First live case with Apica's transapical access technology

The use of Apica's innovative transapical access technology was successfully demonstrated for the first time at the 27th European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) congress in Vienna. EACTS is one of the largest cardiac congress in the world, with around 6,500 participants...

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Biosensor developed to detect brain injuries during heart surgery

Johns Hopkins engineers and cardiology experts have teamed up to develop a fingernail-sized biosensor that could alert doctors when serious brain injury occurs during heart surgery. By doing so, the device could help doctors devise new ways to minimize brain damage or begin treatment more quickly...

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Diagnosing lethal heart rhythm in the womb

A promising technology may enable doctors to diagnose and possibly treat in utero a common cause of stillbirth and sudden death in infants, according to research published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation...

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Popular News: US doctors urge wider use of cholesterol drugs - Times of India

The nation's first new guidelines in a decade for preventing heart attacks and strokes call for twice as many Americans - one-third of all adults - to consider taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.The guidelines, issued on Tuesday by the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, are a big change. They use a new formula for... Read more...

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New Obesity Guidelines: Authoritative 'Roadmap' to Treatment

With few primary-care providers having any training in obesity, new US guidelines aim to provide authoritative information to help them determine who needs to lose weight and how best to achieve this.

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New Cholesterol Guidelines Abandon LDL Targets

The new cholesterol guidelines identify four major groups of patients in whom statins should be used and recommend either moderate or intense statin therapy rather than treating to a specific goal.

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At Long Last, (Most) NHLBI Guidelines for CVD Released

A total of four separate NHLBI guidelines were released today covering cholesterol, obesity, CV risk assessment, and lifestyle in adults. Absent, still, is JNC-8.

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New CV Risk-Assessment Guidance Counts Stroke With CHD Risk

The document released by the AHA and ACC promotes evaluation of both 10-year and lifetime risk; its revamped risk-prediction equations now account for variation by race and gender.

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New ACC/AHA/NHLBI Guidance on Lifestyle for CVD Prevention

The fourth in the bundle of NHLBI-sponsored guidelines released today outlines recommendations for diet and physical activity in people with high LDL or elevated blood pressure.

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