August 18, 2023 — A new American Heart Association scientific statement highlights evidence that supports shared decision-making, a term that describes the process of ensuring patients have the knowledge and tools to make decisions about their health in collaboration with their professional health care team. The statement publishes today in the American Heart Association’s flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation. 

August 18, 2023 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Abiomed is recalling the labeling for Impella RP Flex with Smart Assist System Catheter because the catheters’ Instructions for Use (IFU) do not appropriately address precautions for health care providers to take when treating patients whose anticoagulation clotting time is below the recommended value. Patients with central venous lines and cardiac cannulas with systemic anticoagulation below IFU recommendation of 160-180 seconds are most at risk. 

August 17, 2023 — University of Missouri School of Medicine neurologist Adnan Qureshi, MD recently led a study that discovered last year’s iodinated media contrast dye shortage affected the assessment of stroke patients at hospitals across the country.

August 16, 2023 — A new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement highlights evidence that supports shared decision-making, a term that describes the process of ensuring patients have the knowledge and tools to make decisions about their health in collaboration with their professional health care team.

August 16, 2023 —Moderate or extreme pain after a heart attack – most commonly pain due to other health conditions – may help predict the likelihood of death over the next 8.5 years, according to newly-published research in the Journal of the American Heart Association, JAHA. People who have had a heart attack often report pain about a year later.

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