Mitchel is a reporter for MDedge based in the Philadelphia area. He started with the company in 1992, when it was International Medical News Group (IMNG), and has since covered a range of medical specialties. Mitchel trained as a virologist at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, and then worked briefly as a researcher at Boston Children's Hospital before pivoting to journalism as a AAAS Mass Media Fellow in 1980. His first reporting job was with Science Digest magazine, and from the mid-1980s to early-1990s he was a reporter with Medical World News. @mitchelzoler
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Transcatheter pulmonary valve shows 5-year durability in postapproval study
LAS VEGAS – The 5-year follow-up of a U.S. postapproval study showed the expected durability of the Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve.
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FFR changes coronary management in one-third of patients
Global registry of more than 2,200 patients with inconclusive angiography showed FFR changed management for 35%.
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ProGlide outperformed Prostar for femoral closure after TAVR
LAS VEGAS – Post hoc analysis of data from 746 TAVR patients showed ProGlide closure of femoral artery access had fewer vascular complications...
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Novel vascular sheath detects periprocedural bleeds
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Novel cardiogenic shock, PCI protocol nets 72% acute survival
LAS VEGAS – A novel protocol for managing cardiogenic shock in MI patients who need PCI produced unprecedented acute survival in a multicenter...
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SCAI releases first definition of cardiogenic shock
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CABANA: Heart failure patients got biggest bang from AFib ablation
SAN FRANCISCO – A CABANA trial subanalysis showed that patients with any heart failure type had the greatest benefit from AFib catheter ablation...
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Ultrasound’s arrhythmia localization surpassed ECG’s accuracy
SAN FRANCISCO – A new ultrasound imaging technology uses tissue movement to localize arrhythmia sources more precisely than a 12-lead ECG.
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New risk score predicts cardiac-device infection
SAN FRANCISCO – Researchers devised a risk score to predict cardiac-device infection using data from 19,603 patients in the PADIT trial.
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Higher plasma cell-free DNA tracks with worse PAH survival
NEW ORLEANS – Preliminary data suggest that elevated cell-free DNA is a marker for more severe pulmonary artery hypertension and worse survival....
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CardioMEMS cuts heart failure hospitalizations in post-approval study
NEW ORLEANS – In its post-approval study with 1,200 patients at 104 U.S. sites, CardioMEMS produced heart failure...
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AFib screening cuts hospitalizations and ED visits
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Renal denervation boosts effectiveness of AFib catheter ablation
Performing renal denervation along with pulmonary vein isolation in hypertensive atrial fibrillation patients cut arrhythmia recurrences.
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Higher AFib ablation volumes linked with better outcomes
SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. hospitals with the lowest volume of atrial fibrillation catheter ablations had worse outcomes...