New two-year findings, presented at TVT 2021, suggest that the Watchman FLX device is a safe alternative to long-term oral anticoagulation therapy.

The groups aim to help hospitals around the world collect data on cardiovascular procedures using evidence-based algorithms.

The quality initiative has been pushed back several times, and some are concerned that it's no longer relevant and duplicates other efforts. 

According to this new analysis, the risk of pregnancy-related complications increases incrementally with the number of cardiovascular risk factors present before the pregnancy. 

Korean researchers tested the Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System in nearly 1,500 patients treated across four hospital emergency departments.

"This is a safe and affordable new data point that can clue us in about who might develop atrial fibrillation," one researcher said. 

Speckle-tracking strain is a safe, affordable way to gain clues into who may develop atrial fibrillation and require additional monitoring down the road.

Massachusetts General Hospital doctors analyzed Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System usage in their high-volume cardiac CT services center for the study.