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Maryland hospitals file court petitions to overturn cardiac surgery program approval

Two hospitals in Maryland recently filed petitions in court to overturn the state’s approval of a cardiac surgery program at Anne Arundel Medical Center, the Capital Gazette reports.

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Artificial sweeteners may increase the risk of stroke, dementia

After adjusting for age, sex, physical activity and other variables, adults who drank artificially sweetened soft drinks had an increased risk of ischemic stroke, all-cause dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to an observational study.

Woman, just 20 years old, didn't realize she was having a stroke

Although strokes are more common in older adults, younger women are still at risk, although Good Housekeeping reports that many women do not realize when they are having a stroke.

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FDA designates Medtronic’s recall of HVAD system controllers, DC adapters as class I recall

The FDA determined that Medtronic’s voluntary recall of its HVAD system controllers and DC adapters was a class I recall, according to a Medtronic news release on April 18.

AATS releases guidelines on concomitant surgical ablation in AFib patients

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who undergo concomitant surgical ablation have an improvement in 30-day operative mortality, long-term survival and health-related quality of life, according to new expert consensus guidelines from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS).

Hospitals using surgical safety checklists have 22 percent lower 30-day mortality rates

Hospitals in South Carolina that completed a voluntary, team-based surgical safety checklist had a significantly lower rate of 30-day post-operative mortality compared with hospitals that did not complete the program by the end of 2013, according to a population-based study.

Boston Scientific Initiates Global Study To Assess Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Therapy In Patients With Diabetes Who Have Previously Experienced A Heart Attack

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., April 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Scientific (NYSE:  BSX) has initiated a worldwide study that will evaluate the survival benefit of patients treated with the EMBLEM™ MRI Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD) System who are aged 65 and older with a history of prior heart attack, diabetes and moderately reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.

AATS provides updated guidelines for managing ischemic mitral regurgitation

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) released updated evidence-based guidelines for managing ischemic mitral regurgitation.

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