Cardiovascular updates from Mayo Clinic

Highlights of some new developments and trends in medical practice at Mayo Clinic

April 2013

• Evolving management of type A aortic dissection
• New subcutaneous ICD offers less invasive alternative to select patients

February 2013

• New technology enables novel remote health care
• Results of trial to assess chelation therapy (TACT) study presented

December 2012

• 2012 update on transcatheter aortic valve insertion
• Heart-kidney combined transplant in a pediatric patient at Mayo Clinic

August 2012

• Treatment of hypertension with catheter-based radiofrequency renal artery sympathetic denervation
• Percutaneous autonomic neural modulation
• Combined heart-liver, heart-kidney and heart-liver-kidney transplantation

April 2012

• New protocols allow for MRI in selected pacemaker patients
• Percutaneous repair of paravalvular prosthetic regurgitation
• Mayo Clinic in Arizona pioneers use of cardiac mechanical assist devices
• Mayo Clinic study finds that cardiac rehab reduces mortality by 45 percent
• Mayo Clinic study confirms stents are safe for patients allergic to metal

February 2012

• Evolving strategies and technologies in pediatric heart failure and pediatric heart transplantation
• New technology facilitates treatment of pediatric arrhythmias
• New cardiovascular diseases chair at Mayo Clinic in Florida

December 2011

• New Mayo Clinic book offers plan to beat heart disease

October 2011

• Update on CABANA: Critically important trial is off the ground
• Percutaneous treatment of varicose veins offers less invasive, more-effective options
• Transcutaneous aortic valve implantation: An important new approach to treating aortic valve stenosis

August 2011

• Genetic variation and risk of myocardial infarction
• Tetralogy of Fallot repair in patients 40 years or older

June 2011

• Physician involvement key in successful weight loss

April 2011

• New simulation training in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Arizona
• PREVAIL PROTECT study extending eligibility for left atrial occlusion devices in atrial fibrillation
• Using registries to assess clinical practice and improve patient care

February 2011

• New chair of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic in Arizona
• Management guidelines for acute aortic dissection and IRAD
• New antithrombotic released for stroke prophylaxis in atrial fibrillation
• CREST results demonstrate carotid artery stenting is effective and safe

December 2010

• Expanding Indications for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy to Treat Congestive Heart Failure
• Hybrid Approach to Coronary Artery Disease
• PARTNER Investigators Announce Dramatic Trial Results

October 2010

• Radiofrequency Ablation of Complex Ventricular Arrhythmias
• Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory
• Epicardial Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Arrhythmias

August 2010

• Continuing Evolution of Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation
• Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly Population
• Hereditary Component of Atrial Fibrillation Revealed
• The Vital Role of Cardiac Sympathetic Reserve and Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

June 2010

• New Statin Intolerance Clinic
• Perspectives on the Evolution of Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation
• New Insights into Degenerative Aortic Valve Stenosis

April 2010

• Hybrid Procedures in the Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease
• Videoscopic Denervation Therapy for Genetic Heart Diseases
• Mayo Clinic Collaborates with Samsung Medical Center in South Korea
• Selection of Artificial Heart Valves: Matching the Prosthesis to the Patient — Grand Rounds
• Cardiac Rehabilitation 2010: Update on the Science and Practice of Cardiac Rehabilitation-Secondary Prevention — Grand Rounds