NEWS on cardiovascular, respiratory system implants

Implantable Defibrillator System Shock Function, Mortality, and Cause of Death After Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

3D bioprinting rebuilding components of the human heart

3D blood vessel printing (research)

3D Printing of Heart

A Double-Lung Transplant and a Pair of Breast Implants to Save a Life

A growth-accommodating implant for paediatric applications

Affection of Cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators by electromagnetic fields in everyday life

Antibacterial Envelope of Cardiac Implantable Device

Aortic valve replacement –
TAVI and sAVR in comparison

Autonomous robotic intracardiac catheter navigation

Bioink for Printing 3D Cardiac Constructs

Bioinspired Heart Valve Prosthesis (Silicone, Additive Manufacturing)

Bioresorbable Scaffolds versus Metallic Stents in Routine PCI

Breast implants may falsify EKG (german)

Call-back of pacemakers

Cardiopatch for heart tissue

Complete Revascularization with Multivessel PCI for Myocardial Infarction

Concerns about paclitaxel-coated stents and balloons removed

Concomitant Tricuspid Repair in Patients with Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation

Custom-made silicone heart valves

Dassault Systèmes’ Living Heart Project Reaches Next Milestones

Defibrillator Implantation in Patients with Nonischemic Systolic Heart Failure

Deutsche AOK informiert über Qualitätsergebnisse bei kathetergestütztem Aortenklappenersatz

Development of rupture-resistant bioprostheses for aortic aneurysms

Digital light 3D printing of customized bioresorbable airway stents

Drug-coated balloons for small coronary artery disease

Drug-Eluting or Bare-Metal Stents for Coronary Artery Disease

Drug-eluting stents (DES) superior versus bare-metal stents

Dual-Chamber Leadless Pacemaker

Effect of Implantable vs Prolonged External Electrocardiographic Monitoring on Atrial Fibrillation Detection in Patients With Ischemic Stroke

Efficacy and Safety of an Extravascular, substernally implanted Cardioverter–Defibrillator

Electromagnetic interference of active heart rhythm implants in everyday life and at work

Empfehlung für die Verwendung von Paclitaxel-beschichteten Stents (DES) und Ballons (DCB) in der Behandlung der peripheren arteriellen Verschlusskrankheit (pAVK) (german)

ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease 2017

Evaluation of Changes in Functional Status in the Year After Aortic Valve Replacement

Five-Year Outcomes after PCI or CABG for Left Main Coronary Disease

Foramen Ovale Closure after Stroke

FRESH 3D Bioprinting a Full-Size Model of the Human Heart

Fully implantable and bioresorbable cardiac pacemakers without leads or batteries

General versus Local Anesthesia with Conscious Sedation in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Genetically Modified Porcine-to-Human Cardiac Xenotransplantation

Growth-accomodating implant for paediatric applications

Hacking risk leads to recall of 500,000 pacemakers

Heart pacemakers and defibrillators often not affected by electromagnetic fields in everyday life

Heart Transplant and Artificial Heart Systems

Heart umbrellas with a big impact

Heart valves that can grow with pediatric patients

High-power chargers for electric vehicles are safe for patients with pacemakers and defibrillators 

Implants: researchers lay foundation for next generation aortic grafts

Incidence of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After TAVI

Incidence of Previously Undiagnosed Atrial Fibrillation Using Insertable Cardiac Monitors in a High-Risk Population

Infections Associated with Resterilized Pacemakers and Defibrillators

Inferior Vena Cava Filter Use / Mortality Rates in Older Adults With Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Leadless pacing of hearts

More complications in heart valve surgery in the morning

More than 100,000 heart surgeries in Germany in 2019

Mortality with Paclitaxel-Coated Devices in Peripheral Artery Disease

Motor driven heart valve implanted (University Mainz, Germany)

Multivascular networks within biocompatible hydrogels

New pacemaker without battery

New technology avoids complications during catheter replacement of mitral valve

Outcomes for Absorb Stent Acceptable at One to Two Years, with Caveats

Pacemaker hack may put malware directly on the device

Patients and physicians see the benefits of cardiac catheter treatment differently. Patients overestimate it.

Percutaneous Revascularization for Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Performance of Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves

Permanent implantable cardiac support systems

Phrenic nerve stimulation for the treatment of central sleep apnea

Platform for testing, development and approval of cardiovascular implants planned

Polymeric Materials And Coronary Angioplasty Devices

Positive interim result for aftercare app for heart transplantation

Procedural Volume and Outcomes for Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement

Regenerative heart valves: from simulation to replacement

Resorbable vascular wall stent in development

Results for the Ischemia Trials: To Intervene or Not to Intervene

Risk of Death Following Application of Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons and Stents

Risk of Death Following Application of Paclitaxel‐Coated Balloons and Stents in the Femoropopliteal Artery

Risk of Death Following Application of Paclitaxel‐Coated Balloons and Stents in the Femoropopliteal Artery of the Leg (Systematic Review/Meta‐Analysis)

Risk of Type III Endoleaks with Use of Endologix AFX Endovascular AAA Graft Systems (FDA)

Second Historic Transplant of Pig Heart into Patient

Self-charging pacemaker

smartphones may affect implanted pacemakers

Soft occluder for the left atrial appendage

Spatially Heterogeneous Tubular Scaffolds for In Situ Heart Valve Tissue Engineering Using Melt Electrowriting

Spiral pressure cardiac biventricular assist device presented (Cardiotwist)

Standard Of Care And The Internet Of Medical Things

Study shows benefits to treating all clogged arteries at once after heart attack

Supplemental calcium and vitamin D and long-term mortality in aortic stenosis

Synchronizing both sides of the heart with wirelessly powered, leadless pacemaker (porcine model)

TAVR with a Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients

The use of biological heart valves

The Use of Biological Heart Valves

TIA (transient ischemic attack) and stroke: neurologists for more precise patient selection for stent treatments

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Technologies

Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement

Unintentional magnet reversion of an implanted cardiac defibrillator by an electronic cigarette

Unintentional magnet reversion of an implanted cardiac defibrillator by an electronic cigarette

Vena Cava Filters in Severely Injured Patients

Visualization of USPIO-labeled melt-electrowritten scaffolds by non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging

Younger patients experiencing more complications with cardioverter defibrillators