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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1356679.do</link>
    <title>New mitral-repair therapies face obstacles</title>
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    <![CDATA[ Why has the development of less invasive mitral-valve repair therapies lagged so far behind comparable strategies to treat the aortic valve? Experts from FDA, industry, and academic medical centers offered some possible answers in a roundtable discussion. ]]>
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    Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:30:54 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1355261.do</link>
    <title>Biomarker may distinguish ICH from ischemic stroke</title>
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    <![CDATA[ The test might eventually be applied at the point of care to help triage patients for treatment.  ]]>
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    Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:15:53 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1355011.do</link>
    <title>Apixaban superior for AF patients with previous stroke, TIA</title>
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    <![CDATA[ Substudies of the ARISTOTLE and AVERROES trials find apixaban is safe and effective for patients with previous events vs warfarin and aspirin respectively. ]]>
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    Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:15:24 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1353151.do</link>
    <title>Braile Biomédica launches transapical valve </title>
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    <![CDATA[ A Brazilian group says they're encouraged by the early results with their transapical transcatheter aortic valve. ]]>
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    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:30:12 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1353003.do</link>
    <title>Wake-up stroke patients may still benefit from thrombolysis</title>
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    <![CDATA[ A new study shows tPA was safe for patients who woke up with stroke symptoms, a population not normally treated since they could exceed the 4.5-hour window.   ]]>
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    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:01 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1352847.do</link>
    <title>SWITCH III: Bivalirudin is as safe as heparin after fondaparinux in PCI patients</title>
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    <![CDATA[ Recent studies have shown that ACS patients on fondaparinux prior to PCI should switch to another anticoagulant prior to the procedure to avoid thrombus. The SWITCH III trial compares bivalirudin and unfractionated heparin in a small group of these patients. ]]>
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    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:30:10 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1352229.do</link>
    <title>CTO, even in non-infarct-related artery, bodes ill in NSTEMI patients</title>
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    <![CDATA[ Swedish researchers examined SCAAR to determine the prognostic significance of a chronic total occlusion in an artery other than the infarct-related one of non-ST-elevation-MI patients. ]]>
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    Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:45:51 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1351485.do</link>
    <title>"Irrational" choices stall adoption of new antiplatelets</title>
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    <![CDATA[ Dr David Cohen points out some of physicians' potential "psychological" barriers to more rapid adoption of new antiplatelet agents, even though they may be the best choice for their patients. ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:15:50 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1351385.do</link>
    <title>No recurrent stroke prevention seen with clopidogrel plus aspirin</title>
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    <![CDATA[ A new study shows that the combination of clopidogrel and aspirin increases risk of hemorrhage and mortality, including nonvascular mortality, vs aspirin alone.  ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:15:57 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1351077.do</link>
    <title>Aspirin as effective as warfarin in heart failure: WARCEF</title>
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    <![CDATA[ Although there was an edge for warfarin for those treated for four or more years, there is "no compelling" reason to anticoagulate these patients, researchers say.   ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:55:27 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1350709.do</link>
    <title>"Tetherless" power-transmission technology could radically change LVAD therapy</title>
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    <![CDATA[ New wireless technology used to power implantable ventricular assist devices has the potential to make them far safer than ever before and bring the therapy to patients at earlier stages of heart failure than are currently recommended. ]]>
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    Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:14 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1350413.do</link>
    <title>Cardiac telemetry identifies AF in cryptogenic stroke </title>
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    <![CDATA[ Outpatient monitoring for 21 days detected atrial fibrillation in 17% of patients, and this could change management.     ]]>
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    Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1350083.do</link>
    <title>Severe, rapid memory loss could herald stroke</title>
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    <![CDATA[ A new study finds that victims of fatal stroke had sharp memory declines before the event.  ]]>
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    Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:15:18 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1349103.do</link>
    <title>Restenosis similar with carotid stenting or surgery: CREST </title>
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    <![CDATA[ At two years, carotid restenosis is infrequent and appears similar whether patients were treated with carotid stenting or endarterectomy. ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:30:07 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1348767.do</link>
    <title>Stroke risk linked to infections in children</title>
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    <![CDATA[ A new study finds the risk is highest closer to infection, then tapers off.  ]]>
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    Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1348519.do</link>
    <title>"Valve-on-a-stick" transaortic TAVI offers alternative to transfemoral route</title>
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    <![CDATA[ A growing number of centers, especially in Europe, are trying a third route for transcatheter valve implants in select patients. Instead of threading the device from the femoral artery or up through the left ventricular apex, they're deploying it directly through the aorta. ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:15:50 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1348117.do</link>
    <title>PARTNER CAP data show transapical outcomes improve with practice</title>
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    <![CDATA[ Only 104 of the 799 high-risk patients in the PARTNER A trial of the Sapien transcatheter valve were treated with the transapical approach, so it can be considered to be only the preliminary experience with this technique. Now data from 822 patients in the continued-access protocol are available. ]]>
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    Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:15:37 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1346525.do</link>
    <title>ASCERT: Better survival for CABG vs PCI in some high-risk patients</title>
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    <![CDATA[ The ASCERT study, a unique collaboration between the CMS, ACC, and STS, compares survival rates with bypass surgery and PCI in over 190 000 patients. ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:00:00 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1346043.do</link>
    <title>3B or not 3B? Should patients get an LVAD before reaching end-stage HF?</title>
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    <![CDATA[ Experts debated the evidence supporting the expansion of LVAD therapy to patients whose heart failure has not yet progressed to the so-called end stage. ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:00:01 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1345913.do</link>
    <title>Surgeons insist TAVI reimbursement rollout won't be repeat of carotid-stenting debacle</title>
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    <![CDATA[ Now that the FDA has approved a transcatheter aortic valve, cardiac surgeons and cardiologists are working together to put all of their ducks in a row to secure national Medicare coverage for the procedure. ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:00:55 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1342079.do</link>
    <title>New AF ablation programs need time, money, and data</title>
    <description>
    <![CDATA[ Starting up an atrial fibrillation ablation program takes more than just a couple of skilled electrophysiologists, Dr Rodney Horton explained at the Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium. ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:00:06 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1340897.do</link>
    <title>Dronedarone gets another chance to prove itself in ranolazine combo trial</title>
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    <![CDATA[ Researchers of the beleaguered antiarrhythmic dronedarone believe the drug may still have a role to play in AF therapy for some patients and are testing it as a low-dose complement to another newer antiarrhythmic drug, ranolazine. ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:00:00 EST
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    <guid>http://www.theheart.org/article/1340897.do</guid>
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1340417.do</link>
    <title>New AF ablation consensus doc previewed at Boston AF symposium</title>
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    <![CDATA[ A group of 45 AF experts from North America and Europe will soon publish a major update to the 2007 international clinical consensus statement for the use of catheter and surgical ablation for the treatment of AF. ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:30:00 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1340075.do</link>
    <title>Yoga therapy for AF yields insight into brain-heart axis</title>
    <description>
    <![CDATA[ Yoga has shown to help some patients manage atrial fibrillation, so researchers are moving forward with investigations of yoga's influence on cardiac autonomics to better understand the biology of meditative practice.   ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:10:43 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1330215.do</link>
    <title>RECOVER II confirms benefit of dabigatran in treatment of VTE</title>
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    <![CDATA[ The new study adds another 2500 patients tested with dabigatran in the setting of VTE, confirming the results observed in the first RECOVER study.  ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:45:08 EST
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    <link>http://www.theheart.org/article/1329499.do</link>
    <title>Support for edoxaban for VTE prevention</title>
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    <![CDATA[ The benefit of edoxaban over enoxaparin for the prevention of VTE following hip and knee surgery did not appear to come at a cost, according to investigators, as there was no statistically significant increased risk in bleeding in the overall cohort or in any subgroups. ]]>
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    <pubDate>
    Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:00:17 EST
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