David Bennett with two of his physical therapists at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Surgeons transplanted a modified pig heart into Bennett on Jan. 7. Image courtesy of UMMC.
The 57-year-old patient is working with physical therapists on a daily basis, according to a recent update from the University of Maryland Medical Center.
“Good harmony” is the way John P. Erwin III, MD, describes the synergy of the 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease (VHD) released in August along with the ACC/AHA guidelines that rolled in December 2020.
Cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) can be used to significantly improve mortality and hospitalization rates among older heart failure patients. CRT-D illustration courtesy of Boston Scientific.
The study's authors said CRT use among older patients represents a "major gap in knowledge."
The American College of Cardiology and European Society of Cardiology have both shared new statements in support of Ukraine as the violent war in that country continues to escalate.
The American College of Cardiology and European Society of Cardiology have both issued new statements in support of Ukraine as war in that country continues.
Marina Kalabina, an anesthesiologist with the Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in Kyiv, Ukraine. Image courtesy of Ukraine Minister of Healthcare Viktor Liashko.
Ukraine Minister of Healthcare Viktor Liashko announced the news online.
The top stories this month included new information on COVID vaccine-caused myocarditis and the FDA clearance of the first transcatheter dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system from Abbott.
The most popular stories on Cardiology Business in February 2022 focused on COVID-19 updates, new technologies, an Olympics controversy and much more.
