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What is new in Heart failure management ? Ultrasonic cardiac re-synchronization : The WiSE -CRT device

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Green: Micra leadless pacemaker; blue: WiSE-CRT system LV endocardial electrode; and red: WiSE-CRT system subcutaneous battery and ultrasound generator. Carabelli A, Jabeur M, Jacon P, Rinaldi CA, European experience with a first totally leadless cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker system. Heart Rhythm.

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Clinical Trial Presented at HRS 2024 Shows Benefits of Early Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) in Slowing Progression of Heart Failure

DAIC

The findings were presented during the final day of the Heart Rhythm Society meeting, HRS 2024. have heart failure, and the prevalence is expected to rise to 8.5 1 Additionally, more than 30% of heart failure patients have conduction abnormalities. Approximately 6.7 million adults in the U.S.

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What to Know About Bradycardia

AMS Cardiology

This can include our hearts, which may develop conditions like bradycardia or a slow heart rate. While a slow heart rhythm might not sound concerning, it can sometimes lead to alarming symptoms and even pose severe health risks. Bradycardia is a condition in which the heart’s rhythm is too slow.

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History & Future of Cardiac Remote Patient Monitoring

Vector Remote

The Beginning: The Need for Cardiac Remote Patient Monitoring The first implantable pacemaker, was developed in the late 1950s, but the first clinically successful pacemaker was implanted into a 77-year-old at a Veterans Affairs hospital in New York in 1960.

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Remote Patient Monitoring Workflow

Vector Remote

These devices are implanted under the skin and can monitor the heart’s rhythm, delivering as-needed electrical shocks to correct abnormal heart rhythms. Specialized pacemakers used to treat heart failure, monitor heart rhythm and adjust pacing as needed.

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The Management of Chronic Disease

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

So she went back in 4 weeks and this time saw another doctor who asked her to stop the inhalers and suggested that it could be her heart and organised a chest X-ray and blood tests. Medications that improve quality of life in heart failure for example include diuretics.

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What Happens When A Healthy 86-Year-Old Gets Atrial Fibrillation

CardioBrief

Editor’s note: 86-year-old Nina Mishkin was still healthy and active when she went to Dublin, Ireland last September. After she returned home she developed atrial fibrillation, and then much more. “I never felt particularly vulnerable and fragile before,” she writes. “Now I do… It’s a different universe I inhabit.”