The mechanism of action for mavacamten, a cardiac myosin inhibitor to treat obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM). EXPLORER-HCM trial #ACC21 #ACC2021
News | Pharmaceuticals
Mavacamten Is Effective in Treating Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

May 15, 2021 — A new analysis of the Phase 3 EXPLORER-HCM study evaluating mavacamten, an investigational, first-in ...

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The combination heart failure drug sacubitril/valsartan did not significantly reduce the rate of heart failure or cardiovascular death following a heart attack compared to ramipril, an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. #ACC21 #ACC2021
News | Heart Failure
Sacubitril/Valsartan Does Not Outperform ACE Inhibitor in Preventing Heart Failure After Heart Attack

May 15, 2021 — The combination heart failure drug sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) did not significantly reduce the rate ...

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In the LAAOS III trial, surgeons could seal off the LAA during the open heart procedure using sutures, staples or approved closure devices. The image shows a SentraHeart lasso type LAA occluder about to seal off the LAA from the outside of the heart. #ACC21 #ACC2021
News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders
Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Reduces Stroke After Heart Surgery

May 15, 2021 — Patients with an elevated risk of stroke due to heart rhythm problems, or atrial fibrillation (AFib) ...

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The ADAPTABLE trial found no significant differences in cardiovascular events or major bleeding in patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease who were taking 81 milligrams (mg) baby aspirin, versus 325 mg of daily aspirin. Getty Images #ACC #ACC21 #ACC2021
News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies
Baby and Regular Strength Aspirin Equal in Cardiac Platelet Inhibition and Safety

May 15, 2021 — The ADAPTABLE trial found no significant differences in cardiovascular events or major bleeding in ...

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An Edward Lifesciences Sapien TAVR valve during an implant procedure on angiography. There are still questions on how to best anticoagulate TAVR patients and the ATLANTIS study found Eloquis is not a good solution.
News | Structural Heart
TAVR Anticoagulation With Apixaban Not Superior to Standard Care

May 15, 2021 — The anticoagulant apixaban (Eliquis) was not superior to standard of care following transcatheter aortic ...

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There is a trend in interventional cardiology that is now being called “renalism,” where patients with poor renal function are being excluded from interventional procedures because they are automatically considered too high risk. However, some hospitals are also creating cardio-renal care teams so these patients can be cared for by a team of experts rather than interventional cardiologists going it alone. #SCAI21 #SCAI2021 Creating a card0-renal program.
Feature | Cath Lab | By Dave Fornell, Editor
Creating a Cardio-renal Program to Expand Patient Volume

There is a trend in interventional cardiology that is now being called “renalism,” where patients with poor renal ...

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A device programmer showing the suspension of ICD therapies (orange bar, red arrow) with iPhone 12 laying over patient’s chest (green arrow) and fluoroscopy of iPhone 12 showing the circular magnet array (yellow arrow). Image from a small study at Henry Ford Hospital. Read the full study
News | EP Lab
FDA Warns Magnets in Cell Phones and Smart Watches May Affect Pacemakers and Other EP Devices

May 14, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising patients and caregivers to keep any consumer ...

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Abbott Recalls Assurity and Endurity Pacemakers 
News | EP Lab
Abbott Recalls Assurity and Endurity Pacemakers 

May 14, 2021 — Abbott is recalling a subset of Assurity and Endurity pacemakers built using specific manufacturing ...

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According to the CDC, if you are fully vaccinated you can start doing many things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic. Infographic courtesy of the CDC.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
CDC Updates Its Mask Recommendations

May 13, 2021 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a new statement relaxing the ...

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Explaining the Emory TMVR angle. Discordance between mitral annular centerline (yellow lines) and valve orientation imposed by guidewire position within the LV apex (red dashed lines). (B) Valve intrinsic angle (α) is determined by external skirt height. (C) When annular-apical “Emory” angle (red curves) exceeds α (blue curve), annular skirt apposition is not possible, causing PVL (red arrows). (D) The valve is oriented perpendicular to the annual plane using an exteriorized apical guidewire.
Feature | Structural Heart | By Dave Fornell, Editor
The Emory Angle Can Help Eliminate Paravalvular Leak in Transcatheter Mitral Interventions

The mitral valve anatomy is extremely complex, which has caused many challenges for transcatheter mitral valve ...

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Videos | Structural Heart
VIDEO: Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Has Good Outcomes at 1 Year

Tom Jones, M.D., director, cardiac catheterization laboratories, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and principle investigator ...

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Estimates of excess deaths, defined as the number of persons who have died from all causes, above the expected number of deaths for a given place and time, can provide a comprehensive account of mortality likely related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including deaths that are both directly and indirectly associated with COVID-19
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
CDC Update on Excess Deaths Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 13, 2021 — Estimates of excess deaths, defined as the number of persons who have died from all causes, above the ...

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PolyVascular, leading the effort to improve children's lives with a novel polymeric transcatheter valve (PTV) for children, announced that it was awarded a $2 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant earlier this year to bring its polymeric stent-mounted valve (SMV) to clinical trials within the next two years in an effort to address pediatric congenital heart disease (CHD), which affects over 1 million patients around the world.
News | Pediatric Cardiology
PolyVascular Awarded $2 Million Small Business Innovation Research Grant to Bring the First Polymer-Based Heart Valve for Children to Clinical Trials

May 13, 2021 — PolyVascular, leading the effort to improve children's lives with a novel polymeric transcatheter valve ...

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Abbott recently announced its new interventional imaging platform powered by Ultreon 1.0 Software, has gained European CE marked. This first-of-its-kind imaging software merges optical coherence tomography (OCT) intravascular imaging with the power of artificial intelligence (AI) for enhanced visualization. The new Ultreon Software can automatically detect the severity of calcium-based blockages and measure vessel diameter to enhance the precision of physicians’ decision-making during coronary stenting proc
News | Cath Lab
Abbott’s New Artificial Intelligence OCT Coronary Imaging Platform Launches in Europe

May 12, 2021 — Abbott recently announced its new interventional imaging platform powered by Ultreon 1.0 Software, has ...

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According to the British Heart Foundation, heart and circulatory diseases cause more than a quarter (27 percent) of all deaths in the UK, which equates to more than 160,000 deaths each year — or one death every three minutes.
News | Cardiac Imaging
Using Contrast MRI After a Heart Attack Could Increase Survival

May 12, 2021 — According to the British Heart Foundation, heart and circulatory diseases cause more than a quarter (27 ...

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