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FDA investigating potential sex differences in LAAO adverse outcomes
“The FDA recognizes the limitations of these data, including that the study was not randomized, only included one LAAO device (the first-...
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Cardiogenic shock teams again tied to lower mortality
New data suggest centers with a shock team had higher survival and lower resource use in the cardiac ICU.
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Cavernous gender gap in Medicare payments to cardiologists
The differences persisted after adjustment for physician experience and subspecialty, number of charges submitted, unique billing codes used, and...
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Feds slap UPMC, lead cardiothoracic surgeon with fraud lawsuit
The whistleblower suit alleges fraudulent billing tied to concurrent surgeries and ‘longstanding, knowing, and egregious violations of the public...
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Two swings, two misses with colchicine, Vascepa in COVID-19
The study cohorts varied from healthcare and public workers at high risk for infection to individuals already hospitalized with COVID-19.
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Dapagliflozin in HFrEF may cut arrhythmias, sudden death: DAPA-HF
Response to the positive findings was tempered, however, by the post hoc nature of the analysis, choice of primary outcome, and inconsistencies...
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Colchicine effective regardless of ACS history, timing: LoDoCo2
The results contrast with those from another subanalysis, in which greater benefits were observed with earlier administration of the repurposed...
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Chronic kidney disease tied to worse LAAO outcomes
The findings from a nationwide study echo those seen with other cardiac interventions and highlight the pressing need for more data in this high-...
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Connecticut chapter of ACC at center of Twitter dustup
A tweet taking aim at a medical student’s lament over unrelenting hospital hours prompted a fiery exchange, an apology, and even accusations of...
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FDA approves Abbott’s Amplatzer Amulet for AFib
Long available in Europe, the approval heats up the U.S. market of minimally invasive solutions for stroke prevention with left atrial appendage...
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‘Striking’ difference in adverse events in women with Watchman LAAO
National registry data show higher rates of major complications and death among women with atrial fibrillation with the preventive procedure.
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Heart doc offering ‘fountain of youth’ jailed for 6 1/2 years
The hammer finally fell on the disgraced Pennsylvania cardiologist after an eleventh-hour motion and a 2019 guilty verdict in a multimillion-...
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Despite retraction, study using fraudulent Surgisphere data still cited
This despite a quick and widely publicized retraction of the COVID-19 cardiovascular study and stratospheric fall of the health care analytics...
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FDA panel balks at TriGuard 3 cerebral embolic device for TAVR
The device offers advantages over the approved Sentinel device but could not tamp down stroke rates, the very complication it was designed to...
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Dissolving pacemaker impressive in early research
The investigational device has shown its mettle in several preclinical models and trades on the same ‘leave nothing behind’ philosophy that’s...