Arrhythmias & EP
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Upcoming guidelines on inherited arrhythmias contain surprises
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BRUISE CONTROL: Continue warfarin during cardiac device surgery
Major finding: The incidence of clinically significant device-pocket hematoma in patients at high thromboembolic risk who underwent pacemaker or...
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Biventricular pacing bests conventional tx in BLOCK HF trial
Major finding: Fifty-three percent of patients with atrioventricular block and systolic dysfunction were rated as "improved" after 6 months of...
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Antitachycardia pacing in ICDs linked to higher mortality
Major finding: Programming the device’s VT detection to more than 170 bpm resulted in a significantly lower incidence of shock (7.6% vs. 10.4%)...
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Single-chamber ICDs better when pacing isn't required
Major finding: Rates of 1-year mortality, rehospitalization, and readmission specifically for heart failure were comparable between patients who...
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Less aggressive anticoagulation appears safe after high-risk aortic valve replacement
Major finding: The composite primary endpoint of major bleed, stroke, transient ischemic attack, thromboembolic events, and thrombosis occurred in...
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Dietary antioxidants linked to reduced postoperative atrial fib
Major finding: Patients in the top tertile for dietary antioxidant consumption developed 51% fewer postoperative atrial fibrillation cases,...
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Long detection cuts inappropriate shocks from ICDs
Major Finding: The long-detection–interval group had a significantly lower rate of therapies delivered, a significantly lower rate of...
Conference Coverage
Beware warfarin interaction with antibiotics, acetaminophen, steroids
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Azithromycin cardiovascular risk perhaps in subgroup only
Major finding: Death rates from cardiovascular causes were 1.1/1,000 person-years with azithromycin and 1.5/1,000 person-years on penicillin V, a...
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ECG keys pre-sport participation screening
Major finding: Cardiac symptoms with no group 2 ECG abnormality were associated with no cases of dangerous cardiac pathology.Data source: Data...