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Will a New J & amp;J and Apple Collaboration Lead to Better AFib Outcomes?
Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals is teaming up with Apple for a research study to look at how to help improve atrial fibrillation (AFib) outcomes, including stroke prevention, through the use of wearables. The partnership will use an app developed by J&J along with the Cupertino, CA-based company’s Apple Watch.
Recall in September of 2018, Apple received FDA clearance for an ECG app and another software-only mobile medical app analyzing pulse rates for irregular rhythms.
Both companies said the multi-year research program will be launched later in 2019. This large-sca...
Source: MDDI - January 17, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Digital Health Cardiovascular Source Type: news
Editors' Choice Stroke prevention: Learning from the master (and COMMANDER)
Adding rivaroxaban to standard therapy in patients with heart failure and no atrial fibrillation did not show any beneficial effect on death risk.
Source: Science Translational Medicine - September 19, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Santulli, G. Tags: Editors ' Choice Source Type: research
Long-standing persistent effects of atrial volume reduction combined with pulmonary vein isolation
Publication date: Available online 18 June 2018Source: Journal of Cardiology CasesAuthor(s): Masami Takagaki, Naoko Ikeda, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Shinichi Mitsuyama, Tasuku Kadowaki, Tatsuya NakaoAbstractAlthough surgical left atrial (LA) volume reduction combined with mitral valve surgery and/or surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation has been reported to be effective, its long-term outcomes in the absence of mitral procedure are not well established. A 74-year-old man with two previous sternotomies—the first for pericardiectomy due to constrictive pericarditis and the second for mitral valve replacement with mechanical va...
Source: Journal of Cardiology Cases - July 10, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Atrial fibrillation and stroke: The more we learn, the less we understand
Publication date: July 2018 Source:American Heart Journal, Volume 201 Author(s): Rod Passman
Source: American Heart Journal - June 15, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Comparing learning curves of two established “single-shot” devices for ablation of atrial fibrillation
ConclusionsWith either of the systems, no significant differences in the effect of the learning curve on the occurrence of adverse events were observed. However, the PVAC array seemed to have a steeper learning curve for procedure, as well as fluoroscopy time.
Source: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology - April 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair Through Right Minithoracotomy - 11-Year Single Institute Experience.
CONCLUSIONS: MIMVR can be performed safely with low levels of mortality and morbidity, and provides sufficient repair durability. A learning curve exists in terms of repair durability, especially for anterior mitral leaflet repair.
PMID: 29657253 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Circulation Journal - April 13, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sakaguchi T, Totsugawa T, Kuinose M, Tamura K, Hiraoka A, Chikazawa G, Yoshitaka H Tags: Circ J Source Type: research
The Role of the Left Atrial Appendage in Stroke and Arrhythmia Provocation
AbstractPurpose of the reviewThe review will provide an overview of the potential use of left atrial appendage (LAA) exclusion in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), highlighting the benefits and risks involved with LAA exclusion.Recent findingsLAA ligation leads to electrical isolation of the LAA and a decrease in LA mass which is associated with a decrease in AF burden and occasional termination of AF in patients with persistent AF. This potential new indication will further expand the use of LAA exclusion and necessitate planning of combining LAA exclusion with catheter ablation for both stroke prevention and antiar...
Source: Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports - March 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Making AI Matter in Healthcare
Healthcare is just as prone to fall victim to hype and irrational exuberance as any other complex industry. And the more revolutionary the promise, the more outrageous the overstatements could be.
Artificial intelligence has certainly been one of those "next big things" for some time in healthcare. Whether branded as "big data and analytics" or "automated clinical decision support," the results of technology-assisted care, especially in non-clinical and non-emergent settings, have been uneven at best. But a new report indicates AI's time in healthcare is nigh, and technology and policy pioneers are doing their best to ensu...
Source: MDDI - March 9, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Greg Goth Tags: Software Digital Health Source Type: news
Is FDA Getting More Cozy with AI?
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is undoubtedly on the rise in healthcare. From fledging medtech companies to established giants like Watson IBM—many firms are riding the current AI wave. Not only are companies embracing technology, but so is FDA.
Recently the agency gave approval to San Francisco-based Viz.ai’s Contact application, a type of clinical decision support software designed to analyze CT results that could notify providers of a potential stroke in their patients. “What it’s doing is comparing the imaging features in that patient with the millions of images it has been trained on in the past, in...
Source: MDDI - February 14, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Medical Device Business Digital Health Source Type: news
First results of the Brazilian Registry of Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure
Conclusions: In this multicenter, real world registry, that included patients with NVAF and high thromboembol ic and bleeding risks, LAAC effectively prevented stroke and bleeding when compared to the expected rates based on CHA2DS2VASc and HASBLED scores for this population. Complications rate of the procedure was acceptable considering the beginning of the learning curve of most of the involved operators.Resumo Fundamento: A oclus ão percutânea do apêndice atrial esquerdo (OAAE) é uma alternativa eficaz à anticoagulação oral (ACO) para a prevenção de acidente vascular cerebral (AVC) em pacientes com fibrilação...
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - December 18, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
FDA clears AliveCor ’ s KardiaBand ECG for Apple Watch
AliveCor said today that the FDA cleared its KardioBand electrocardiogram device for the Apple Watch, designed to monitor for early signs of atrial fibrillation.
First introduced in March 2016, KardiaBand is the first medical device accessory to be cleared by the federal safety watchdog for the Apple Watch, Mountain View, Calif.-based AliveCor said. It’s designed to display and record clinical-grade cardiac rhythm readings in real time in about 30 seconds, the company said.
AliveCor also said it launched the SmartRhythm artificial intelligence app for the Apple Watch, which is designed to continuously evaluate the ...
Source: Mass Device - November 30, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Patient Monitoring Wall Street Beat AliveCor Cardiac Rhythm Management Source Type: news
Robot-assisted totally endoscopic coronary bypass surgery
AbstractTotally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) surgery can exclusively be undertaken with the aid of operative robots. In the past two decades, surgical remote manipulator systems —predominantly the daVinci® devices—have brought us the reality of endoscopic internal mammary artery harvesting and coronary bypass anastomoses via minimally invasive thoracic port access. Single up to quadruple TECAB interventions are recently feasible; the procedure can be delivered either a s beating heart applying endoscopic vacuum stabilizer or under cardioplegic arrest on heart-lung machine. Significant surgical team learni...
Source: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - November 13, 2017 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research
