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Novel 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….

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Anticoagulation 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),…

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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…

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Impact 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…

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Techniques 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…

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