September 2nd, 2013
Automatic Wireless Monitoring Shows Benefits in Chronic Heart Failure
Larry Husten, PHD
The In-Time trial is the first to show that home monitoring of HF patients may be beneficial.
September 12th, 2011
Study Finds Risks and Costs Associated with Infection After Device Implantation
Larry Husten, PHD
A large new study has found significant risks and costs associated with infections following the implantation of CIEDs (cardiovascular implantable electronic devices), including ICDs, CRT-Ds, and pacemakers. In a paper published in Archives of Internal Medicine, Muhammad Sohail and colleagues analyzed Medicare data from more than 200,000 patients admitted for CIED implantation, replacement, or revision in 2007, including 5817 admissions with infection. Infection […]
September 8th, 2011
When Is the Patient “Too Old” for an ICD?
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH and James Fang, MD
Discuss whether to implant an ICD near the end of a patient’s life.
November 14th, 2010
ICD-CRT Found Beneficial in RAFT
Larry Husten, PHD
RAFT (Resynchronization-Defibrillation for Ambulatory Heart Failure Trial) randomized 1798 patients with NYHA class II or III heart failure, LVEF < 30%, and a wide QRS complex to either an ICD alone or an ICD-CRT. After a mean followup of 40 months, the rate of death or heart failure hospitalization was 40.3% in the ICD group […]
NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Cardiology Articles- To Lower Stroke Risk in Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, Is a Device or a Medication Better?
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- Anticoagulation in Patients with Cancer-Associated Pulmonary Embolism: How Long is Long Enough?
- Spironolactone Use After Percutaneous Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction
- CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing for Transthyretin Cardiomyopathy