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Medtronic Receives CE Mark for Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement System

DAIC

tim.hodson Mon, 01/06/2025 - 16:04 Jan. 6, 2025 Medtronic plc hasannounced it received CE ( Conformit Europenne ) Mark for the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) System, a minimally invasive alternative to open-heart surgery for congenital heart disease patients with native or surgically repaired right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). The Harmony TPV system has already been implanted in more than 2,200 patients and now has access to help many more patients across the European Union.

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Organic Food Consumption May Protect Against Allergic Sensitization

HCPLive

This analysis highlights the connection between organic food consumption and respiratory/allergic morbidity among those of school age.

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Global study links millions of diabetes and heart disease cases to sugary drinks

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A new study from researchers at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, published in Nature Medicine, estimates that 2.2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million new cases of cardiovascular disease occur each year globally due to consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.

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Glutamatergic Medications Show Promise in Improving OCD Symptoms

HCPLive

Glutamatergic medications show promise for OCD & related disorders, reducing Y-BOCS scores.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Insulin Beats Oral Alternatives for Gestational Diabetes Outcome

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Oral glucose-lowering medications weren't up to snuff with insulin for gestational diabetes, a randomized clinical trial found. Among 820 individuals, 23.9% of infants born to mothers treated with a sequential regimen of metformin.

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Current Kidney Failure Mortality Prediction Models Miss the Mark for Clinical Use

HCPLive

Systematic review findings point to bias and insufficient clinical applicability with current mortality risk models in patients with kidney failure.

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Steven W. Pipe, MD: Supporting Gene Therapy Implementation for Hemophilia

HCPLive

Pipe discussed a symposium at ASH 2024 about practical implementation of gene therapy in the field.

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Personalized Heart Digital Twins Detect Substrate Abnormalities in Scar-Dependent Ventricular Tachycardia

Circulation

Circulation, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Current outcomes from catheter ablation for scar-dependent ventricular tachycardia (VT) are limited by high recurrence rates and long procedure durations. Personalized heart digital twin technology presents a noninvasive method of predicting critical substrate in VT, and its integration into clinical VT ablation offers a promising solution.

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Diabetes Dialogue: Leveraging Smart Algorithms for Insulin Optimization with Eran Atlas

HCPLive

In this episode, hosts discuss optimizing insulin therapy for people with diabetes using AI-driven algorithms with Eran Atlas, CEO of DreaMed Diabetes.

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Mitral valve prolapse in sudden cardiac arrest survivors – coincidence or causal relationship?

HeartRhythm

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) risk stratification in patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) may be complicated by other potential causes of arrhythmia.

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Skin of Color Savvy: Itch in Skin of Color, with Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH, and Shawn Kwatra, MD

HCPLive

In the inaugural episode of Skin of Color Savvy, Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH, and Shawn Kwatra, MD, discuss diagnosis and management of itch in skin of color.

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Surgical Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: New Light on the Horizon?

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Ahead of Print. After 30 years of disappointment, 2 randomized controlled trials investigating the effect of neurosurgical treatment on functional outcome in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage were published in 2024. The ENRICH trial (Early Minimally Invasive Removal of Intracerebral Hemorrhage) studied the efficacy of early minimally invasive hematoma removal in patients with lobar or anterior basal ganglia intracerebral hemorrhage, whereas the SWITCH trial investigated the effect o

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Digital heart twin offers potential new tool for treating dangerous heart rhythms

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Using computers to make a digital replica of the hearta digital heart twincan successfully identify problem areas deep in the heart muscle of people with a serious heart rhythm disorder, a new study finds. The research lays the groundwork for a new way of treating a life-threatening condition often caused by prior heart attacks or genetic heart disorders.

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ACC Announces 2025 Distinguished Award Recipients

American College of Cardiology

The ACC is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025 Distinguished Awards. This year's honorees represent an inspiring group of individuals who have made, and continue to make, significant contributions to advancing the Colleges Vision of a world where science, knowledge, and innovation enhance the care and outcomes of cardiovascular patients globally.

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Women's Choice Award honors 441 hospitals for heart care

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

The Women's Choice Award released its annual list of best hospitals Dec. 15, recognizing nearly 1,500 facilities nationwide for exceptional women's healthcare.

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From the Member Sections | The Evolution of Practice in Structural Disease/Valve Treatment: A Triumph of Collaboration

American College of Cardiology

The first successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was performed by Andreas Gruentzig, MD, in September 1977.

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Denosumab May Offer Better Fracture Protection for Dialysis Patients

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Dialysis patients on denosumab (Prolia, Xgeva) had a lower risk for fracture but higher risk for a certain heart event, suggested an observational trial weighted to emulate a clinical trial. Among 1,032 Japanese patients on.

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Cover Story | Transformative Trends in CV Medicine For 2025

American College of Cardiology

As the new year begins, the landscape of cardiovascular medicine is undergoing a remarkable transformation, driven by groundbreaking technologies and innovative approaches that promise to revolutionize patient care.

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OCS-05 for Acute Optic Neuritis Achieves Key Endpoints in Phase 2 Trial

HCPLive

OCS-05 meets primary safety endpoints and demonstrates a neuroprotective structural benefit, as well as visual improvement, in topline results from ACUITY.

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ACC Mission in Action | Breaking Barriers and Empowering Mid-Career Women in Cardiology

American College of Cardiology

Women comprise over half of the health care workforce, yet they remain significantly underrepresented in senior leadership positions. They also face unique challenges, ranging from balancing family responsibilities with professional advancement to disparities in compensation and gender biases.

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Addressing Nutritional, Emotional Status May Improve Seborrheic Dermatitis

HCPLive

These data highlight the connection between obesity, nutrition habits, and psycho-emotional status to the etiopathogenesis of seborrheic dermatitis.

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Feature | Expert Insights Into Managing Cardiotoxic Cancer Therapy

American College of Cardiology

Preventing, detecting and managing cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity (CTR-CVT) is a clear objective during cancer treatment.

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Anomalous drainage of lingular vein into left inferior pulmonary vein during thoracoscopic lung cancer surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

The intricate anatomical variations in lung structure often perplex thoracic surgeons, and the accurate identification of these variations is closely associated with favorable surgical outcomes.

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Gabapentin Does Not Increase Risk of Falls in Older Adults

HCPLive

An active comparator study found that incident use of gabapentin was associated with lower rates of falls than duloxetine and similar rates of severe falls.

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Lateral costal artery as a culprit for the steal phenomenon after coronary artery bypass grafting: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

The left internal thoracic artery (LITA) has been widely accepted as the standard for revascularizing the left anterior descending artery during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. However, in 102.

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Protein ADM Mediates Loneliness’ Association With CVD, Stroke, Mortality

HCPLive

A study found that the protein ADM significantly mediates loneliness' link to cardiovascular disease, stroke, dementia, and mortality, emphasizing loneliness health risks.

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Factors associated with hospital length of stay in patients with thoracic hydatid cyst disease undergoing surgical intervention: a retrospective study

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Hydatid cyst (HC) frequently affects the lungs, making it the second most common site after the liver. This study evaluated the clinical characteristics, surgical procedures, complications, laboratory findings.

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Key Takeaways for Improving CKD Diagnosis and Treatment in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

HCPLive

Panelists discuss the key takeaways for improving chronic kidney disease (CKD) diagnosis and treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes, emphasizing how to effectively sequence treatment options based on patient types to address cardiovascular and renal risks in both early and advanced stages of the disease.

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The diagnostic and prognostic value of serum miR-199a-5p combined with echocardiography in acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Background Diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are crucial for patients. Objective The clinical significance of serum miR-199a-5p combined with echocardiography in AMI was investigated to provide some reference for clinical treatment. Methods The study subjects were 90 AMI patients and 50 acute chest pain patients (control).

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Safety of IgAN Treatments

HCPLive

Panelists discuss how adverse effects associated with corticosteroids can significantly affect patient adherence and quality of life, emphasizing the need for future therapies to strike a balance between efficacy and a more tolerable adverse effect profile.

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ACC CardiaCast: PulseCheck: Palliative Care in Patients with Heart Disease: Tools for End-Stage Heart Failure Care

American College of Cardiology

In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Jae Patton, MSN, CRNP, AACC and Sarah Godfrey, MD, MPH to share insights for ensuring quality of life when time is short: tools for the end-stage heart failure care.

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The Promise of Emerging IgAN Therapies

HCPLive

Panelists discuss how emerging therapies are expected to address the unmet need for treatments that not only reduce proteinuria but also target the underlying immune dysfunction associated with IgA nephropathy.

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What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winter

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

As temperatures drop, zip up that coat, pull on a hat and gloves and be mindful of how much time you're exposed to the elements, especially if you're an older adult or have an underlying cardiovascular condition.

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A Probabilistic Modeling Framework for the Prediction of Spontaneous Premature Beats and Reentry Initiation

HeartRhythm

Spontaneously occurring life threatening reentrant arrhythmias result when a propagating premature beat encounters a region with significant dispersion of refractoriness. Although localized structural tissue heterogeneities and prescribed cell functional gradients have been incorporated into computational electrophysiological models, a quantitative framework for the evolution from normal to abnormal behavior that occurs via disease is lacking.

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Editors’ Corner | New Year, New Opportunities

American College of Cardiology

Welcome to the new year stretching out ahead of us like a blank canvas waiting to be painted, created with fresh new ideas and opportunities.

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Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Heart Failure: Difference in 3-Year Outcomes between Reduced and Preserved Ejection Fraction

HeartRhythm

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia in patients with heart failure (HF). The coexistence of these conditions can further induce structural changes and result in worsened outcomes such as stroke, HF decompensation, poorly controlled AF, and mortality [1]. Catheter ablation of AF has been proven to be an effective therapeutic option for AF management in HF, particularly in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) [2, 3].