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Electric Vehicle Chargers & CIEDs; Deadly Fistulas After Afib Ablation; Bony Strokes

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Cardio Break over a computer rendering of a heart.

do not appear to pose significant electromagnetic interference for people with cardiac implantable electronic devices, according to a study suggesting their safety for these individuals. (EP Europace)

And with the right protocol, MRI did not pose a greater risk to people with than those with transvenous devices. (HeartRhythm)

Heart failure patients showed , with the majority lacking the usual nocturnal blood pressure dip. (eBioMedicine)

While rare, , a dreaded complication of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (Afib), was associated with high mortality, with over half of individuals dying despite surgical or endoscopic treatment in a registry study. (European Heart Journal)

reduced Afib recurrence, improved drinking and exercise habits, and boosted patient satisfaction and knowledge when compared with usual care alone in a small randomized trial. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

An ischemic stroke of unknown cause in one dependent vascular territory? It may be a attributable to bone or cartilage anomalies affecting brain-supplying arteries. (Stroke)

The arrival of has reduced the use of carotid artery stenting and conferred better in-hospital outcomes for high-risk patients with 50% to 99% carotid stenosis. (JAMA Surgery)

Cardiac MRI tissue biomarkers did not appear helpful for in women with ERBB2-positive breast cancer receiving anthracycline and trastuzumab therapy. (JAMA Cardiology)

Five years after cardiac surgery, New York children on Medicaid continued to incur . Certain socioeconomic factors were linked to healthcare utilization and early mortality. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Survival rates tend to be similar following in adults with congenital heart disease. (Annals of Thoracic Surgery)

Regarding , failure to adhere to guideline recommendations on first dose timing and weight-adjusted dosing was associated with infection and death. (Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)

Biotronik's third-generation coronary drug-eluting bioresorbable scaffold, , met expectations in its first-in-human study. (eClinicalMedicine)

Screening for in primary care would be cost-saving, based on modeling in Australia. (Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine)

Rat pups with showed signs of neurogenic hypertension, vascular dysfunction, and metabolic dysfunction. (Hypertension)

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    Nicole Lou is a reporter for ֱ, where she covers cardiology news and other developments in medicine.