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Acurate neo2 TAVR Valve Demonstrate Reduced Paravalvular Leak and Low Permanent Pacemaker Rates
Late-breaking registry data at EuroPCR shows better outcomes than first-generation Acurate neo device.
The Acurate neo2 TAVR valve design enhancements include a 60% larger outer sealing skirt to conform to challenging anatomies. This has minimized paravalvular leaks and imporved clinical outcomes compared to the previous-generation Acurate neo Aortic Valve System.
May 26, 2021 Data presented at hotline and late-breaking trial sessions at the EuroPCR 2021 congress for the updated Boston Scientific Acurate neo2 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system demonstrated positive procedural performance. This including low rates of paravalvular leakage (PVL) and permanent pacemaker implementation (PPI), areas where the first generation Acurate neo heart valve did not perform as well.
How a Genetic Trait in Black People Can Give the Police Cover
Michael LaForgia and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, New York Times, May 15, 2021
When they carried the body of a 32-year-old Black man named Lamont Perry out of the woods in Wadesboro, N.C., there were no protests over his sudden death in police custody.
No reporters camped at the scene. No lawyers filed suit.
Instead, the final mark in the ledger of Mr. Perry’s life was made by a state medical examiner who attributed his death in large part to sickle cell trait, a genetic characteristic that overwhelmingly occurs in Black people. The official word was that he had died by accident.
A 2016 case underscores how willing some American pathologists have been to rule in-custody deaths of Black people accidents or natural occurrences caused by the sickle cell trait, which is almost always benign. The New York Times has found at least 46 other instances over the past 25 years in which medical examiners, law enforcement officials or defenders of accused officers pointed to the trait as a cause or major factor in deaths of Black people in custody. Fifteen such deaths have occurred since 2015.