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TAVR in patients with severe obesity: Longer hospital stays, higher costs, more health risks

The CDC defines severe obesity, or class III obesity, as any patient with a BMI of 40 or higher. TAVR among these patients is not associated with a lower survival rate, but it does lead to many more risks.

January 19, 2024
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ICE guidance reduces risk of permanent pacemaker implantation after TAVR with a self-expandable valve

Heart teams can limit the risk of conduction disturbances that lead to permanent pacemaker implantation by utilizing both the cusp-overlap method and intracardiac echocardiography.

January 17, 2024
Eric Puroll, a project manager with the My Heart Your Heart program, examines donated pacemakers. For several years now, cardiologists, electrophysiologists and other heart specialists with the Frankel Cardiovascular Center at the University of Michigan (UM) have been working to get reconditioned pacemakers in the hands of patients who may not be able to afford a brand new device through the My Heart Your Heart program. Donated pacemakers are accepted if they have four years of battery life remaining.

Cardiologists give recycled pacemakers to heart patients in need

When patients with pacemakers die, what happens to the device? Typically, it ends up being discarded and forgotten—they were designed to be single-use devices, after all—but that does not have to be the case.

January 16, 2024
Stephanie Golab, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, explains statistics on heart transplant outcomes in older adults

It may be time to revisit patient selection protocols for heart transplants

In a new video interview, Stephanie Golab, MD, examines the latest data on heart transplant outcomes in older adults.

January 8, 2024
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TAVR patients face a higher risk of stroke for up to 2 years

A majority of strokes after TAVR occur in the first 48 hours, but patients remain at a significantly higher risk for much longer. 

January 4, 2024
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Endocarditis after SAVR more likely with bovine valves

Researchers examined data from more than 21,000 patients treated from 1997 to 2018, publishing their findings in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

January 3, 2024
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Transplant recipients may face risk of aging-related complications if receiving a much older heart

Early research suggests initiating therapy with senescence-inhibiting drugs could limit the risk of these side effects. 

January 2, 2024
“Undifferentiated Cardiac Sarcoma of the Mitral Valve: Multimodal Imaging Assessment" Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging RSNA

Radiologists select 2023's top images in cardiothoracic imaging

“Cardiothoracic imaging continues to evolve, fueled by technical innovations such as dynamic chest radiography, digital tomosynthesis and dark-field radiography," one radiologist said.

December 21, 2023

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