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Patients requiring a permanent pacemaker after TAVR face higher long-term risk of death
As TAVR continues to grow in popularity, researchers noted, it becomes more and more important to know how different complications impact long-term outcomes.
CMS proposes Medicare coverage for T-TEER
CMS has proposed covering tricuspid TEER for patients who present with symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation despite optimal medical therapy. The agency still has questions about the available data, however, and is seeking public comments as it makes its final decision.
Quality of care for heart patients does not improve in first year of ACO participation
Researchers tracked patient outcomes through the use of 15 performance measures related to hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
Routine interventional procedure may present new endometriosis treatment option
Known to be extremely painful at times, many women with endometriosis consider flare-ups of the condition to be debilitating.
Boston Scientific finalizes Bolt Medical acquisition as FDA clears company’s IVL technology
Boston Scientific hopes to officially launch its new IVL system in the first half of 2026.

The medication was also associated with a reduced number of renal events.

Adjusted mortality and perioperative complications were both lower among patients undergoing ViV TMVR.

The risk was especially high in patients with high viral loads of HIV.

Specialists at the University of Michigan hope their findings can help patients receive an effective treatment early on in their infection.

Researchers tracked data from more than 33,000 adults under the age of 45.

Inpatient care for PCI is trending in the right direction, researchers explained, but there is still room for improvement.

Surgical mitral valve repair, however, was also associated with multiple benefits.

Children who have an ischemic stroke have a greater chance of developing epilepsy—and the risk lasts for decades.