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Arrhythmia/EP
May 24, 2013 16:15 EDT
The lead failure rate was about 14% overall in a registry of young people with ICDs; the slim Fidelis made up more than two-thirds of their failed leads. There are special considerations when selecting ICD leads for this age group.
Arrhythmia/EP
May 21, 2013 11:30 EDT
Hospitals that excel at preventing cardiac arrests also have higher survivor rates when an arrest occurs.
Clinical cardiology
1 COMMENT - May 20, 2013 16:00 EDT
The controversy continues over the cardiovascular side effects of both long-acting beta-agonist and long-acting anticholinergic drugs when newly prescribed for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Arrhythmia/EP
May 16, 2013 17:30 EDT
A survey of the society's physician members shows there is wide support for, although also some concerns about, the practice, which remains controversial in the US.
Arrhythmia/EP
4 COMMENTS - May 15, 2013 17:15 EDT
New data from real-life experience of dabigatran for stroke prevention in AF shows that it is often used outside prescribing recommendations, and the risk of both thromboembolism and bleeding may be raised in patients switched from warfarin.
Arrhythmia/EP
May 15, 2013 16:15 EDT
Applying only to primary-prevention patients with no pacing indications, an analysis suggests that more expensive dual-chamber implantable defibrillators, compared with single-chamber devices, pose a higher complication risk without any clinical advantage; yet they seem to be the ICD of choice for such patients, at least in the US.
Interventional/Surgery
May 15, 2013 09:15 EDT
The finding will fundamentally alter how congenital cardiac defects are categorized and potentially treated, say the authors of a new report.
Arrhythmia/EP
May 14, 2013 10:45 EDT
When they saw reports documenting shortfalls in their programming of ICDs to guidelines, clinicians cleaned up their act and shock rates safely fell; but this kind of teaching might not accomplish enough, researchers say.
Arrhythmia/EP
1 COMMENT - May 13, 2013 15:45 EDT
Not only was reablation more likely to banish recurrences in a randomized study, trying drugs the second time just made it worse for some patients.
Arrhythmia/EP
1 COMMENT - May 10, 2013 14:30 EDT
It has limitations, but an analysis of St Jude registries suggests the Optim-insulated leads won't suffer the same issues that plagued the company's recalled Riata and Riata ST leads.
Thrombosis
May 10, 2013 10:00 EDT
The Watchman left-atrial appendage occluder had previously been found noninferior to warfarin in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation; now, with an average of 45 months of follow-up, it's not only noninferior, it's superior, by some statistical measures.
Interventional/Surgery
May 9, 2013 14:50 EDT
The FDA forbids the use of investigational transcatheter aortic-valve devices in live-case presentations being broadcast from US centers. A new study is offering some much-needed data into whether the agency's concerns are justified.
Thrombosis
May 9, 2013 11:00 EDT
UPDATED // Guidelines recommend that patients at high risk for thromboembolic events be bridged with heparin therapy, but few randomized trials have compared this strategy with simply maintaining patients on warfarin for their procedures.
Arrhythmia/EP
4 COMMENTS - May 9, 2013 09:30 EDT
US cardiologists seem to have a double standard when it comes to managing thromboembolic risk in patients with paroxysmal vs persistent atrial fibrillation, despite guidelines calling for equality.
Arrhythmia/EP
May 9, 2013 09:00 EDT
Although nearly half of patients with the pacing leads at one center showed externalizations on fluoroscopy, their heart failure wasn't worse than in those without the problem.
Prevention
19 COMMENTS - May 8, 2013 17:00 EDT
N-3 fatty-acid supplementation had no effect on the study's primary end point in this group of patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors or atherosclerotic disease, but no previous MI. Researchers also saw no effects on the rate of death from coronary causes or sudden death from cardiac causes or major ventricular arrhythmias. 
Interventional/Surgery
2 COMMENTS - May 8, 2013 13:00 EDT
A new study is shedding key new information on what one expert called an uncommon subject in the literature but a really common clinical problem.
Heart failure
11 COMMENTS - May 8, 2013 10:40 EDT
Speaking at the 2013 AATS meeting, Cheney describes his LVAD procedure the toughest of all his heart surgeries, while his transplant was a walk in the park. He and his cardiologist, Dr Jonathan Reiner, are coauthoring a book about Cheney's four-decade-long CVD odyssey. 
Arrhythmia/EP
1 COMMENT - May 7, 2013 17:00 EDT
The reduction in the primary efficacy end point of stroke or systemic embolism with apixaban was observed across a broad range of INR control in the warfarin-treated patients.
Arrhythmia/EP
May 7, 2013 16:00 EDT
The trial "confirms and reinforces" conclusions from last year's MADIT-RIT trial, that ICD programming that delays arrhythmia detection can prevent some inappropriate shocks and other unnecessary device treatments but extends the finding to patients with almost any kind of ICD.
Arrhythmia/EP
May 2, 2013 16:30 EDT
It used to be easier deciding which oral anticoagulant to use in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. With all the choices now available, a new document sorts out their differences and can guide their use in various clinical settings.
Arrhythmia/EP
1 COMMENT - May 1, 2013 17:00 EDT
A nationwide cohort study in Denmark helps to soften the message from a 2012 study linking the antibiotic to an increased risk of cardiovascular death in the elderly, likely from ventricular arrhythmias, according to researchers; the hazard doesn't seem to apply to younger people in the general population.
Clinical cardiology
Apr 30, 2013 14:45 EDT
A massive observational study in half a million individuals has found a link between subclinical hyperthyroidism and cardiovascular death, which appears to be predominantly driven by heart failure.
News
1 COMMENT - Apr 30, 2013 13:30 EDT
It raises the profile of a caution already in the oral anticoagulant's prescribing information.
Thrombosis
2 COMMENTS - Apr 30, 2013 11:10 EDT
The plasma-derived product, like plasma itself, can stop major bleeding, but it can be deployed more quickly because it does not require blood-group typing or thawing.

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