Edwards Lifesciences announced the FDA approved its transcatheter aortic valve replacement platform for treatment of severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis, the first in this patient population.Approval of this platform (SAPIEN 3, SAPIEN 3 Ultra, SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA) was based on the results of the EARLY TAVR trial which were presented at TCT 2024 and simultaneously …
LOS ANGELES — Hydrodissection remains an important technique for cataract surgeons, according to a speaker at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting. Ronald Yeoh, MD, who delivered the Cornelius D. Binkhorst, MD, Lecture, said he has had a “30-year love affair” with hydrodissection.
Routine electrocardiogram (ECG) screening may help to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, according to a study published online July 1 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
The risk for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality was heightened when adults had arthritis plus comorbid COPD, according to data published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.“For clinicians, these findings underscore the importance of screening arthritis patients for COPD, especially given the heightened risk of mortality,” Chengfeng Fu, MM, pulmonologist at …
CHICAGO — Finerenone prevented new-onset atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes or heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, according to new data from FINE-HEART.As Healio previously reported, in the main results of FINE-HEART, a pooled analysis of the FINEARTS-HF, FIDELIO-DKD and FIGARO-DKD trials of …