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The evolution of leadless pacemaker technology | TAVR outcomes among AFib patients
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
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Leadless pacemaker technology moves toward dual-chamber pacing

Leadless pacemaker technology is expanding its ability to treat more patients with dual-chamber pacing.

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Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center EP lab staff that performed the first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker implant at the hospital. From left is Mark Mascarenhas, MD, Toni Donovan RN, BSN, CVN; Tim StJean, R.N. trainee; Liz Bianchini RN; and Melissa D'Altilio, RN, with the Abbott Aveir DR pacemaker technology. #EPeeps #EPlab #Aveir
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Leadless pacemaker technology moves toward dual-chamber pacing

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Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center EP lab staff that performed the first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker implant at the hospital. From left is Mark Mascarenhas, MD, Toni Donovan RN, BSN, CVN; Tim StJean, R.N. trainee; Liz Bianchini RN; and Melissa D'Altilio, RN, with the Abbott Aveir DR pacemaker technology. #EPeeps #EPlab #Aveir
Leadless pacemaker technology is expanding its ability to treat more patients with dual-chamber pacing.
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AFib patients more likely to be hospitalized for heart failure or bleeding following TAVR

The study, published in the American Journal of Cardiology, included data from more than 900 TAVR patients. Overall morality was 22.7% among patients with AFib and 14.4% among patients without AFib.

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A transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure being performed at Intermountain Healthcare. Image from Intermountain Healthcare. Sex differences in TAVR one-year mortality.
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AFib patients more likely to be hospitalized for heart failure or bleeding following TAVR

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A transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure being performed at Intermountain Healthcare. Image from Intermountain Healthcare. Sex differences in TAVR one-year mortality.
The study, published in the American Journal of Cardiology, included data from more than 900 TAVR patients. Overall morality was 22.7% among patients with AFib and 14.4% among patients without AFib.
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FDA may allow clinical trials of pig organ transplants into human patients

The FDA would approve trials on a case-by-case basis, according to an anonymous source close to the situation. 

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The most successful case to date of a pig organ being transplanted into a human occurred back in January, when specialists at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in Baltimore transplanted a modified pig heart into 57-year-old David Bennett. The FDA approved the heart transplant transplant through an emergency authorization typically reserved for experimental procedures seen as a patient’s last chance at survival. Bennett did die of heart failure two months later.#pigheart
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FDA may allow clinical trials of pig organ transplants into human patients

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The most successful case to date of a pig organ being transplanted into a human occurred back in January, when specialists at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in Baltimore transplanted a modified pig heart into 57-year-old David Bennett. The FDA approved the heart transplant transplant through an emergency authorization typically reserved for experimental procedures seen as a patient’s last chance at survival. Bennett did die of heart failure two months later.#pigheart
The FDA would approve trials on a case-by-case basis, according to an anonymous source close to the situation. 
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Biolimus-coated balloons can effectively treat small-vessel coronary artery disease, new first-in-human study confirms

Researchers compared the new-look drug coated balloon with an uncoated balloon, publishing their findings in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

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Biolimus-coated balloons can effectively treat small-vessel coronary artery disease, new first-in-human study confirms

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Researchers compared the new-look drug coated balloon with an uncoated balloon, publishing their findings in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.
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AFib ablation makes financial sense, especially among heart failure patients

The additional costs associated with AFib ablation appear to be justified, researchers wrote.

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AFib ablation makes financial sense, especially among heart failure patients

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The additional costs associated with AFib ablation appear to be justified, researchers wrote.
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Universal flu vaccine trial to begin

A universal vaccine would offer broader and longer-lasting protection against seasonal flu viruses and new flu viruses.

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Universal flu vaccine trial to begin

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A universal vaccine would offer broader and longer-lasting protection against seasonal flu viruses and new flu viruses.
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Radiology operation loses standing to provide mammography services

The FDA is warning patients and referrers about an imaging business near the nation’s capital that has fumbled away its mammography accreditation.

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Radiology operation loses standing to provide mammography services

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The FDA is warning patients and referrers about an imaging business near the nation’s capital that has fumbled away its mammography accreditation.
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