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FDA approves Perceval sutureless heart valve

The FDA approved the Perceval sutureless heart valve on Jan. 8. LivaNova PLC, the device’s manufacturer, announced the approval in a news release.

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Assessing coronary stenting complications

For a long time, physicians and researchers have understood coronary stenting may lead to complications and future surgeries. A recent study suggests the risk may be higher than previously thought.

Subsequent surgery common following coronary stenting

Nearly 15 percent of patients who received coronary stents during a PCI underwent another surgery within a year of the procedure and 40 percent had surgery within five years, according to a population-based, multicenter study. Nearly 80 percent of the surgeries were noncardiac in nature.

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[ARTICLE] Building a Protected PCI Program: The Community Hospital Approach

Offered in cooperation with Abiomed

Despite its name, Bakersfield Heart Hospital offers more service lines than just those under its cardiovascular umbrella.

Exercising and dieting improves exercise capacity but not quality of life in older, obese heart failure patients

After a 20-week regimen that included an improved diet and/or an increased exercise regiment, obese, older adults with heart failure had an increase in exercise capacity, according to a randomized trial conducted at an urban academic medical center. However, the regimen did not have a significant effect on quality of life.

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[VIDEO] Building a Protected PCI Program: The Community Hospital Approach

Offered in cooperation with Abiomed

Bakersfield Heart Hospital was as an early adopter of Abiomed’s Impella 2.5 miniature temporary ventricular assist device and now has expanded its use in elective and urgent high-risk PCI procedures.

Age-adjusted heart failure-related deaths increase from 2012 to 2014

After declining for more than a decade, the age-adjusted rate for heart failure-related deaths increased from 2012 to 2014, according to a recent data brief from the National Center for Health Statistics.

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Acute kidney injury is common in patients undergoing vascular surgery

Nearly half of patients undergoing vascular surgery had perioperative acute kidney injury, which was associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular mortality, according to a 10-year analysis of procedures at a tertiary care teaching hospital.

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