Cardiology Update

APRIL 25, 2024

RELIEVE-HF investigators evaluated the efficacy and safety of the V-wave interatrial shunt system in patients with heart failure. The primary endpoint was a composite of all-cause mortality, left ventricular assist device (LVAD)/heart transplantation, HF hospitalizations, worsening HF, and KCCQ score changes. April 6, 2024.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 02/21/2024 - 19:10 February 21, 2024 — Ochsner Children's Hospital , ranked among the top hospitals in the nation for pediatric cardiology and congenital heart surgery, is raising awareness of the need for more pediatric-specific heart devices. For three consecutive years, U.S.

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APRIL 30, 2024

Study shows that cardiac spheroids, derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, can be easily transported and injected into damaged areas of the heart to promote its regeneration and recovery of function. Heart attacks typically kill millions of cardiac muscle cells, leaving the heart in a weakened state.

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HeartRhythm

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In the editorial commentary titled “Is more, “more” when itcomes to pacing in heart transplant patients?” Rod Gimbel published in February 2024 (2024;21;161-162) in Heart Rhythm, the surname of the related article’s first author, Zain Gowani, is incorrectly referred to as Gowali. The author regrets this error.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) has approved DEFINITY (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) as an ultrasound enhancing agent for use in pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms, including those who have undergone heart transplant, or have Kawasaki disease or a congenital cardiovascular anomaly. 5 Kutty, S., et al (2016).

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APRIL 16, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 04/16/2024 - 12:35 April 16, 2024 — CVRx, Inc., a commercial-stage medical device company, announced today the availability of additional data, including the publication of results of the post-market phase of the BeAT-HF trial in the European Journal of Heart Failure. See more details at TCTMD.

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Cardiology Update

JANUARY 22, 2024

The primary outcome was death from any cause, and the secondary outcome included a composite of death, heart transplantation, or ventricular assist device implantation. At a mean (±SD) follow-up of 40±20 months, CRT showed a significantly lower risk of death or hospitalization due to heart failure.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The inherited heart condition often goes undiagnosed until it advances to heart failure, which is why it’s important to identify those at risk and begin treatment early. heart failure/heart transplant programs that contributed to the study.

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JUNE 24, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 06/24/2024 - 20:21 June 24, 2024 — Endotronix, Inc. , a privately held company dedicated to advancing the treatment of heart failure ( HF ) at the intersection of digital health and medtech, today announced Premarket Approval (PMA) from the U.S

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MAY 15, 2024

milla1cf Wed, 05/15/2024 - 08:50 May 15, 2024 — The U.S. 882 Dates Distributed: March 1, 2021 to present Date Initiated by Firm: March 13, 2024 Device Use The HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) is used to help the heart pump blood when it is not able to do so effectively on its own.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Image courtesy of Abbott mtaschetta-millane Mon, 04/15/2024 - 09:54 April 15, 2024 — The U.S. This occurs when biological material builds up between certain parts of the device, causing a blockage that makes it harder for the heart to pump blood. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) announced A bbott/Thoratec Corp.

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MARCH 13, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 03/13/2024 - 16:49 March 13, 2024 — BioCardia, Inc. , The CMS coverage approval is supported by the scientific rigor of the protocol design and the results from the interim data from the CardiAMP Heart Failure Trial recently presented at the Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics 2024 annual meeting.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Heart failure, heart transplantation and death by cardiac causes were more often seen in individuals with biventricular phenotype compared to isolated left or right ventricular phenotype. 2024 Feb 27;83(8):797-807. Phenotypic Expression and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathies. 2023.12.015.

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MAY 31, 2024

By the end of the study cardiologists performed 10% fewer biopsies in the first year post-transplant and 40% fewer in the second year post-transplant despite an increase in follow-up biopsy rates for dual positives. Hanna , CareDx President and CEO.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Pictured Left to Right: Members and students of the McGill Gene Editing Laboratory at The Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas: Fansen Meng, PhD, Xiao Li, PhD, James Martin, MD, PhD, Rich Li, PhD (back), Maggie Lim (undergraduate student at Rice University front), Yuka Morikawa, PhD, Ann Bromley.

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APRIL 8, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 04/08/2024 - 18:07 April 8, 2024 — Implantation of the Impella CP micro-axial flow pump in the hours after a heart attack significantly increased the rate of survival at six months among people suffering cardiogenic shock, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology ’s Annual Scientific Session.

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Cardiology Update

APRIL 9, 2024

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) held its 73 rd annual scientific session and expo April 6-8, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Investigators assessed if empagliflozin could lower the risk of hospitalization for heart failure (HF) or death from cardiovascular disease (CVD). April 6, 2024. April 7, 2024. April 7, 2024.

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MARCH 29, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 03/29/2024 - 08:08 March 29, 2024 — V-Wave announced it will present late-breaking data from its RELIEVE-HF pivotal trial at the American College of Cardiology 's ( ACC ) Annual Scientific Session & Expo taking place April 6-8 in Atlanta. and worldwide," said Neal Eigler, M.D. , CEO of V-Wave.

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APRIL 6, 2024

Stone will present the study, “A Double-blind, Randomized Placebo Procedure-controlled Trial of an Interatrial Shunt in Patients with HfrEF and HfpEF: Principal Results from the RELIEVE-HF Trial,” on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. Researchers tracked outcomes in each participant for at least one year and up to two years.

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APRIL 6, 2024

24, in Atlanta, GA. Researchers tracked outcomes in each participant for at least one year and up to two years.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Lead Author Title Publication Date Jacob Raphael Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Pulmonary Complications: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis The Annals of Thoracic Surgery January 2024 Joseph Sabik Multi-Arterial versus Single-Arterial Coronary Surgery: Ten Year Follow-up of One Million (..)

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