data from the National Inpatient Sample, sharing their findings in the American Journal of Cardiology.
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Bariatric surgery associated with lower risk of death and cardiovascular disease

Researchers examined data from 39 different studies, focusing on mortality rates and adverse cardiovascular outcomes. 

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Cleveland Clinic Bariatric
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Bariatric surgery associated with lower risk of death and cardiovascular disease

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Researchers examined data from 39 different studies, focusing on mortality rates and adverse cardiovascular outcomes. 
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