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Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) 2018 Scientific Sessions
May 09 - 12, 2018; Boston, Massachusetts
May 09 - 12, 2018Boston, Massachusetts
ESC HF 2018Heart Stim Device Boosts Function, Survival When CRT Isn't OptionHow it works was a puzzle to some, but exercise capacity, symptoms, hospitalization, and survival improved on cardiac contractility modulation therapy in patients with heart failure unsuitable for resynchronization in several new studies.
Medscape Medical News, June 18, 2018
HRS 2018Resynchronization Pacing May Work Well in Non-LBBB: ENHANCE CRTTime to broaden CRT use? Cardiac resynchronization worked in patients with heart failure without left bundle-branch block. But mapping-guided lead placement, the study's real focus, didn't seem to help.
Medscape Medical News, May 21, 2018
HRS 2018Poor NOAC Adherence in AF Wreaks Havoc on Efficacy vs WarfarinBenefits of novel oral anticoagulants that wowed in clinical trials may not carry over into clinical practice, when adherence to prescribed therapy usually declines, suggests an observational analysis.
REVEAL-AF: Silent AF Common in Patients at Risk for AF, Stroke'The atrium doesn't care whether you have palpitations, dizziness, or no symptoms,' notes a researcher; preventive anticoagulation
is probably as important in silent AF AS in recognized AF, he said.
