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The Doctor is In: a closer look at the advancements in the treatment of congenital heart defects

RICHMOND, Va. -- Dr. Samuel Casella, interventional cardiologist and director of pediatric catheterization at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU answers these 4 questions about congenital heart ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Physiologic Pacing in Heart Failure

Cardiac physiologic pacing, also known as cardiac resynchronization therapy, is indicated in patients with heart failure, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 50% or less, and either a ...
TCTMD

LBBB Remains Problematic 1 Year Post-TAVI: TVT Registry

New left bundle branch block (LBBB) following TAVI has grown less common over the past decade, but the conduction disturbance remains a substantial complication associated with worse morbidity, ...
CNET

This Lollipop Plays Tunes in Your Head Using Bone Conduction. I Tried It and Was Floored

Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles, internet trends, entertainment, pop culture and digital accessibility. In addition to her current role, she's worked for CNET's video, ...
Frontiers

Editorial: Advancing our understanding of the cardiac conduction system to prevent arrhythmias

The cardiac conduction system is responsible for the heart’s rapid activation and is vital for its optimal functioning. Its ventricular components were only discovered and satisfactorily explained at ...
TCTMD

TCT 119: Impact of Depth of implantation to Membranous Interventricular Septum Ratio on the Incidence of Conduction Disturbance after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

TCT 238: Initial Experience with New Version of Magnesium Bioabsorbable Scaffold FREESOLVETM: Clinical and Angiographic-based Murray’s QFR and Radial Walls Strain Evaluation Receive the the latest ...
BMJ

Umbilical cord management strategies and risk of intraventricular haemorrhage in preterm neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objectives To assess the comparative effectiveness of different umbilical cord management strategies for preventing intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) in preterm neonates. Design A systematic review ...
BioWorld

Bi-allelic variants in POPDC2 cause cardiac conduction defects

Researchers have identified bi-allelic variants in the POPDC2 gene as the cause of a rare inherited cardiac syndrome characterized by sinus node dysfunction, atrioventricular (AV) conduction defects ...
Nanowerk

First look at defects in single-crystal indium gallium zinc oxide could fix persistent display instability

Insights into atomic-scale defects may enable next-generation thin-film transistors for smartphones, televisions, and flexible electronics. (Nanowerk News) Many displays found in smartphones and ...
Medscape

Management of Patients With Drug-Induced Atrioventricular Block

Damirbek Osmonov, M.D; Izzet Erdinler, M.D; Kazim Serhan Ozcan, M.D; Servet Altay, M.D; Ceyhan Turkkan, M.D; Ersin Yildirim, M.D; Hakan Hasdemir, M.D; Ahmet Taha ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Nearly Invisible: Defect Detection Below 5nm

Detecting sub-5nm defects creates huge challenges for chipmakers, challenges that have a direct impact on yield, reliability, and profitability. In addition to being smaller and harder to detect, ...
IEEE

Influence of Critical Current Defect on Operation, Quench Detection and Protection of a Conduction-Cooled Pancake REBCO Coil

Abstract: High-temperature superconductor (HTS) coated conductors (CC) are often wound into pancake coils with electrical insulation in-between the turns. The copper terminals are used for current ...