Antibiotics Before Dentist; ICD/CRT-D Recall; More Transcatheter Firsts

Observational data support antibiotics before invasive dental procedures for a reduction in infective endocarditis among high-risk individuals. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Risk of myocarditis after COVID-19 infection exceeded that from vaccination, including boosters, according to a study from England. (Circulation)

Household income may explain approximately 4% of the variance in survival rates after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (Open Heart)

The Cognohealth blood pressure monitor was given FDA approval, says Cognota Healthcare.

Medtronic is recalling over 87,000 Cobalt and Crome implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators due to faulty electric shock delivery, the FDA said.

Merck says it got FDA to give Fast Track designation to the investigational anticoagulant MK-2060 for the reduction of major thrombotic cardiovascular events in patients with end-stage renal disease.

Greater use of embolic protection during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) could be traced back to higher institutional volumes, not higher Medicare reimbursement. (JAMA Cardiology)

People who went into TAVR with higher-stage cardiac damage were more likely to die within 1 year. (Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions)

UW Medicine announced that the first catheter-based removal of a fibromyxoma, a benign heart tumor, was performed in Seattle.

Report of the first-in-human transcatheter repair of isolated partial anomalous pulmonary venous return, with the patient doing well 6 months later. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Patients with critical limb ischemia had better safety outcomes but carried a higher short-term risk of major amputation with endovascular revascularization in lieu of surgery. (JAMA Network Open)

FDA cleared the Vascette HP topical closure pad for rapid hemostasis after cardiac catheterization without direct compression over the puncture site, says manufacturer Koag.

Estimates suggest 4 million lives saved by 2030 if people reduced daily salt intake by just 1 g. (BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health)

First-in-human study shows the feasibility of intramural needle ablation of ventricular tachycardia using heated saline-enhanced radiofrequency energy. (Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology)

Registry data suggest room for improvement for operators performing permanent transseptal left bundle branch area pacing for bradyarrhythmia and heart failure. (European Heart Journal)

Use of an antibacterial envelope during cardiac implantable electronic device placement resulted in no local infections, a Swedish group found. (EP Europace)

Smartphone videos can detect carotid artery stenosis without needing a Doppler ultrasound. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

Coronary microvascular dysfunction: a predictor of cancer? (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)