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

High-power charging stations for electric vehicles 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 surgically implanted epicardial pacemakers and defibrillators than those with transvenous devices. (HeartRhythm)

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

While rare, atrioesophageal fistula, 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)

Nurse-led care after Afib catheter ablation 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 "bony stroke" attributable to bone or cartilage anomalies affecting brain-supplying arteries. (Stroke)

The arrival of transcarotid artery revascularization 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 cardiotoxicity surveillance 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 costly healthcare expenditures. 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 heart transplantation and combined heart-liver transplantation in adults with congenital heart disease. (Annals of Thoracic Surgery)

Regarding antibiotic use after cardiac procedures, 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, Dreams 3G, met expectations in its first-in-human study. (eClinicalMedicine)

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

Rat pups with exposure to morphine in utero showed signs of neurogenic hypertension, vascular dysfunction, and metabolic dysfunction. (Hypertension)

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