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EuroPCR 2022: Optimize PRO Interim Analysis Finds New Technique is "Best-in-Class"
Author(s): Kendra J Grubb Added: 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… View more

Intervention
The LAAOS III Study: Surgical AFIB Ablation Evaluation
Author(s): Richard Whitlock Added: 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. Discussion points: Findings of LAAOS III study… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Antithrombotic Therapy in Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions
Author(s): Iosif Xenogiannis , Charalampos Varlamos , Despoina-Rafailia Benetou , et al Added: 2 years ago

Intervention
Job title: Cardiologist
Dr John A Spertus is aCardiologist and Professor of Medicine atUMKC School of Medicine, Missouri, US. DrSpertus is a graduate of UCSF Medical School and completed his internal medicine, cardiology and health services training at the University of Washington. His research focuses on methods for assessing patients’ health outcomes, measuring healthcare quality, and the use of information… View more
Bernard Man Yung Cheung
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Hypertension
Bernard Man YungCheungis a Professor in Cardiovascular Therapeutics and heads the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the Department of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong's School of Clinical Medicine. His research interests primarily focus on cardiovascular diseases and risk factors, including hypertension and metabolic syndrome. Professor Yeh also serves as the… View more
Author(s): James A Reiffel Added: 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,… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Strategies to Reduce Radiation Exposure in Electrophysiology and Interventional Cardiology
Author(s): Deepak Padmanabhan , Sandeep Shankar , Avinash Chandrashekharaiah , et al Added: 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,… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Intervention
Author(s): Peter A McCullough Added: 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… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

MI/ACS
Line Melgaard
Dr Line Melgaard MSc, PhD graduated from the University of Aalborg in 2013 with a master degree in Medicine with Industrial Specialization. Dr Melgaard received a PhD-degree from Aalborg University in 2016 (title: “Thromboembolic risk in heart failure patients without atrial fibrillation”). During her PhD, she used Danish nationwide registry data to investigate predictors of ischemic stroke and… View more
Job title: Consultant Cardiologist, Bristol Heart Institute
Dr Johnson is fully trained in percutaneous coronary intervention and all aspects of general cardiology including hypertension, cardiovascular risk assessment, valvular heart disease, heart failure and arrhythmia. He qualified from St Mary's Hospital (Imperial College, London) in 1998 and prior to commencing specialist training in the South West he undertook a period of research studying novel… View more