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Edwards Lifesciences to Sell Critical Care to BD

DAIC

Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 06/05/2024 - 20:33 June 5, 2024 — Edwards Lifesciences announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Critical Care product group to BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), in an all-cash transaction valued at $4.2

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Edwards Acquires JenaValve and Endotronix, Expands into Aortic Regurgitation and Heart Failure

CardiacWire

Edwards Lifesciences is going all-in on structural heart and heart failure, acquiring aortic valve-maker JenaValve Technology and implantable heart failure monitor company Endotronix for $1.2B The post Edwards Acquires JenaValve and Endotronix, Expands into Aortic Regurgitation and Heart Failure appeared first on Cardiac Wire.

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Intervention for critical aortic stenosis in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

With this longer lifespan, calcific aortic stenosis (AS) was identified as an emerging critical risk factor for cardiac death in older patients. Intervention to relieve critical AS has the potential for immediate improvement in healthspan and lifespan. years by 4.3 years (30%).

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AISAP’s CARDIO AI-powered Diagnostic Assessment Software Receives FDA Clearance

DAIC

The software generates accurate reports in minutes using inexpensive devices, enabling emergency medicine, critical care, internal medicine, hospitalists and primary care physicians to make informed care decisions at the bedside.

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2023 STS Coding Workshop

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Allied Health

ET – E/M, Critical Care Q&A 10:45 a.m. Summarize the necessary documentation and regulations relevant to critical care and cardiothoracic surgery E/M services for 2023. ET – Adult Cardiac Q&A 5:15 p.m. ET – 6:00 p.m. ET – Congenital Cardiac Q&A 6:00 p.m. ET – 6:45 p.m. ET – 10:45 a.m. ET – 11:30 a.m.

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An elderly male with shortness of breath

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

They also wanted an aortic CT which was negative. Then the patient's pain then resolved spontaneously after 2 sublingual nitroglycerine and another ECG was recorded ECG 2 at 16 minutes ST ELEVATION CONSISTENT WITH INJURY, PERICARDITIS, OR EARLY REPOLARIZATION Overread same Smith : The T-waves are now MUCH smaller. This is a "Transient OMI".

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What do you think of this ECG?? Is this during pain, or after pain resolution? Also, see the CT image of the heart.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

There was high suspicion of OMI, so patient was brought to critical care area and another ECG was recorded just 7 minutes later as the pain had diminished to 4/10. Due to the severity of the pain and the high BP, they obtained an aortic dissection CT. especially since this Chest CT was done to rule out aortic dissection ).