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Amvia Sky Launched in Canada, the World’s First Pacemaker Approved for LBBAP

DAIC

Fadi Mansour performed the first Canadian implant of BIOTRONIK ’s newest pacemaker and CRT-P generation earlier this year at the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal. The patient received an Amvia Sky HF-T QP triple chamber pacemaker device.

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Emergency interventions for cardiogenic shock due to decompensated aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Open Heart

Secondary endpoints were in-hospital mortality, 1-year mortality, bleeding, major vascular complications, myocardial infarction, stroke, incidence of pacemaker implantation, acute kidney injury and aortic regurgitation. Results Seventeen studies were included, totalling 2811 patients. The primary endpoint was mortality at 30 days.

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ID: 4121423 A Novel Remote Monitoring Solution for Leadless Pacemakers

HeartRhythm

However, remote monitoring is not currently available for DR leadless pacemakers. The AVEIR™ single-chamber (VR) and dual-chamber (DR) leadless pacemaker (LP) systems (Abbott, Abbott Park, IL) utilize a novel conductive telemetry communication schema for in-clinic device interrogation. ™ Patient Care Network (PCN).

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Documentary Led by HonorHealth Research Institute Focuses on Injuries to Doctors and Nurses Working in Cardiology

DAIC

The documentary includes interviews with pioneers of interventional cardiac catheterization, in which multiple x-rays are used to navigate stents, valves, pacemakers and other devices through the vascular system and into and around the heart to restore patient health without resorting to the risks posed by open-heart surgery.

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First-of-its-kind ACC Registry Tracks Cardiac Procedures Performed in Ambulatory Surgical Settings

DAIC

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are health care facilities that provide same-day surgical care, including diagnostic and preventive procedures, outside a hospital setting for planned procedures on low-risk, stable patients. For more information: www.acc.org If you enjoy this content, please share it with a colleague

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Cardiomatics guide: Analyzing arrhythmias made easy

Cardiomatics

Interpreting the waves and detecting abnormalities: Typically, the heart conducts electricity in a pathway starting in the sinoatrial node (SA), our heart’s “natural pacemaker”, located in the wall of the right atrium. Sinus tachycardia – sinus rhythm above 100 bpm is a sinus tachycardia. Usually does not exceed 160 bpm.

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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.