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News We’re Watching: New AF Guidelines, Nevro Buys Vyrsa, LivaNova Responds To Cyberattack

 
• By Reed Miller

Medtech Insight's News We're Watching highlights medtech industry news developments you may have missed over the last few weeks. Last week, cardiologists got new guidelines for managing patients with atrial fibrillation and Nevro made a big move to expand beyond its core spinal cord stimulation business.

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The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association published new guidelines covering both the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation (AF). 

The new guidelines are published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Circulation. The guidelines committee is chaired by Andrew Krahn of the University of...

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