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Heart Rhythm Society’s HRX 2024 to Draw Cardiovascular Innovators to Atlanta

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The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) is preparing for HRX 2024, the third annual event of its kind, which will be held from September 5-7, 2024, in Atlanta, GA, gathering cardiovascular health innovators together to explore discoveries and advance partnerships between medicine and technology. Avari Silva On Saturday, Sept.

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Integration of implantable device therapy in patients with heart failure. A clinical consensus statement from the Heart Failure Association (HFA) and European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

European Journal of Heart Failure

Implantable devices form an integral part of the management of patients with heart failure (HF) and provide adjunctive therapies in addition to cornerstone drug treatment. Although the number of these devices is growing, only few are supported by robust evidence.

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First Heart Rhythm Patients in Southern Italy Treated with Advanced Robotic Technology

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milla1cf Tue, 06/11/2024 - 18:09 June 11, 2024 — Stereotaxis (NYSE: STXS), a pioneer in surgical robotics for minimally invasive endovascular intervention, today announced that Hospital Santa Maria della Pietà, in Nola in the Metropolitan City of Naples, has established the first robotic cardiac heart program in Southern Italy.

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NCDR at Heart Rhythm 2024: Pediatric Subcutaneous ICD; Catheter Ablation For Atrial Tachyarrhythmias; More

American College of Cardiology

Several abstracts at Heart Rhythm 2024, held May 16-19 in Boston, MA, featured data from the NCDR suite of registries.

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Top 10: Must-reads from the Month of May

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American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) Issue New Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Management Guidelines 2. New Study Published in JACC: Heart Failure Reveals that Despite Significant Efforts to Improve Acute Heart Failure Treatment Over the Past 20 Years, Management Remains Unchanged 3.

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AI May Help Physicians Detect Abnormal Heart Rhythms Earlier

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milla1cf Fri, 05/24/2024 - 07:00 May 24, 2024 — An artificial intelligence (AI) program developed by investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute and their Cedars-Sinai colleagues can detect a type of abnormal heart rhythm that can go unnoticed during medical appointments, according to a new study. An estimated 12.1

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A-fib plus heart failure a dangerous combo

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

For the four in 10 patients with newly diagnosed heart failure who also have the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation, the prognosis can be poor.