In Global News: New EACTS Guideline, an App for AFib, and Increases in Lung Cancer [1]
Patient Care
Updated guidelines on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease [3] have been published by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the European Society of Cardiology.
Heart patients at Mongkutwattana General Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, will continue receiving percutaneous coronary interventions under the universal healthcare scheme [4], despite the hospital having a part-time rather than a full-time cardiothoracic surgeon.
Children’s Health in Dallas, Texas, joins hospitals in Washington, DC, and London, UK, in conducting radiation-free cardiac catheterization procedures [5].
Drugs and Devices
Medtronic has launched a post-market clinical study of its CoreValve Evolut Pro implant [6] across 35 European centers.
Research, Trials, and Funding
Engineers and clinicians in Rochester, New York, were awarded a grant to develop a noninvasive medical technology for mobile devices that would detect atrial fibrillation [7].
A report finds that, between 2006 and 2014, lung cancer cases in Northern Ireland increased [8] by more than 30%.