Involving People With Lived Experience in Electronic Health Record Database Studies Reflections and Learning From the CHOOSE Study.

Background: Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) is integral to health research. Reporting of PPIE methods and impact is becoming increasingly common in health research. However, reporting on PPIE in studies using large, routinely collected electronic health record data sets is less common.

Jugular Approach for the Transcatheter Pacemaker Implant - Better Access for Smaller Hearts?

Background: The Micra leadless pacemaker was developed to fit inside the right ventricle, thereby reducing overall complications by 48% compared with a historical control group. The current labeling restricts implants to the femoral approach. In this article we used 3-dimensional computer models of human hearts to demonstrate why implants can be difficult in small patients and how using the jugular approach reduces these difficulties.