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Kendra J Grubb
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1 year ago
Dr Kendra Grubb (Emory Structural Heart and Valve Center, GA, US) outlines the interim analysis of the Optimize PRO Study (NCT04091048), originally presented at EuroPCR 2022.
Optimize PRO aimed to evaluate valve performance and procedural outcomes of optimised TAVR care using Medtronic's Evolut™ PRO and Evolut™ PRO+ devices.
Findings are promising and show that no patients experienced a…
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Richard Whitlock
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2 years ago
In this short late-breaking interview, Dr Richard Whitlock (McMaster University, CA) shares the key findings and lessons from the LAAOS III Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Ablation evaluation. The study showed that concomitant surgical AF ablation was not associated with a reduced risk of stroke, or systemic embolism at a mean follow-up of 3.8 years.
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Findings of LAAOS III study…
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Iosif Xenogiannis
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Charalampos Varlamos
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Despoina-Rafailia Benetou
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2 years ago
John Spertus
Job title: Cardiologist
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Bernard Man Yung Cheung
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James A Reiffel
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3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained, medically significant, and troublesome arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. AF has been associated with decreased quality of life (symptoms), serious morbidity (thromboemboli and tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy), and increased risk of mortality. Several articles1,2 have reviewed this arrthymia in depth including its presentations,…
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Author(s):
Deepak Padmanabhan
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Sandeep Shankar
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Avinash Chandrashekharaiah
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et al
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3 years ago
Ionizing radiation is a workplace hazard that goes undetected. In the cardiac catheterization laboratory, where various interventional and electrophysiological procedures are done, physicians and other staff are exposed to ionizing radiation daily. The amount of radiation exposure in the catheterization laboratory is exponentially more compared to other departments using X-ray and fluoroscopy,…
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Peter A McCullough
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3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) is a common condition and carries a considerable age-dependent all-cause mortality. As a leading cause of hospitalization in adults, ~50% of patients discharged with a diagnosis of HF are readmitted within six months, and the one-year mortality rate is 20% after an initial diagnosis is established. There is currently a chronic HF epidemic with a rapidly expanding prevalence…
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Tom Johnson
Job title: Consultant Cardiologist, Bristol Heart Institute
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