This recall is due to reports of “increased resistance” when using the devices. There have been 194 customer complaints about the issue so far. 

Going by the price of being a patient, North Carolina and Hawaii bookend the other 48 states.

PaceMate, a market-leading cardiac remote monitoring and cardiac data management platform, announced today the completion of its 100,000th ambulatory patient transmission managed through PaceMateLIVE.

Leaders from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions have shared their vision for a new, independent Board of Cardiovascular Medicine.

Eko Health worked closely with Mayo Clinic to develop and evaluate its latest AI offering. “Importantly, since a stethoscope is small and portable, this technology can be used in urban and remote locations," one clinician said. 

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Patients who need renal replacement therapy after TAVR are much less likely to survive. Researchers hope their new risk score can help care teams prepare ahead of time for this rare, but potentially fatal complication. 

Critics say the model caters to the wealthy while taking primary care physicians out of circulation for everyone else. Not so, respond concierge proponents.