During 10 years of follow-up, the rates of major adverse cardiac events and stent thrombosis were similar among patients who received sirolimus-eluting stents and those who received paclitaxel-eluting stents, according to an analysis of a randomized trial.

Medtronic announced Feb. 24 that the company had received CE marks for quadripolar cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) pacemakers that allow patients to receive MRIs.

Abiomed announced on Feb. 23 that the 50,000th patient in the U.S. was recently treated with the company’s Impella line of heart pumps.

Stroke survivors who participated in physical activity programs had improvements in several neurocognitive domains, according to a meta-analysis of 13 clinical trials.

An estimated 25,000 people die each year from heart valve disease, but many aren’t aware of it.

Patients with a non-MRI conditional pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) who received a nonthoracic MRI had no occurrences of death, lead failures, losses of capture or ventricular arrhythmias, according to a prospective registry analysis.

Although non-profit organizations promote free or low-cost heart screenings for teenagers, research does not conclusively show such screening prevents deaths, Kaiser Health News reports.

During a median follow-up period of more than four years, 40 percent of survivors of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) developed a new-onset mood disorder, according to a longitudinal study.