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AHA: Renal artery stenting proves futile in CORAL trial

Renal artery stenting failed to offer incremental benefit over medical management for patients with renal artery stenosis and hypertension or chronic kidney disease in the CORAL trial. Results were published online Nov. 15 in the New England Journal of Medicine and simultaneously presented at the American Heart Association scientific session in Dallas.

AHA: Repair or replace for mitral regurgitation? It’s a tie

Physicians tend to favor mitral valve repair over replacement for patients with severe ischemic mitral regurgitation, but a study published online Nov. 15 in the New England Journal of Medicine found no significant difference between treatment options. The results were presented simultaneously at the American Heart Association’s scientific session in Dallas.

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AHA: Lower-temp therapeutic hypothermia may not offer benefit

Despite international recommendations, a low body temperature may not benefit unconscious patients who survive a possibly cardiac-related cardiac arrest outside the hospital setting, according to a study published online Nov. 17 in The New England Journal of Medicine.

FDA places recall on Medtronic guidewires

The FDA issued a Class I recall on Medtronic guidewires used in PCIs and in the placement of left ventricular leads for cardiac rhythm devices.

Will guidelines quash drugs in the pipeline?

New guidelines for managing patients’ cholesterol won’t greatly affect the statin industry, the New York Times reported, but they could put a damper on new classes of drugs under development such as PCSK9 inhibitors.

Eleven local cardiologists to join John Muir Health’s medical foundation

Cor Cardiovascular Specialists, Inc., Arrhythmia Specialists, Inc., and Walter Savage, M.D., announced today that they will join John Muir Health’s medical foundation. They become the first cardiology groups and cardiologists to join the foundation. John Muir Health's Physician Network currently provides services to patients through more than 900 independent and foundation-based physicians.

USPSTF mostly neutral on supplements in draft statement

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) took a broader look at vitamin and mineral supplements to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease or cancer and appeared to be unswayed in a draft recommendation statement.

First live Case with innovative transapical access technology at EACTS

The use of Apica's innovative transapical access technology was successfully demonstrated for the first time at the 27th European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) congress in Vienna. EACTS is one of the largest cardiac congress in the world, with around 6,500 participants.

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