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News, opinions and meeting coverage in critical care.

Everyday Exposure to EM Fields Can Disrupt Pacemakers

Lower sensitivity and bipolar sensing recommended

Early Statin Start After Stroke No Better for Outcomes

Pleiotropic effects didn't pan out acutely in small randomized trial

Hydrogel Beats Standard Platinum for Coiling Aneurysms

European study shows lower rate of composite adverse events with second-generation coil

After Brain Bleed, Anticoagulant Restart May Help Regardless of Subtype

Lobar and nonlobar cases both had better outcomes in meta-analysis

Triple Prevention Not Better After Stroke

TARDIS trial shows no advantage on recurrence but more bleeding

Wise Buy? Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Getting better and cheaper, but 'nobody wears pink ribbons for heart failure'

Heads Up: Timeline Illustrates Program's Complex History

Pattern of repeating researchers, other partners

Subclavian TAVR Safe When Femoral Access Is Risky

Trial analysis shows similar morbidity, mortality

SAVR Beats Expectations in Intermediate Risk Trial

Lower mortality than surgical risk score predicted in PARTNER 2A

Arterial Grafting Seen as Better for Moderate Coronary Blockages

Observational study shows less ischemia, but some experts skeptical

Heater-Cooler Infections: Incidence Most Likely Underreported

'We've only begun to scratch the surface'

Headline-Making Issues at SCCM Congress

EMR hacking, terror, contemporary science on display

Placebo Effect Works for Heart Procedures, Too

Keeping 'eyes on the prize' appears to improve outcomes

Novartis Pulls Out of Controversial Entresto Contest

Cardiologists named to review panel had quit

Extra Oxygen for Chest Pain Can Backfire

It's 'too much of a good thing' for nonhypoxic patients

CMS to Offer Billing Code for Heart Failure Specialists

Should eliminate denials for appearance of double-billing

Just One Season Alters High School Footballers' Brains

White matter, ECG readings change even without concussion

Make the Diagnosis: Strange Syncope

Case Findings: A 56-year-old male presents with multiple episodes of syncope. One episode occurred while driving his motorcycle, causing him to sustain multiple nonsurgical cervical spine fractures. An MRI of the brain was obtained. What is your diagnosis?

Trial: No Benefit for High-Dose Diuretic in Acute HF

But phase II results might not be the final word

AHA: No Pump Thrombosis With Next-Gen LVAD?

Better outcomes in HeartMate 3 trial hinged on fewer malfunctions

AHA: Real World TAVR Is All About Patient Selection

Intermediate risk is a moving target

AHA: Healthy Lifestyle Eases Heart Impact of High Genetic Risk

Fewer adverse events, less calcification in pooled data

AHA: Long-Term Benefit in HF Patients Elusive for Novel Vasodilator

Investigational drug ularitide had no effect on mortality or clinical outcomes

AHA: Study Finds Celebrex Safe for Heart

But naproxen not as heart safe as believed

TCT: Amulet LAA Occluder Hot on the Heels of Watchman

Another LAA closure device shows favorable results in trial

TCT: TAVR Holds Up Pretty Well Over Time

Also, 2-year data confirm lasting improvements in QoL

TCT: Embolic Protection Flops for TAVR

New brain lesions or clinical strokes unaffected in SENTINEL trial

New Drug Combo Succeeds in Tx-Resistant UTI, Kidney Infection

Carbavance outperforms Zosyn in phase III trial

TCT: Trials Split on PCI vs CABG for Left Main Disease

NOBLE hands advantage to surgery, EXCEL finds noninferiority

CardioBrief: Impella No Better Than IABP in Cardiogenic Shock

Underpowered IMPRESS trial shows no mortality benefit

FDA Warns on Cardiac Surgery Heater-Cooler Device

Cites mycobacterial contamination risk

Concussion Prevention: Senator Wants Crackdown on Product Claims

FTC promises "a very close look"

HFSA: Clinical Benefits Tied To Lung Monitoring Persist

HF rehospitalization, deaths remain reduced up to 4.5 years

Cardiac Myosin Activator Shows Promise for LV Function

'More hands pulling on the rope'

HFSA: Treat to NT-proBNP Target Flops in Trial

Outcomes no better with treatment aimed at 30% reduction

HFSA: Did LAP Monitoring Cut HF Rehospitalizations?

LAPTOP-HF investigators tried to make sense of terminated study

Concussions at Altitude: No Longer Worth Investigating?

Researchers suggest issue is resolved; others say not so fast

ESC: Savaysa Safe for Afib Cardioversion

ENSURE-AF trial finds similarity to standard anticoagulant regimen

ESC: NOAC Reversal Agent Effective in Study

But results may not sway FDA

ESC: DES or BMS? No Mortality Difference

After 6 years, death was as likely in DES patients as in BMS patients

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