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The ongoing prospective multicenter trial is the largest of its kind.

Real-world primary care data indicate that use of antipsychotics and antibiotics, among other meds, can significantly increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest among people with type 2 diabetes.

The safety and tolerability of etripamil, an investigational nasal spray for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT), are maintained in new data from the NODE-302 extension study.

Its actually two leadless pacemakers, one atrial and the other ventricular, linked as if in a wireless network, that together maintained true AV synchronous pacing in a short-term study.

There was no difference in risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes between women with Sjögrens and the control group, but negative outcomes were more frequent with antiphospholipid antibodies.

Adaptive resynchronization therapy can benefit patients with heart failure, intact atrioventricular conduction, and left bundle branch block, even though the AdaptResponse trial technically failed.

The findings challenge pacing recommendations in HFpEF with chronotropic incompetence and should highlight the disorders systemic nature, say observers.

A study challenges the dogma of beta-blockers for HF with preserved ejection fraction. For now, the strategy might only be for HFpEF patients already with pacemakers.

Coexisting ECG anomalies may affect the accuracy of the watch’s detection algorithms.

ESC guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death have undergone an important overhaul since the 2015 edition.