Jersey Shore University Medical Center, part of Meridian CardioVascular Network, is the first hospital in New Jersey to implant the Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS), which Medtronic calls the world’s smallest pacemaker.

Biotronik announced results establishing non-inferiority of the Orsiro hybrid drug-eluting stent (DES) to the Resolute Integrity DES were presented during a Hotline Session at EuroPCR 2016.

According to data from a new survey, nearly all of the nation’s hospitals have adopted certified electronic health records (EHRs). The survey was released at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) 2016 annual meeting, May 31-June 2 in Washington, D.C.

Female atrial fibrillation patients are less likely than their male counterparts to receive blood thinning therapies to prevent stroke, say University of Cincinnati College of Medicine researchers.