May 18, 2018 — Nearly half of patients prescribed warfarin and just under one third of those using newer direct oral anticoagulants do not maintain adherence above 80 percent.
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May 16, 2018 – The first results of the randomized, multicenter, long-term, international CABANA clinical trial were presented at Heart Rhythm...
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May 14, 2018 – New clinical evidance shows common therapy options for psoriasis (PSO), a chronic inflammatory skin disease, can help reduce coronary plaque.
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May 14, 2018 — A significant update to the PROGRESS-CTO (PROspective Global Registry for the Study of Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention) International Registry was presented as late-breaking...
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News | Heart Failure | May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018 — In a new study, cardiac...
A slide image from Reddy's presntation at Heart Rhythm 2018, showing thrombus formation on the face of a Watchman device in an echo image.
Feature | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018 — Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) with the transcatheter Watchman device prevents thromboembolism...
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An example of the new generation of inexpensive, wearable cardiac monitors that are seeing increased usage. This is the Cardiac Insight Cardea Solo device. After the monitoring period is over, the wearable patch is torn open to retrieve a data pod that is inserted into a reader to download the data. The software automatically creates reports based on the data, complete with waveforms for various cardiac measures.
Blog | Cardiac Diagnostics | May 10, 2018
News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018 — Nearly half of patients prescribed warfarin and just under one third of those using newer direct oral...
News | EP Lab | May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018 — A significant number of patients with symptomatic premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) have...
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,The IntelliSpace Cardiovascular CVIS from Philips Healthcare, being used in the cath lab.
Blog | Cardiac PACS | March 29, 2018
Cardiologists need information from multiple sources to make accurate diagnoses and plan interventional therapies....
Figure 1: At the end of 36 months, the incidence of any atrial tachyarrhythmia was 23.3 percent in the botox group, as compared to 50 percent in the placebo group
News | Atrial Fibrillation | May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018 — Three year results of a study found injection of botulinum toxin into epicardial fat pads in...
A live EP case presentation during the 2018 Heart Rhythm meeting.
Feature | HRS | May 18, 2018 | Dave Fornell
Here is an aggregation of all the news and late-breaking studies presented at the 2018...
Atrial fibrillation ablation using the Abbott Ensite electro mapping system.
Feature | Atrial Fibrillation | May 17, 2018
May 16, 2018 – The first results of the randomized, multicenter, long-term, international...
Implantation of pacemakers, ICDs and the related cardiac leads opens patients to infection risk.
News | EP Lab | May 17, 2018
May 10, 2018 – A new study is the first to test the clinical effectiveness of incremental peri-operative antibiotics...
News | Ablation Systems | May 17, 2018
May 17, 2018 — Medical device manufacturer CardioFocus Inc. announced a successful live case featuring its...
The Apple Watch Series 2, Samsung Galaxy Gear S3 and the Fitbit Charge 2 were all able to properly diagnose the very rapid heart beats involved in paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT).
News | EP Lab | May 16, 2018
May 16, 2018 — A new study is the first to validate the accuracy of wrist-worn wearable devices in measuring induced...
News | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | May 16, 2018
May 16, 2018 — A new study shows that women exposed to particular matter (PM) and lower temperatures for even a...
