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Report: Extra insights, but no clear-cut answers from TAVR embolic protection studies
Data from two new studies has provided extra insights, but no clear-cut solution for predicting stroke and which patients should receive embolic protection devices during transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures, according to a new Medscape report. Results from a meta-analysis of 1,285 patients indicated that the use of embolic protection devices during TAVR procedures did not reduce mortality, but was associated with a lowered rate of stroke at 30 days, according to the report. The decline was mainly driven by registry data and was not confirmed by randomized controlled trials, Medscape specified. Stroke was repo...
Source: Mass Device - May 31, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Cardiovascular Catheters Clinical Trials Claret Medical Inc. Source Type: news

Early Lessons on Bundled Payment at an Academic Medical Center.
CONCLUSION: Opportunities for savings under bundled payment may be greater for lower extremity joint arthroplasty than for other conditions. PMID: 28837458 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - August 25, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Am Acad Orthop Surg Source Type: research