NEWS on cardiovascular, respiratory system implants
Cardiopatch for heart tissue
Cardiopatch platform enables maturation and scale-up of human pluripotent stem cell-derived engineered heart tissues IY Shadrin et al. Despite increased use of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) for drug development and disease modeling studies, methods to generate large, functional heart tissues for human therapy are lacking. Here we...
Leadless pacing of hearts
Leadless pacing of hearts, experience and outlook (german) S Winter et al. First longterm results show constant performance. The one-chamber pacemakers are currently limited for elder patients. Application as two-chamber-systems may be possible in future Dtsch Arztebl 2017; 114(45): [12]; DOI: 10.3238/PersKardio.2017.11.10.03
Spiral pressure cardiac biventricular assist device presented (Cardiotwist)
Cardiotwist device is an extra cardiac biventricular assist device for chronic or acute heart failure patients. Dr. Mahdi Daliri (Tehran, IRAN), m_daliri@yahoo.com The device helps the muscles of right and left ventricular with spiral pressure from outside and increases the output. presented at the iENA, Nuremberg (GERMANY) 2017
More complications in heart valve surgery in the morning
Daytime variation of perioperative myocardial injury in cardiac surgery and its prevention by Rev-Erbα antagonism: a single-centre propensity-matched cohort study and a randomised study Montaigne D et al. Perioperative myocardial injury is transcriptionally orchestrated by the circadian clock in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement, and Rev-Erbα antagonism seems to be...
Foramen Ovale Closure after Stroke
Among adults who had had a cryptogenic ischemic stroke, closure of a PFO was associated with a lower rate of recurrent ischemic strokes than medical therapy alone during extended follow-up. (Funded by St. Jude Medical; RESPECT ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00465270.) Supported by St. Jude Medical. N Engl J Med 2017; 377:1022-1032September...
Hacking risk leads to recall of 500,000 pacemakers
Hacking risk leads to recall of 500,000 pacemakers due to patient death fears the guardian FDA overseeing crucial firmware update in US to patch security holes and prevent hijacking of pacemakers implanted in half a million people. Almost half a million pacemakers have been recalled by the US Food and...
Incidence of Previously Undiagnosed Atrial Fibrillation Using Insertable Cardiac Monitors in a High-Risk Population
With the use of implanted cardiac monitors researchers found a substantial incidence (nearly 30 percent) of previously undiagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF) after 18 months in patients at high risk of both AF and stroke, according to a new study. Reiffel JA, Verma A, Kowey PR Results A total of 446...
ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease 2017
2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease European Heart Journal, Volume 38, Issue 36, 21 September 2017, Pages 2739–2791 The Task Force for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) The disclosure forms...
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