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Nonsensical Processes Prevent Patient Access to New and Safe Treatments

Health technological innovations only have value if doctors and patients have access to them. Insurance companies label new products as investigational to justify the denial of care.

A Pig Heart Was Transplanted Into a Human a Few Days Ago Is This The Future of Organ Transplantation?

It is still a very experimental procedure, but it likely will be improved rapidly in the coming years and may become the standard approach...

FDA Approves THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH® SF Ablation Catheter

The CARTO® 3 System and THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH® SF Catheter allow for a patient-tailored ablation approach, resulting in high long-term effectiveness in persistent atrial fibrillation patients

First Hospitals in U.S. Implant Next-gen Cardiac Device to Reduce Stroke Risk

The WATCHMAN FLX is the only FDA-approved device for the reduction of stroke risk in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (A Fib).