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Top 10 Cardiac Diagnosis Trends in 2024

GEMMS

Innovative algorithms analyze gene biomarkers to provide predictive insights and personalized patient therapy. Point of Care Tests Point-of-care testing (POCT) quickly assesses cardiac biomarkers and other heart health indicators, aiding in prompt diagnosis and treatment decisions.

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MP-470543-006 TOWARDS A GLOBAL ARRHYTHMIC RISK SCORE FOR ICD PLACEMENT IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE INCORPORATING NOVEL COMPUTATIONAL-DERIVED BIOMARKERS

HeartRhythm

Current guidelines for implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), primarily based on LV ejection fraction (LVEF) are sub-optimal and have limitations. Patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) suffer an elevated risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD).

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Evaluating real-world mortality risk after defibrillator implantation

The British Journal of Cardiology

Protection against the increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to ventricular arrhythmias is offered by the implantation of cardiac defibrillators. This is a single-centre retrospective study on the outcomes of all patients who had a transvenous defibrillator implant in 2015. Data from 235 patients were analysed.

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Role of Biomarkers of Myocardial Injury to Predict Adverse Outcomes in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

Background:Serum troponins and CK-MB (creatine kinase-MB) are readily detectable and reliable cardiac-specific biomarkers of subclinical myocardial injury. Conclusions:Comprehensive evaluations of biomarkers of myocardial injury, cTnI and CK-MB, have considerable value for predicting adverse outcomes among patients with HCM.

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Heart Vest Could Help Predict Sudden Cardiac Death Risk

DAIC

Better stratification of risk, the researchers say, would help clinicians to identify people in need of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) – a device that monitors heart rhythm and shocks the heart back into a normal rhythm if needed.