Hand Hygiene Among Health Care Workers: Is Educating Patients and Families a Feasible Way to Increase Rates?

Background: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended teaching patients to remind health care workers to disinfect their hands. However, cognitive impairment among patients may hamper such efforts.

Methods: The St.

Imaging-based predictors of permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Background: Cardiac conduction abnormalities requiring permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation are major complications of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). We aimed to investigate whether the relationship between prosthetic valve size and cardiac-gated computed tomography (CT)-based aortic root complex measurements can aid in recognizing patients at risk for PPM implantation post-TAVR.

Methods: We included 83 of 114 consecutive patients who underwent TAVR with the Edwards Sapien valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irving, CA, USA) at our institution.