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New HeartMate Pump: Early Data Hint at Fewer Classic LVAD RisksNo device failures or cases of pump thrombosis, and "zero is a very encouraging number," says an observer. Another saw a possible
excess of strokes in the small study, but "I would not make too much of this."
Medscape Medical News, Sep 28, 2015
Undiagnosed AF, Strokes May Be Common in HF With Preserved EFSubclinical strokes in HFpEF could have other causes, "but it's very suggestive that there's atrial fibrillation that we've
missed," say researchers, proposing such patients be screened for paroxysmal AF.
Medscape Medical News, Sep 30, 2015
CRT's Obesity Paradox in HF: Long-term Survival Rises With BMIWidely recognized but poorly understood, the inverse relationship between heart failure mortality and BMI applies to patients
on cardiac resynchronization therapy and may extend at least a decade.
