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• Longer-Lasting Pacemaker Batteries Could Help Avoid Replacement Surgery

• Early Intervention with Catheter Cryoablation Can Halt Disease Progression in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

• Resorbable Pacing Leads Can Significantly Reduce Risk After Cardiac Surgery

• New Microsurgical Technique for Removing Spinal Tumor Surpasses Traditional Methods

• New Wireless, Battery-Free Pacemaker Can Be Implanted With Less Invasive Procedure

• Wearable EEG Patch Measures Brain Activity and Other Health Indicators for Early Disease Diagnosis

• Wearable Vest System Could Help People with Heart Failure Stay Out of the Hospital

• Diagnostic Tool Applies Machine Learning to Identify and Predict Sepsis Cases

• Testing for Blood Fats Prior to Heart Surgery Could Reduce Postoperative Bleeding

• Rapid Blood Test Predicts Organ Transplant Rejection in Six Hours

• Washing Techniques Compared for Preparation of Autologous Blood Transfusion

• World’s Lightest and Most Compact Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) System Can Be Transported in Backpack

• MRSA/SA PCR Rapid Test Quickly Diagnoses Methicillin Resistance at Point of Care

• MRI Identifies Patients at Higher Risk for Cardiac Sarcoidosis-Related Adverse Outcomes

• Troponin Testing Could Improve Timing of Heart Surgery and Survival Rate

• New Guidance Recommends Coronary CTA as First-Line Test when Treating Acute Chest Pain in ED

• Diagnostic Blood Test More than Halves Hospital Length of Stay for Heart Failure Patients

• Ultraflexible, Gas-Permeable Thermistors to Pave Way for On-Skin Medical Sensors and Implantable Devices

• Fecal Transplant by Capsule as Effective as Colonoscopy for CDI

• AI-Aided MRI Provides Cost-Effective Alternative to Painful, Invasive Liver Biopsies

• AI-Guided Screening Uses ECG Data to Detect Hidden Risk Factor for Stroke

• Vein Visualization Device Allows Clinicians to Accurately View Center-Line Regardless of Distance

• Fecal Transplantation an Effective Remedy for Life-Threatening Intestinal Infections