By ZI Attia et al Taken directly from the European Heart Journal Artificial intelligence (AI) has given the electrocardiogram (ECG) and clinicians reading them super-human diagnostic…
View More Application of artificial intelligence to the electrocardiogramCategory: Devices
Reducing barriers to MRI in patients with CIEDs
Taken directly from European Heart Journal Many cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators are not approved by regulators for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which makes patient access…
View More Reducing barriers to MRI in patients with CIEDsNovel pacing system improves clinical response in heart failure patients un-responsive to, or unsuitable for, cardiac resynchronisation therapy
overall, the results looked great. Hopefully, over the course of the next 12 months, we will finish recruitment for the final phase of the study to further confirm the primary safety and efficacy endpoints that we saw with the….
View More Novel pacing system improves clinical response in heart failure patients un-responsive to, or unsuitable for, cardiac resynchronisation therapyAnticoagulation of Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves.
The British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) has today released a Joint Statement together with the British Heart Valve Society (BHVS), the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgeons (SCTS),…
View More Anticoagulation of Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves.Prevalence of LA thrombus despite guideline directed anticoagulation – results from a meta-analysis
Taken directly from the American College of Cardiology A summary by Sarah Kohnstamm, MD, FACC Quick Takes This meta-analysis set out to answer the prevalence of…
View More Prevalence of LA thrombus despite guideline directed anticoagulation – results from a meta-analysisImpact of wearable devices on clinical outcomes and health care utilisation in AF patients
Summary taken directly from the American College of Cardiology Quick Takes Patients with AF who use wearable devices for detection of AF are more than…
View More Impact of wearable devices on clinical outcomes and health care utilisation in AF patientsTechniques to Decrease PPM Implantation Rates Post-TAVR
Kris Kumar, DO; Firas E. Zahr, MD, FACC; Harsh Golwala, MDExpert Analysis (from the ACC) Quick Takes: Decreasing the degree that the transcatheter heart valve (THV) is…
View More Techniques to Decrease PPM Implantation Rates Post-TAVRPossible inhibition of ICD therapies by newer generation iPhone 12
The Heart Rhythm Society recently published information regarding an important public health issue concerning the newer generation iPhone 12 which can potentially inhibit lifesaving therapy…
View More Possible inhibition of ICD therapies by newer generation iPhone 12Enhanced Follow Up for Patients with Trifecta Aortic Valve Bioprostheses: A Statement from BHVS, SCTS and BCS
Statement following a Medical Device Alert issued by the MHRA
View More Enhanced Follow Up for Patients with Trifecta Aortic Valve Bioprostheses: A Statement from BHVS, SCTS and BCS