Patients often develop AFib during cardiac surgery, leading to longer hospital stays, additional healthcare costs and a higher risk of mortality. Cooling the oblique sinus of the patient's heart as soon as AFib starts to develop may represent a new way to stop the problem in its tracks.
Using one of the most powerful MRI scanners to date, researchers believe they have identified subtle neural changes in the brain that precede Parkinson’s disease.
Cardiologists are turning to leadless pacemakers more and more for cardiac pacing, but those devices have not previously been able to perform LBBAP. This new analysis includes new data on the world’s very first leadless LBBAP procedures.
At what looks to be an 18% cost savings downstream, stress echocardiograms looks to be the least expensive diagnostic procedure for patients with chest pain
Ramon Varcoe, MBBS, co-principal investigator for the LIFE-BTK trial, discussed the results with Cardiovascular Business at TCT 2023. "I can't wait to start using these in my patients. It's going to make a huge difference."
Firas Zahr, MD, spoke to Cardiovascular Business about early data on the Medtronic TMVR device. His team's study is designed to follow patients for a total of five years.
There were some concerns among researchers after one study suggested iFR may increase the risk of mortality. New data presented at TCT 2023, however, showed that the two technologies are linked to similar outcomes.
