CARD || Arrhythmias & Electrophysiology

Insertable monitor reveals AF in 30% of cryptogenic stroke patients

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 18:50

WASHINGTON – Continuous cardiac monitoring via Medtronic’s insertable REVEAL XT device resulted in detection of atrial fibrillation in 30% of cryptogenic stroke patients at 36 months of follow-up in...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

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Apixaban provides larger medical cost savings than other NOACs

Posted on: 04/04/2014 - 14:45

WASHINGTON – Apixaban yields the great medical cost savings of the three novel oral anticoagulants available as alternatives to warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Patients with LBBB get bigger long-term survival bang from CRT-D

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 23:40

WASHINGTON – Early treatment with cardiac-resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator showed a significant survival benefit in patients with mild heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, and...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Novel anticoagulants get nod in new AF guidelines

Posted on: 28/03/2014 - 18:45

New guidelines for managing patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation recommend dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban, as well as warfarin, and call on physicians to use a more comprehensive...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Apixaban approved for preventing DVT and pulmonary embolism after hip/knee surgery

Posted on: 14/03/2014 - 20:15

The oral anticoagulant apixaban has been approved for prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis, which may lead to pulmonary embolism, in patients who have undergone hip or knee replacement...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Warfarin beneficial after acute a fib–associated MI in chronic kidney disease

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 21:00

Warfarin therapy decreased the composite endpoint of death, recurrent myocardial infarction, and ischemic stroke after an incident acute MI with atrial fibrillation among patients who had chronic...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Physician/patient communication on ICDs deemed problematic

Posted on: 28/02/2014 - 18:15

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Cardiologist-patient discussions at the time of decision making about implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy are fraught with a disturbing degree of misrepresentation and...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Device detects more atrial fibrillation, but when is intervention necessary?

Posted on: 21/02/2014 - 14:20

SAN DIEGO – After 6 months, Medtronic’s Reveal XT implant picked up atrial fibrillation in 8.6% of cryptogenic stroke patients. Standard monitoring found it in 1.4%, according to company data...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Continuous AF monitors raise questions about when to intervene

Posted on: 20/02/2014 - 18:05

SAN DIEGO – Medtronic’s Reveal XT heart monitor implant detected atrial fibrillation missed by older techniques in a randomized trial. The company’s North American and European <link...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Ablation edges out drugs for treatment-naive paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Posted on: 18/02/2014 - 21:00

Among younger patients with treatment-naive paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, radiofrequency ablation modestly lowered the rate of recurrent atrial tachyarrhythmia during 2 years of follow-up, compared...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Insertable monitor reveals AF in 30% of cryptogenic stroke patients

Apixaban provides larger medical cost savings than other NOACs

Patients with LBBB get bigger long-term survival bang from CRT-D

Novel anticoagulants get nod in new AF guidelines

Apixaban approved for preventing DVT and pulmonary embolism after hip/knee surgery

Warfarin beneficial after acute a fib–associated MI in chronic kidney disease

Physician/patient communication on ICDs deemed problematic

VIDEO: Device detects more atrial fibrillation, but when is intervention necessary?

Continuous AF monitors raise questions about when to intervene

Ablation edges out drugs for treatment-naive paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

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