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Environment recordings, ambiences and soundscapes – from all over the world, and beyond
Get the sounds of incredible New Zealand with this new library: I went down to New Zealand to visit a relative and record and experience the north island. It was an unforgettable trip. I rented a car, stayed on a farm, and explored as much as I could of the island.
I recorded everything from cities to beaches to forests and farms and beyond! I even hopped on a 8 person plane to the Great Barrier Island off the coast of New Zealand to capture sounds.
BONUS – I traveled to Sydney, Australia for a week and recorded ambience and walla along the way. This is all included in the library!
New Zealand Ambiences is a beautifully crafted ambience library exploring the incredible country and sounds of New Zealand (mainly focusing on the South Island). This library will take you on a sonic adventure exploring the many unique birds and creatures ranging from locations such as: Haast, Queenstown, Lake Paringa, Lake Wakatipu, Te Anau, the Clay Cliffs and Pukaki!
Recorded at 24 bit/192 kHz you'll have the flexibility to pitch these ambiences and bird songs to create some truly amazing other worldly atmospheres!
Night Cityscapes delivers the urban sounds of a sleeping city. The collection includes more than 3 hours of night and early morning ambiences that are recorded in Sofia, Bulgaria. All recordings were made between 01:30 and 05:30 am. This collection will uncover city in a way you may not know.
You will find atmospheres of quiet and empty small streets in the city center, where can be heard some air conditioners, urban hum and light traffic in the far background.
Lonely sounds of traffic lights. One single taxi passes and disappears into the night, and then it is followed by silence. Empty streets and squares with distant voices and footsteps going somewhere. Major boulevards with light night traffic. Industrial empty streets, where electric buzz and big air conditioners can be heard.
Very, very early morning atmospheres filled with singing birds eager to foreshadow the beginning of a new day.
'Night Cityscapes' will fill the missing part of your nocturnal urban atmospheres.
Gear used: Sound Devices 633, Neumann KM184 in ORTF configuration
'Nightlife' is an collection of authentic nightclub based crowd ambiences, professionally recorded over an entire evening outside a busy and popular nightlife location in London.
This unique library captures audible moments beginning with a few small groups of revellers, excitable but sober as they arrive for their evening out. Then the ambiences journey through to the earlier hours of the next morning and throwing out time, when larger crowds emerge louder, looser and perhaps drunker than before.
These expressive tracks perfectly capture the atmosphere of a night evolving, featuring genuine nightlife walla and including 'spot' type effects of reactions such as; whoops, shouts, cheers and screams.
All sounds in the 'Nightlife' SFX pack have been recorded in high-quality 24bit, 96kHz using Sound Devices recorders and DPA microphones. In addition, each individual file has been tagged with detailed Soundminer metadata to speed up workflow and increase organisation.
Nordic Nature is a collection of evocative and immersive ambiences recorded by George Vlad and Pete Smith over a three-year period across the wilderness of Sweden and Norway. It is available as 24/96 Stereo and Surround and features highly-detailed metadata and separate documents listing the species identified.
We both plan on returning to Scandinavia and these trips will result in at least two library updates.
A collection of stereo-ambient and mono-bird recordings made in spring, at the edge of the Saharan Atlas Mountains in eastern Morocco, and reflecting the sound of the deserts and other arid habitats of North Africa and beyond into the Middle East.
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The North India sound effects library is a unique collection of 73 sounds recorded and produced with high quality equipment in North India.
From west to east at different seasons over many months, this collection includes:
• Varanasi: The most religious city of the country, bordered by Ganga
• Cities: Delhi and Kolkata, hyperactive Indian cities
• Country-side and villages mostly in Rajasthan.
• Temple: Ceremony, prayer
• Mountains of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, next to Pakistan
• Market: from small to big, outdoor and indoor
• Public space and train stations
This collection provides authentic and interesting sounds recorded through north west to the north east part of the country!
All Faunethic tracks include metadata tags filled with Soundminer.
Here you can find 61 HD quad surround ambiences of the wild North European nature. They were recorded during a two-week recording trip on foot and by rowing boat in the hot July of 2018 at the heart of the national park in Karelia, North-Western Russia. Spacious, transparent, immersive and absolutely free from any technogenic and anthropogenic sounds. Still air and wind through grass or trees. Birds and insects from single and sparse at the cloudy morning to dense and busy at the hot sunny noon, a mosquito chorus at dawn and ear-piercing grasshoppers at sunset. Distant thunder rolls and disturbed Arctic Loon, huge old trees creaking and grumbling in the wind.
10 % of the library's revenue goes to nature preserves and animal shelters.
This second volume comprises 71 quad surround ambiences of the hot summer at the national park in Karelia, North-Western Russia. Carrying you away into the land of Mother Nature, untouched with technogenic and anthropogenic sounds. Busy morning of birds and insect in a marsh, streams in forests and a beaver's dam, a rapid roaring river in a canyon. Mystically whispering and aggressively chattering winds through reed. A swallow feeding their nestlings in front of the microphone. Still evening over lakes with echoing voices of a Hobby falcon, Arctic Loon calls and splashy takeoff runs. Otherworldly silent night with Longhorn beetle larvae creaking communications in the trees at the shore, a bat at 30 kHz and a large beetle cruising around the mic like a helicopter with rumble down to infrasound.
10 % of the library's revenue goes to nature preserves and animal shelters.
• In Northern Rockies: Active Nature, get a collection of lively and euphoric ambiences from the mountains of Montana. Hear the rich diversity of ambiences brimming with wildlife. Hear haunting winnows of Wilson's Snipes and trilling tremolos of Dark-eyed Juncos. Hear wildlife greet the sun in four extended dawn choruses, each ranging from 30 to 50 minutes! This library is packed full of tracks teeming with active flora and fauna from the continental divide of North America and perfectly complements the other Northern Rockies Series libraries to give you a full picture of these stunning glacial valleys.
• Only 26 glaciers (of the 150 in 1850) remain in Glacier National Park and all could melt within 30 years. Hear the sounds of this stunning natural cathedral while the glaciers remain. The ecosystem won't sound the same when they're gone.
• Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause. I view it as an "artist royalty" for the planet!
• Carbon offset credits were purchased for the Northern Rockies Series. Field Recording travel for this library was carbon neutral!
• In Northern Rockies: Common Loons, get a collection of the strange and mythical calls of Common Loons. These beautiful birds have haunting calls that sing across the boreal lakes of North America. One of the greatest pleasures I've had as a field recordist was hearing their majestic wails echo across still waters. This library includes sounds of a nesting pair captured during a full week of nighttime and dawn recording in Glacier National Park, Montana.
• Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause. I view it as an "artist royalty" for the planet!
• Carbon offset credits were purchased for the Northern Rockies Series. Field Recording travel for this library was carbon neutral!
• Named markers are included in each file to help find interesting events in an otherwise uniform waveform. Starting in Soundminer 4.5Pro_v271 you can now read text markers from within Soundminer!
• Marker text included in the Soundminer description and BWAV description fields.
• In Northern Rockies: Miniature, get a mini-nature collection of ambiences from the mountains of Montana. Hear hallowed halls carved by glacial sculptors. Hear quaking Aspens and Ruffed grouse drumming on hollow logs. Hear euphoric dawn choruses, merry songbirds, sacred stillness, and stately woodpeckers knocking on forest doors. This library gives you a small collection of both "quiet" and "active" nature sounds from the continental divide of North America.
• Only 26 glaciers (of the 150 in 1850) remain in Glacier National Park and all are predicted to melt within 30 years. Hear the sounds of this stunning natural cathedral while the glaciers remain. The ecosystem won't sound the same when they're gone.
• Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause. I view it as an "artist royalty" for the planet!
• Carbon offset credits were purchased for the Northern Rockies Series. Field Recording travel for this library was carbon neutral!
• In Northern Rockies: Quiet Nature, get a collection of the most serene ambiences from the mountains of Montana. Hear the massive sparseness of glacial valleys and still water. Hear majestic swaying of old growth forest and naked trunks left by wildfire. Hear Lodgepole pines creaking and Douglas fir slamming to the forest floor. This library is packed full of "quiet nature" tracks from the continental divide of North America, the crown of the continent where glacial meltwaters flow all the way to the Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico, and to the Hudson Bay. Perfect for use as the foundation of your designed environment, some stretches of rare natural silence are up to 35 minutes!
• Only 26 glaciers (of the 150 in 1850) remain in Glacier National Park and all are predicted to melt within 30 years. Hear the sounds of this stunning natural cathedral while the glaciers remain. The ecosystem won't sound the same when they're gone.
• Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause. I view it as an "artist royalty" for the planet!
• Carbon offset credits were purchased for the Northern Rockies Series. Field Recording travel for this library was carbon neutral!
The Norway sound library comes with 44 unique Norwegian sounds (58+ minutes of playtime), featuring recordings of animals and insects, atmosphere, beach waves, glacier sounds, mountain stream, steps and vehicles.
This library of environmental recordings is the culmination of three recording expeditions to the stunningly gorgeous Pacific Northwest. We visited a variety of locations ranging from urban Vancouver, Portland, and Seattle to the wild and untamed Olympic Peninsula. We captured dynamically disparate sounds such as a noisy Seattle shipyard and the quietest location in the continental US – deep within the primordial Hoh Rainforest. There are excellent crowd wallas, and contemplative mountain streams. From beaches to mountain tops to luxury high rises no environment was left un-recorded! This is what the Northwest sounds like!
In all, this library features 69 individual files totaling over three hours of runtime. Total un-zipped file size is over six gigabytes. All sounds have been edited to remove discernable dialog and unwanted noises. What's left is pure, loop-able ambience suitable for no-fuss editing.
All sounds were captured on a Sound Devices 744T recorder. Microphones used include a Sanken CSS-5 stereo mic and a matched stereo pair of Sennheiser 8040s in ORTF configuration. All recordings are accompanied by a high quality photograph for reference and tagged with Pro Tools searchable metadata.
As a special incentive we will also include a bonus mini-library of ambiences from the Irish countryside that James recorded on a recent trip home! Highlights include some great mountain winds and a rare recording of a starling formation taking flight!
Recordist, Producer, Editor – Jason Strawley
Photography, Video – Andrew Garraway
Asst Producer – James Nolan
Thanks, and enjoy!
Produced and recorded by Pro Sound Effects, NYC Ambisonics is a library of New York City ambiences recorded with a SoundField microphone.
The Ambisonics format allows sound editors and mixers to tweak "virtual microphones" in real time with included software. The Ambisonics recordings can be decoded to mono, stereo, 5.1, 7.1 and beyond. The creative possibilities are endless!
"Very well recorded…especially the ride on the New York subway as well as the subway platform, and Chinatown is full of life." – Pro Tools Expert Review
NYC Ambisonics features 53 high-quality B-format ambiences (nearly 7 hours total) and is bundled with SurroundZone2, software that allows you to point "virtual microphones" in any direction with a wide range of polar patterns. The library features 24-bit/96kHz Ambisonics recordings from all over New York City, including Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. Pre-rendered stereo versions of all of the recordings are also included.
In addition to giving sound editors and mixers greater flexibility and control over the recordings, NYC Ambisonics is also perfect for 3D Audio applications including VR and 360º video.
New York City has never sounded better!
Breathe life into your urban scenes with the authentic energy of the NYC Ambisonics Vol. 2 sound effects library. Create pristine backgrounds for everyday applications and specific locations – including tucked-away Brooklyn streets, MTA subway platforms, the New York Public Library, the rumble of midtown Manhattan, the bustling sounds of Grand Central Station, and more.
NYC Ambisonics Vol. 2 features 90 high-quality B-format ambiences with bundled software that allows you to point "virtual microphones" in any direction in real-time with a wide range of polar patterns. Captured by recordist Coll Anderson, this library features 24-bit/96kHz Ambisonics recordings from hand-picked locations throughout New York City, with a focus on Manhattan and Brooklyn. Pre-rendered stereo versions of all of the recordings are also included.
As a follow-up to Pro Sound Effects' popular NYC Ambisonics library, and the latest addition to the Urban Ambisonics Bundle, NYC Ambisonics Vol. 2 maintains the standard of quality while expanding the sonic offering to a range of useful new locations.
The Ambisonics recordings can be decoded to mono, stereo, 5.1, 7.1 and beyond. In addition to giving sound editors and mixers greater flexibility and control over the recordings, these recordings are also perfect for 3D Audio applications including VR and 360º video.
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Your DAW must support Quad (4-channel) tracks in order to use SurroundZone2 plug-in.
East River ferry immersion – pretty much all you'll need to recreate a trip on the ferry – or how it sounds from the quayside/shore. Immersive binaural stereo locates you right by the ferry station with a groaning pontoon and creaking fenders and gentle river wave action. Then boarding and disembarking, as well as a suite of onboard sounds inside the main passenger cabin and out on deck. No wind buffet here … just awesome variable boat engine sounds and wave lap against the hull.
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A good range of street sounds – from traffic that's light to heavy-with-horns, to whizzing by on a city freeway. Sirens from near and far. Church bell chimes, a kids playground – a garbage truck. From Park Ave to Greenpoint. All in immersive binaural stereo – the next best thing to being there.
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Take a sonic dive into the NYC subway – in immersive binaural stereo … the next best thing to being there. Roaring trains, squealing wheels, deep announcer echoes. Recorded from the platform – and on the train. Take a little trip … with the Audio Ninja.
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This library brings you various obnoxious sips, slurps, gulps, gurgles, and more! Obnoxious Sips was recorded using a variety of drinking containers such as glass and plastic bottles and cups, an aluminum can, and some interestingly obnoxious sips from a straw!!
Small Cave Ambiences / Big Wave Crashes / Coquina Rock Hits
If you're in need of an Ocean/Beach library, this is it. The library covers a range of material from small enclosed spaces with the sound of distant waves droning to massive waves crashing against the coquina rock.
Although it is, in essence, an ambience library I recorded and edited material for maximum flexibility for further sound design capabilities.
The library was recorded over a period of 4-weekend trips to Washington Oaks State Park near Flagler Beach, FL.
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This library delivers a diverse collection of waves on rugged beaches; crashes on boulders, churns in stone basins, sizzles on pebbles, gentle laps in coves, and trickles in tidepools.
The sounds presented in this pack were recorded during the shooting of a short film taking place by the ocean. We shot in different places, in the marina, on a boat, in an industrial harbor area, in a wharehouse of boat maintenance.
Even if some sounds of the pack are not fully in the theme, I voluntarily left them because they were recorded at the same time and in order to serve the film.
The most represented sounds in this pack are those recorded in the marina, the wind blowing in the masts of the boats, at the seaside, as well as a detailed recording of the zodiac boat.
Sounds were recorded using Sound Devices 633, in 24bits 96Khz, Schoeps CCM 21 mic in ORTF, with an extra CCM 41 for the center (LCR), and using an extra contact mic to record the motor of the zodiac boat.
All the sounds are raw (No EQ, No Compression, No Fx).
This pack contains 40 sounds, 80 files, for the ambiences.
It also contains 15 sounds, 39 files for the zodiac boat.
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Being a prosecutor is not all glamorous work – busting international crime rings and bringing crooked politicians to justice, as Cha Myung Joo (Jung Ryeo Won) soon discovers!
She was once the rising star of her department, working at a central prosecutors' office, dealing with newsworthy cases. But now she has been transferred to a small branch office in a provincial town, where her daily work is far more mundane!
At the branch office, she meets Lee Sun Woong (Lee Sun Gyun), a fellow prosecutor with a very different outlook on life and what the role of a prosecutor should entail.
The two are poles apart when it comes to their methodology. Cha Myung Joo is cold and meticulous, insistent on abiding by the letter of the law. But Lee Sun Woong takes a more pragmatic approach, chatting to the people he investigates – always keen to discover the human stories behind the crimes he investigates.
It looks like the two prosecutors are on a collision course, with both disapproving of each other's methods. Can they find a way to work together – or will the battle of the district prosecutors get ugly?
This drama was based on a hit 2018 book by South Korean prosecutor Kim Woong, detailing his real-life experiences as part of the country's judicial system.
"War of Prosecutors" is a 2019 South Korean Viki Original drama series directed by Lee Tae Gon.
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In reality, his trek was closer to one mile. It seemed much longer, though, because of the extraordinary circumstances in which his family — and thousands of others — suddenly found themselves.
On Thursday, a still-unexplained gas leak touched off scores of explosions and fires that ripped through three Boston suburbs. Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes, many of which are still under quarantine and in areas where multiple new gas leaks were reported on Saturday.
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The tableau of urban refugees is most vivid in Lawrence, a city where the Merrimack River, lined with acres of old brick textile mills, separates the haves (those in North Lawrence who have electricity) from the have-nots (those in South Lawrence who have no electricity and where homes are still off-limits).
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"Throw them out!" two young women yelled as they passed him by.
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Hector Diaz, 59, a deliveryman, said he had already had his fill of life as an evacuee.
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text: Digest of the Week — Provincial Laws of General Application Apply to Indigenous People March 15, 2016R. v. Bloom | 2016 CarswellOnt 35 | Ontario Court of Justice Aboriginal law | Constitutional issues | Constitution Act, 1867 (British North America Act) Accused was pulled over by police officer while driving pickup truck in city of T — Ensuing police investigation led to number of charges under provincial Highway Traffic Act — At trial, accused's position was simply that "the Province of Ontario has absolutely no jurisdiction over Indians" — Presiding justice of peace accepted evidence of investigating officer and rejected accused's claims to jurisdictional immunity — Accused was found guilty of all charges and fined $6,170 — Accused appealed his convictions and sentence — Appeal dismissed — Section 91 of Constitution Act, 1867 and, in particular, para. 24, assigns legislative powers respecting "Indians" to federal Parliament — In Supreme Court of Canada decision concerning jurisdiction, SCC re-affirmed that s. 91 ¶ 24 "protects a 'core' of Indianness from provincial intrusion" — This core encompasses aboriginal rights, including rights that are recognized and affirmed by s. 35(1) of Constitution Act, 1982 — Laws that purport to extinguish those rights therefore touch core of Indianness that lies at heart of s. 91 ¶ 24, and are beyond legislative competence of provinces to enact — Those rights include rights in relation to land and also encompass practices, customs and traditions that are not tied to land as well — Provincial governments are prevented from legislating in relation to both types of aboriginal rights — However, provincial laws of universal application that do not intrude on treaty, territorial or other constitutionally protected aboriginal rights or practices and customs sheltered by them are as binding on Indigenous persons as any other inhabitants of province — Time period that court should consider in identifying whether right claimed meets standard of being integral to aboriginal community claiming right is period prior to contact between aboriginal and European societies — While there have been some modest modifications in its formulation, rule that "provincial laws of general application apply proprio vigore to Indians" remains fundamentally undisturbed.© Copyright WestlawNext Canada, Thomson Reuters Canada Limited. All rights reserved.


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I don't really celebrate Halloween but I do love scary movies. Well, all things horror for that matter. Call me what you want, I'm not alone. Shout out to my people who can appreciate a good scare or things that go bump in the night. #WeRock
Thirty-one days of Halloween has commenced! We kicked the month off searching football on Sunday. Our New Orleans Saints got a win. Hopefully, October will be the green light for a great season. But hey! I'm a Greenbay fan. #GoPack
My daughter and I watched horror movies all day on Monday and I must say, I wasn't all that impressed by the choices on our guide. We settled on four that sounded interesting enough. From The Mothman Prophecies to The Evil Dead 1981 (which is considered a classic by the way), to Unfriended and The Visit. Maybe not in that order, but we spent our day laughing, giving side-eyes, to trying to get back the time wasted on such disappointment. Can y'all believe punkass Ash has his own show now? Ash vs. The Evil Dead. Don't believe me, look it up! It's on Starz.
Moving on...
The Visit wasn't so bad, though. The tale of two children going to spend a week with the grandparents they've never met. What kind of parent sends their children off for a week to visit with parents she hadn't seen in nearly 15 years? Just dumb... Wouldn't you at least go with them? I won't give any spoilers. When you watch it, if you haven't seen it already, please send me your thoughts. Lol... Favorite line from the movie is when Tyler, one of the children, says in his rap "shit don't taste like chicken." You gotta watch the movie to understand. *shaking my damn head*
Last night, we watched Cooties. Yes, you heard me, Cooties. If you haven't watched it please do just to get a good laugh. It is ridiculously hilarious and dumb as hell! Takes place in Fort Chicken, Illinois. A sudden virus erupts when children are imposed to a contaminated meat product starring Elijah Woods. Yeah...
I wonder what we will watch today. Right now I'm sitting in the doctor's office with my Daddy waiting for him to have eye surgery. Nothing serious, he's good. But boy are there some characters in here. I have formed a plot and created a storyline that will leave your side aching from obsessive laughter. Umma be nice! *covers mouth with hands*
Anyway, I just wanted to share my October experience this far. I'm sure there will be much more to come. I'll keep you guys posted on the movies, but I have a question. My baby sister and her husband are hosting their first Halloween party. Since I'm a lover of Prince, I wanted to go as "Purple Rain" but the costume isn't turning out the way I had it pictured in my head. My question to you is: What/Who shall I go as? I have an idea, but I would love to hear your suggestions. Post your pick in the comments. I'll be waiting...
Come on... Get into the spirit to the start of the holiday season. Even if you don't celebrate Halloween, don't keep others who do from having their experience. Who knows? You may add more years to your life by living a little. Everything doesn't have to be so serious. Live...Love...Laugh ya heard me!
And don't forget October is also Breast Cancer Awareness and Domestic Voilence Awareness. Support by donating, educating yourself, and supporting others. Your presence and contribution can save a life or two. A friendly attitude, warm smile, and word of encouragement can change a life more than you can know.
And don't forget October is also Breast Cancer Awareness and Domestic Voilence Awareness. Support by donating, educating yourself, and supporting others. Your presence and contribution can save a life or two. A friendly attitude, warm smile, and word of encouragement can change a life more than you can know.
Until next time, Be Inpsired, Be Encouraged, & Be YOU with a little extra!
Purple Hugs,
KeKe Chanel


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I am getting up slowly. My aim is to have a leisurely breakfast with the newspaper propped up against the toast rack before catching the 11.30 to Norwich, where I am due to appear at Writers' Centre Norwich's Summer Reads.
The phone rings. It's a producer at BBC Radio Oxford, asking if Jo Thoenes can interview me for a programme about genealogy. I readily agree; I appeared on her show when I was at the Oxford Literature Festival in March and I was very impressed with her. I am booked in for a telephone interview in half an hour. I glance at the microwave clock. I realise that I have no time for a leisurely anything; I need to be showered and ready to leave before Jo calls back.
|Jo Thoenes
Shaving, I really should have learned by now, is one thing you should not do in a hurry. As well as remove my stubble, I also manage to slice the end of my nose. I have no idea how I have managed to achieve this wound, but it's certainly very real; my nose is throbbing and blood is trickling into the sink.
When the phone rings, I am sitting on the sofa, leaning forward to avoid staining my shirt, with a piece of toilet paper stuck to the drying blood on the end of my nose. Jo and I have a quick chat and then launch straight into the interview. I'm in mid-flow and suddenly my nose starts bleeding again. I realise I am beginning to lose the thread of what I am saying. I want to explain that for me, the most important of the family historian's art, is oral testimony, but I am now trying to dab a drop of blood from the carpet, and the word "testimony" has completely escaped me. "Oral…err," I grab another tissue. "Oral… um… " I don't guess what the second word may be in case my Tourette's tendencies get the better of me.
Jo somehow manages to divert my attention from my nose and back to answering her questions but I can't think that mine is the most illuminating interview she will conduct today.
A few hours later, my nose has stopped bleeding and I am being interviewed again, this time by Stephen Bumfrey at BBC Radio Norwich. It suddenly strikes me as I sit in this Norwich radio studio and that I am having a very Alan Partridge-esque day. I'm even staying in a Travelodge. All I need now is to have a fight with a trouser press.
After the interview, Sam Ruddock from Writers' Centre Norwich escorts me round the bookshops in the centre of Norwich, all of which are pleasingly well-stocked with copies of The Mango Orchard, and some even have it in their window displays.
I am delighted to be part of Summer Reads. It's a reading campaign Writers' Centre Norwich organises with Norfolk Libraries. I am very proud to be part of the line-up of excellent books: Joseph O'Conner's Ghost Light, Simon Armitage's Seeing Stars, Evie Wyld's After the Fire, A Still Small Voice, Andrey Kurkov's The Good Angel Of Death, and Katie Kitamura's The Longshot.
I have half an hour to return to the Travelodge and get changed for my talk at the fabulous Millennium Library. The attendance is good, the audience are generous listeners and ask wise questions (which thankfully didn't include "What's that gash at the end of your nose") and buy a good number of books. Thanks to Sam, Katy and all at Writers' Centre Norwich for including me in Summer Reads, and for organising it so well. I hope to have another book for you soon.


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"Ghost in the Machine" is the granddaddy of government cover-up: Half-Caff X-Files. I say Half-Caff because they aren't paranormal and neither are they, well, normal. These are the cases that explore the realm of science fiction rather than horror. They are not lesser than, by any means. Only they aren't a part of the mytharc and they aren't MOTW episodes either. Usually, these types of episodes focus on the dangers of technology, biotech or otherwise. In this case, it's artificial intelligence.
Dear Reader, may I draw your attention to the glance Mulder gives Scully when Jerry mentions that they were former partners. He looks for the world as though Scully had met a past lover of his, as though she wouldn't want to know there had ever been anyone before her. On her part, Scully drops her friendly smile. Mulder and Scully may not be romantic, or even overly attached at this point, but they are most definitely territorial. Mulder even tries to downplay his "previous relationship" by saying they merely "worked together." You can't hide your sordid past forever, Mulder.
Jerry's entrance is where Mulder's demonstrable loyalty to his friends, even when they don't deserve it, becomes evident. He may not make attachments easily, but once he does he's loath to let go. He shows these same feelings toward Diana Fowley multiple times and even toward Skinner in "Redux II" (5×2) when Scully has him pegged as a traitor. To an extent, this aspect of his personality is what allows Phoebe Green to take advantage of him again in "Fire" (1×11), though that time he walks into her web willingly. It's akin to his fascination with outcast females, no doubt tied to the loss of Samantha. He'd rather not lose again.
There's something nostalgic about the scene where Scully tries to get Mulder to seek help. The character dynamics here hold true pretty much to the end of the series, which is a feat. Scully argues the irrationality of Mulder's premise, Mulder sticks to it anyway. Scully tries to get Mulder to take a reasonable course of action, Mulder ignores her and goes off without any real explanation. Good times.
Unlike "Shadows" (1×5) before it, at least we can say we now know more about our two favorite agents.
And the Verdict is…
This one is largely ignored by the fandom and generally panned, but without its precedent, we wouldn't have had episodes like "F. Emasculata" (2×22), "Wetwired" (3×23), and the some kind of awesome "The Pine Bluff Variant" (5×18). We'll call it a government cover-up and not a conspiracy so as not to confuse it with the series mythology, which it's only tied to by a very loose shoestring. Little grey-green men aren't so much as hinted at.
There is a lot more meat here than I remembered eating the first 4 or so times I watched it. I would now go so far as to say it's underrated. True, the visuals and electronics are dated, that can't be helped. Also, the "villain", the AI is sadly lacking in personality. The series missed an opportunity to create a truly frightening sentient computer, an error they later rectified in "Kill Switch" (5×11).
But there are a few golden moments hiding in this episode. How about Scully kicking butt and taking names? What fun when she walks in all bruised and beaten up, ready to shoot. She, of course, does the improper thing and sides with Mulder over the government. Pull a gun on her partner, will you? We haven't seen Scully like this since "Deep Throat" (1×1).
Speaking of Deep Throat, Deep Throat himself makes a welcome return, proving that if dangerous technology exists the government will try to buy it and hide it. After all, you can't trust the government. You can only trust Mulder and Scully.
General Observations
Mulder and Scully had to pay $8.50 for that rinky-dink lunch? Psh.
Apparently, TPTB don't bother reprimanding these two agents at this stage of the game. They escaped censure in Deep Throat and it appears that the Department of Defense won't be taking revenge on them either.
Nagging Questions:
What are Phone Freaks, Data Travelers, and Techno Anarchists? The times, they have a-changed.
What's with all the strips of paper in the air conditioning shaft? It looks more like a garbage disposal.
More importantly, Scully shooting bullets inside the shaft seems equally as suicidal as her throwing herself directly into the fan.
Best Quotes:
Scully: How come you two went your separate ways?
Mulder: I'm a pain in the a** to work with.
Scully: Seriously.
Mulder: I'm not a pain in the a**?


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Changes in the Pacemaker Rate After Transition From Edwards SAPIEN XT to SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Aortic Valve ImplantationThe Critical Role of Valve Implantation Height
Author + information
- Received October 1, 2015
- Revision received December 9, 2015
- Accepted December 17, 2015
- Published online April 25, 2016.
Author Information
- Fernando De Torres-Alba, MD,
- Gerrit Kaleschke, MD,
- Gerhard Paul Diller, MD, PhD,
- Julia Vormbrock, MD,
- Stefan Orwat, MD,
- Robert Radke, MD,
- Florian Reinke, MD,
- Dieter Fischer, MD,
- Holger Reinecke, MD and
- Helmut Baumgartner, MD∗ (Helmut.Baumgartner{at}ukmuenster.de)
- Division of Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- ↵∗Reprint requests and correspondence:
Dr. Helmut Baumgartner, Division of Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude: A1, 48149, Muenster, Germany.
Objectives The aim of this study was to analyze the pacemaker implantation rate (PMIR) with the new balloon-expandable Edwards SAPIEN 3 valve (S3) and the factors associated with it.
Background The introduction of the S3 for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has led to a reduction in paravalvular regurgitation. There are, however, concerns that the new design may increase the PMIR.
Methods The first 206 patients treated with the S3 were compared with 371 preceding patients treated with SAPIEN XT valves. Patients who previously underwent pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation or transapical and valve-in-valve procedures were excluded from the analysis. All patients were monitored for at least 7 days. Previous and new conduction abnormalities were documented, and prosthesis implantation height was assessed for the S3.
Results There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics between groups. The PMIR was, however, significantly higher for the S3 (19.1% vs. 12.2%; p = 0.046). The mean implantation height was significantly lower in patients requiring PMI (67%/33% vs. 72%/28% aortic/ventricular stent extension, p = 0.032). On multivariate regression analysis, implantation height was the only independent predictor of PMI (odds ratio: 0.94 [95% confidence interval: 0.90 to 0.99]; p = 0.009). It increased from 68%/32% to 75%/25% when comparing the first with the second half of S3 implantations (p < 0.0001). This change was associated with a significant decrease in PMIR from 25.9% to 12.3% (p = 0.028), no longer different from the XT valve (12.2%).
Conclusions The PMIR after TAVR is higher with the S3 than with the XT and is independently associated with the implantation height. This increase in the PMIR may be avoided by intending an aortic stent extension >70%.
- balloon-expandable valve
- conduction abnormalities
- Edwards SAPIEN 3
- pacemaker
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become an accepted treatment alternative for severe aortic stenosis in patients at high surgical risk (1,2). Atrioventricular conduction abnormalities (AVCAs) are a common complication after TAVR (3–7) and are associated with an increased permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation rate (PPMIR) (8–10). This remains one of the concerns with this intervention, particularly when considering even lower risk patients for TAVR. In general, the reported occurrence of AVCAs and need for PPM implantation was markedly lower for balloon-expandable valves than for self-expandable valves (10–12). Studies with the balloon-expandable Edwards SAPIEN XT valve (XT) (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California) have reported an average PPMIR of ∼6% (range, from 4% to 13%) (13). The recent introduction of the next generation of balloon-expandable valve of the Edwards SAPIEN family, the Edwards SAPIEN 3 valve (S3) (Edwards Lifesciences) was suggested to lead to a marked reduction in paravalvular regurgitation (PVR) (14). This valve incorporates a new adaptive external tissue seal aimed at reducing PVR and its newly designed stent allowing for a lower delivery profile is 3 to 4 mm longer than in the XT. The PPMIR after TAVR with the S3 reported in the release study of the valve was 13.3% (14), a rate higher than usually reported with the previous generations of the balloon-expandable valve (15). The markedly higher PPMIR reported for the self-expanding CoreValve (Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota) (range, 24% to 33%) (10) was suggested to be caused by the design-related extension of the stent deeper into the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) (8). Higher implantation of the valve was indeed reported to reduce the PPMIR (16). The longer stent of the S3 that may extend deeper into the LVOT may also result in a higher rate of AVCAs compared with the previous valve generation. It remains, however, currently unclear whether the PPMIR indeed differs between S3 and XT TAVR and which mechanisms may explain such differences. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to compare the PPMIR between patients undergoing TAVR using S3 and XT valves and to identify risk factors for the development of AVCAs and need for a PPM after S3 implantation, considering in particular the role of the implantation height of the valve.
All patients undergoing TAVR at our institution with the XT and the S3 between January 2010 and January 2015 were screened. Inclusion criteria for the final study population were that the patients 1) did not have a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator before TAVR, 2) were treated for severe native aortic stenosis (no valve-in-valve implantation), and 3) underwent implantation via transfemoral access.
All patients underwent a thorough clinical and echocardiographic evaluation before being considered for TAVR. The indication for TAVR was established by the multidisciplinary heart team including cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. Clinical records of the patients were reviewed, and all relevant information regarding AVCAs or PPM implantation before and during implantation was collected. All patients were monitored for 7 days after TAVR with continuous electrocardiographic telemetry after implantation. Specific guidelines for PPM implantation in the setting of TAVR are currently lacking. The decision to implant a PPM was left to the discretion of the local interdisciplinary team including valvular heart disease and electrophysiology experts. In order to account for possible differences in PPM implantation threshold in the study groups, we classified the PPM implantation into 2 groups of indications according to current guidelines (17): the Class I/IIa indication group of patients includes those with a "therapeutic" indication, whereas the Class IIb indication group includes those with "prophylactic" PPM implantation indications. All patients underwent 12-lead electrocardiographic and echocardiographic evaluation before discharge. The degree of PVR was defined according to the Valve Academic Research Consortium criteria (18).
The implantation height in the S3 group was analyzed by off-line evaluation of procedural fluoroscopy. A single still frame of the pre- and post-implantation aortic angiographies was selected for each patient. The implantation height was assessed quantitatively by 2 experienced investigators (G.K. and H.B.) who were blind to the objectives of the study. Interobserver discrepancies were resolved by consensus. The native aortic valve annulus was defined as the connection line of the deepest points of cusp insertions in the pre-implantation angiography. Identification of the same line in the post-implantation angiography by direct comparison was attempted. The final stent length and the distance from the native aortic annulus to the aortic end of the stent were measured. The implantation height was expressed as the percentage of the stent lying on the aortic and the ventricular sides (Figure 1).
The valve size selection was at the discretion of the operators who were aware of the multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) size recommendation provided by the vendor specifications. An S3 was considered oversized when the S3 nominal area was greater than the systolic MDCT annular area. The percentage of oversizing (positive percentage) or undersizing (negative percentage) was calculated using the following formula: % oversizing = (S3 nominal area/MDCT annular area − 1) × 100. In addition, to further analyze a possible effect of the sizing of the valve in the PPMIR, we also categorized patients in the S3 group depending on the percentage of MDCT area oversizing/undersizing in the following categories: <0% (undersizing); 0% to 10%; 10% to 20%; and >20% (oversizing).
All patients signed an informed consent for interventional treatment and data collection allowing intrainstitutional retrospective data analysis.
Statistical analysis
Quantitative data were expressed as the mean ± SD. Categorical variables were expressed as counts and percentages. Quantitative variables adjusting to a normal distribution were compared by the Student t test. Nonnormal variables were compared with the Wilcoxon test. Comparison of categorical variables was performed with the chi-square test or the Fisher exact test, as appropriate. A multivariate regression analysis was performed to assess for independent predictors of PPM implantation after S3 implantation. Pearson's correlation was used to describe the temporal changes in the implantation height in the S3 group over time. The optimal value of implantation height was assessed based on the combination between sensitivity and specificity as measured by receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis.
All reported p values are 2 sided, and p values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Statistical analysis were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 22.0. (IBM Corp., Armonk, New York). To account for a possible selection bias and therefore a possible lack of comparability of the XT and S3 groups, propensity score matching was performed using the MatchIt Package for R (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria) with a nearest-neighbor 1-to-1 matching method.
During the defined study period, 206 patients underwent TAVR with the S3 (recent cohort) and 371 patients received the XT (preceding cohort). After exclusion of those patients with a previously implanted pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (9.2% in the S3 group and 12.7% in the XT group), transapical implantations (7.8% in the S3 group and 10.0% in the XT group) and valve-in-valve procedures (4.4% in the S3 group and 2.7% in the XT group), 162 patients treated with the S3 and 287 patients treated with the XT remained for further analysis (Figure 2). Baseline characteristics of the 2 groups are presented in Table 1. There were no significant differences in age, sex, baseline risk profile or pre-existing conduction abnormalities between the 2 groups. In the XT group, the most frequently implanted valve size was 26 mm (51.2% vs. 37.7% in the S3 group), whereas in the S3 group, 23-mm was the most frequently used valve size (45.1% vs. 36.2% in the XT group). This difference in implanted valve sizes was statistically significant (p = 0.02). Table 2 shows the post-procedural outcome. The in-hospital mortality (all-cause mortality during index procedure hospitalization) was 2.2% for the entire cohort and did not significantly differ between groups. The mean length of stay was 8 days.
A significant reduction in PVR was observed in the S3 group compared with the XT group (Table 2, Figure 3). The percentage of patients with no PVR increased from 26.1% to 45.5%. The percentage of patients with mild to moderate PVR decreased from 7.4% to 4.3%. Although 2.8% of patients with XT valves had moderate PVR, none of the S3 patients had moderate or severe PVR.
The development of new AVCAs of any type was, however, significantly higher in the S3 group (39.0% vs. 28.9%; p = 0.022). The PPMIR was also significantly higher in the S3 group (19.1% vs. 12.2%; p = 0.049). The results of the propensity score analysis were consistent with the results of the unmatched analysis, confirming a significant difference in the PPMIR (12.6% in the XT group and 22.1% in the S3 group; p = 0.017). Table 2 shows the specific AVCAs that developed in both groups. Only the development of third-degree atrioventricular (AV) block was significantly more frequent in the S3 group. The indication for PPM implantation in those patients in whom new AVCAs developed was a Class I/IIa indication in 30 patients in the XT group (85.7% of all PM implantations in this group) and in 29 patients (93.5% of all PM implantations in this group) in the S3 group, with no significant differences between groups.
The characteristics of S3 patients with and without a need for PPM implantation are presented in Table 3. Patients who received a PPM after TAVR did not significantly differ from those without a need for a PPM with regard to age (83.9 ± 4.3 vs. 81.7 ± 6.4 years; p = 0.07), sex (35.5% vs. 38.2% male, p = 0.782), logistic EuroSCORE (18.4 ± 9.0 vs. 25.6 ± 12.5; p = 0.08), and aortic valve calcium score (3,090 ± 1,577 in the S3 group vs. 3,199 ± 1,980 in the XT group; p = 0.77). Among pre-existing AVCAs, right bundle branch block was significantly more frequent in patients who eventually required a PPM after TAVR (16.1% vs. 3.1%; p < 0.014). Regarding procedural characteristics, the mean implantation height of the S3 was significantly lower in patients requiring a PPM (67%/33% vs. 72%/28% aortic/ventricular stent extension, p = 0.032 (Figure 4).
Mean area oversizing was 7.4 ± 11.1% in the S3 group. Undersizing was present in 42 patients (27.8%). MDCT area oversizing percentages of 0% to 10%, 10% to 20%, and >20% were present in 46 patients (28.4%), 46 (28.4%), and 17 (10.4%), respectively. Mean area oversizing was 6.6 ± 10.5% in those patients who did not require a PPM and 10.9 ± 12.9% in those patients who required PPM with no significant difference between groups (p = 0.06). MDCT area undersizing and oversizing percentages of <10%, 10-20%, and >20% were present in 37 patients (30.6%), 38 (31.4%), 34 (28.1%), and 12 (9.9%) in the cohort of patients who did not require a PPM and in 5 patients (16.7%), 8 (26.7%), 12 (40.0%), and 5 (16.7%) in the cohort of patients who required a PPM, with no significant differences between groups (p = 0.268).
On multivariate logistic regression analysis including the presence of a pre-existing right bundle branch block, implantation height, valve sizing, age, and sex, implantation height remained the only independent predictor of the need for PPM implantation (odds ratio: 0.95 [95% confidence interval: 0.91 to 0.99]; p = 0.025). By receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis, implantation heights of 73%/27% aortic/ventricular resulted as the best cutoff in terms of a reduction in the PPMIR for the S3 (sensitivity, 59%; specificity, 83%; area under the curve, 70.1%). The PPMIR in patients with implantation heights of 73%/27% aortic/ventricular or more (n = 77) was 6.5% compared with 32.9% in those with an implantation height <73%.
During the study period, a significant increase in implantation height of the S3 was observed over time (Figure 5) (r = 0.447; p < 0.001). However, the mean area oversizing did not change significantly over time (r = 0.11; p = 0.179).
In order to analyze the influence of this observed temporal trend of a progressively higher implantation of the valve on the PPMIR in the S3 group, we compared the first 50% of patients with the second 50%. The significant increase in the implantation height from 68%/32% to 75%/25% aortic/ventricular stent extension (p < 0.0001) was associated with a significant decrease in the PPMIR from 25.9% to 12.3% (p = 0.028) (Figure 6). The mean area oversizing did not significantly differ between the 2 groups (8.8 ± 10.4% in the first 50% of patients) and 6.1 ± 11.6% in the second 50% of patients (p = 0.13). MDCT area undersizing and oversizing percentages of 0% to 10%, 10% to 20%, and >20% were present in 16 patients (21.3%), 22 (29.3%), 28 (37.3%), and 9 (12.0%) in the cohort of patients in the first period and in 26 (34.2%), 24 (31.6%), 18 (23.7%), and 8 (10.5%) in the cohort of patients who required a PPM, with no significant differences between groups (p = 0.20).
The present study highlights that the development of a new TAVR valve design intended to overcome limitations of the technique may indeed successfully reduce 1 complication but at the expense of increasing another one. Thus, careful clinical evaluation of each new valve generation is essential. The new generation of the balloon-expandable S3 has been suggested to successfully decrease the rate and degree of paravalvular leakage (14)—one major concern in TAVR—but the new valve design has apparently the potential to significantly increase the PPMIR required after TAVR. The present study confirms the marked reduction in PVR with the new stent design but highlights that this may indeed occur at the expense of a higher PPMIR. More importantly, the study demonstrates that a relatively "high" implantation of the S3 with little extent of the stent into the LVOT may reduce this risk and may keep the PPMIR in the same range as observed with the previous generation of the XT.
PVR has repeatedly been reported to be associated with a worse outcome after TAVR with regard to heart failure rate as well as survival (19). A successful reduction of PVR by an improved valve design raises hope to also improve outcome, although this still needs to be demonstrated.
How much concern is appropriate when such a decrease in PVR is reached at the expense of an increasing PPMIR? Again, solid data to answer this question are lacking. Although controversial data have been published on the impact of PPM implantation associated with TAVR (20,21), it is unlikely that PPM implantation does not adversely affect the long-term outcome in particular when moving away from very elderly high-risk surgical patients. A recent analysis of the PARTNER (Placement of AoRtic TraNscathetER Valves) trial and registry showed that PPMIR was indeed associated with a longer duration of hospitalization and higher rates of repeat hospitalization as well as the composite of mortality and repeat hospitalization at 1 year (15).
To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first comparison of a large group of patients treated with the S3 and XT demonstrating a significant increase in AVCAs and a higher PPMIR with the S3 compared with the XT valve. The pivotal S3 trial (14) reported a PPMIR of 13.3%. Although this percentage is higher than the previously reported 6% for the XT (10), no comparison of valve generations is possible from this study nor were predictors of PPM implantation analyzed. Tarantini et al. (22) recently reported an increase in PPMIR with the S3 compared with the XT, but their study included only a very small group of 29 patients treated with the new-generation valve. Nevertheless, their results are similar. The PPMIR was similar to ours in both the S3 (20.7% vs. 19.1%) and XT (10.0% vs. 13.0%). In our study, the higher rate of AVCAs of any type observed in the S3 group (39.5% vs. 28.9% in the XT group) was primarily driven by the higher incidence of third-degree AV block. New-onset left bundle branch block was observed in 13% of patients in the S3 group, a lower rate than the 18% reported in the release study (14), and it was not associated with a higher PPMIR in the S3 group. However, the presence of a right bundle branch block before TAVR was associated with PPM implantation in the S3 group on univariate analysis (16.1% vs. 3.1%; p = 0.014), but this association was not significant on multivariate analysis. The degree of MDCT area oversizing by the valve could play a role in the development of conduction abnormalities after TAVR with the previous XT generation (23). However, in our study, the MDCT diameter oversizing was not related to the rate of PPMI in the S3 group, neither on univariate analysis nor after including it in the multivariate analysis.
Our study shows that a deeper position of the S3 in the LVOT is independently associated with a higher PPMIR after TAVR. This association may also explain the difference in PPMIR between the S3 and XT. The stent of the S3 is 3 to 4 mm longer than that of the XT and tends to reach deeper into the LVOT, particularly when implanted in a similar way as far as the intended relationship of aortic to ventricular stent length is concerned.
The association between implantation height and PMIR has been well described in studies of TAVR using the self-expandable CoreValve device (Medtronic Inc.) (12). Although the overall PPMIR was low, such an association was even reported in studies of the XT as well. Urena et al. (3) reported a deeper implantation height evaluated by transesophageal echocardiography to be associated with a higher rate of persistent left bundle branch block, which in turn determined higher risk of complete AV block and PPM implantation. Another study evaluating patients receiving either the XT or the self-expandable CoreValve also reported an independent association between the implantation height evaluated by callipered angiography with a higher rate of persistent left bundle branch block and AV block (4).
In their small group of 29 patients treated with the S3, Tarantini et al. (22) found a significantly lower implantation height in those patients requiring PPM implantation after TAVR. The maximum extension of the valve into the LVOT was 8.2 ± 2.0 mm in patients who required a PPM, and 76% of these had an implantation height of ≤60%/40% aortic/ventricular. Patients not requiring a PPM had a maximal stent extension of 5.0 ± 2.4 mm in the LVOT and an aortoventricular ratio <60/40% in 47.6%. From their results, the authors recommend keeping the stent length in the LVOT <8 mm to avoid development of AV block. This would result in an aortic percentage of the stent length >56%, >60%, and >64% for 29-, 26-, and 23-mm valves, respectively. From our results in a much larger study group, this position appears to be still too deep, and an aortic percentage approximately >70% should be intended. Originally, the company advised positioning the central marker of the valve within a few millimeters below and above the insertion points of the valve cusps. However, to avoid an implantation depth associated with an increased PMIR, a marker position slightly above the insertion points is required. Following this strategy, mean implantation height increased over time in our series. When dividing the cohort in the first and second 50% of patients, we observed a significant reduction in the PMIR in the second 50% of the patients in the S3 group, in which the mean implantation height was 75%/25% aortic/ventricular. In this group, the PMIR (12.3%) was similar to the PMIR in the XT group (12.2%) of our series. Thus, our study suggests that an optimization of the implantation technique intending a shorter extension of the stent into the LVOT significantly reduces the PMIR, reaching values similar to those found with the previous balloon-expandable valve generation.
Study limitations
The study was nonrandomized, retrospective, and observational. However, baseline patient characteristics did not significantly differ between the XT and S3 groups, and the results were confirmed with a propensity score–matching analysis.
Calcium score was only analyzed in patients receiving the S3, and it does not provide information regarding the distribution of valve calcification, and therefore its influence on the rate of AVCAs, PPM implantation, and PVR in our study remains unknown. The reported PMIR in this study represents the in-hospital occurrence of PPM need. Patients were monitored for at least 7 days. The mean hospital stay after TAVR was 8 days. PPM implantations after discharge or after patient transfer were not systematically addressed. Thus, some cases of late development of AV block and late PPM implantation may have been missed, and the PPMIR underestimated.
In this study, the incidence of PPM implantation after TAVR was significantly higher with the S3 than with the XT, and it was independently associated with the implantation height of the valve. A progressive change in the implantation technique toward a higher implantation resulted in a significant reduction in the PPMIR. The results suggest that the initially observed increase in PPMIR with the S3 compared with the XT can apparently be eliminated by optimizing the implantation height of the valve, keeping the extension of the stent into the LVOT short. It appears advisable to aim at an aortic extension of >70% of the total length of the stent.
WHAT IS KNOWN? The new stent design of a new generation of balloon-expandable valves has raised concerns with regard to a potential increase in procedure-related pacemaker requirement. Our results show that the S3 has the potential to markedly increase the pacemaker rate compared with the XT.
WHAT IS NEW? This pacemaker rate is strongly related to the implantation height of the stent, and a change in interventional strategy aiming at a high implantation resulting in an aortic extension of the stent >70% may bring the pacemaker rate back to the range previously observed with the XT.
WHAT IS NEXT? These results may have a major impact on the recommendations for how to implant the S3 in order to avoid unnecessarily high pacemaker rates with their negative impact on long-term outcome after this intervention.
This study was supported by a research grant from the EMAH Stiftung Karla Voellm, Krefeld, Germany. Dr. Baumgartner has received travel support from Edwards Lifesciences, Abbott, St. Jude Medical, and Medtronic; and speaker and consulting fees from Edwards Lifesciences. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. The first 2 authors contributed equally to this work.
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- atrioventricular
- atrioventricular conduction abnormality
- left ventricular outflow tract
- multidetector computed tomography
- pacemaker implantation rate
- permanent pacemaker
- permanent pacemaker implantation rate
- paravalvular regurgitation
- receiver-operating characteristic curve
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 valve
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- Edwards SAPIEN XT valve
- Received October 1, 2015.
- Revision received December 9, 2015.
- Accepted December 17, 2015.
- 2016 American College of Cardiology Foundation
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M.S Nagar Karayogam (KNSS) & Bangalore Club for Kathakali and the Arts (BCKA) Presents "Kalyanasougandhikam"
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This is an episode from the Mahabharatha when the Pandavas and their queen Draupadi lived in exile in the forest. At the request of Draupadi Bheema sets out to fetch saugandhika the celestial flower. On his way he encounters an old monkey obstructing his path. The proud Bheema orders the monkey to get out of his way in anger. The monkey refuses to move and Bheema tries to lift his tail and fails in his attempt. To the humbled and perplexed Bheema the monkey reveals himself as Hanuman his eldest brother. Hanuman gives him his blessings.
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Whenever I finish a novel/play/poetry collection, I allow myself a moment to savour the final sentence, with a strange sigh of relief and inspiration and sorrow and optimism. Then I think, 'Right. What's next?'
This morning, just as I reached my tube stop, I finished reading Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar. After the familiar sigh had shivered through me, something unusual happened. Instead of mentally scanning my shelves for my next literary adventure, I wanted to flick back to the beginning and start again, devouring the words with a new understanding. I wanted to grab the person behind me on the escalator and implore them to read it. I wanted to buy 50 copies of it and send one to everyone I know.
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Recent comments by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) (shown above left, beside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) should make everyone's decision about the November 2020 elections a lot easier, in my opinion.
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In a new interview, the Democratic lawmaker from New York's District 14 said she doesn't regret invoking the Holocaust and making the "concentration camp" comparison to the detention centers at the border that are now temporarily holding people who have come to this country unlawfully.
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That's right: She doesn't regret the comparison.
But she does feel that her statements were misinterpreted.
Here's how the Washington Examiner described part of her recent interview with ABC7 New York, as shown in the video above.
"One, I don't regret it at all. A group, in fact, of — I think 200, at least 200 — historians, rabbis, academics have come together in support of this term," she said.
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In terms of whether she believes the conditions at the border facilities are the same as conditions at the death camps run by the Nazis during World War II, Ocasio-Cortez said she does — pointing to a visit she made to the border with other members of Congress.
"I've seen it. I've sat on concrete floors with woman whose hair was falling out and they're developing sores in their mouth," she said in the interview.
"Parents are dying with their children watching them and all without a trial — all with just an accusation, and all with the intent to dehumanize."
This is the kind of stuff that will drive swing voters to Trump.
Ocasio-Cortez — a member of the so-called Democratic squad — also said it was "ahistorical" for Republicans to accuse her of being anti-Semitic for downplaying the Holocaust to score political points.
As if ignorance isn't enough, this individual refuses to learn, in my opinion — and instead, she continues a narrative that fits her worldview.
This is the kind of stuff that will drive swing voters to Trump.
This is about equivocations and overreactions — and people are tired, really tired, of being called racist, etc., when they're not.
A version of this piece originally appeared in WayneDupree.com; this article is used by permission.
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Dry Drowning – what you need to know
A topic that has been in the news recently – learn all the facts about dry drowning and know the warning signs. Thanks to Parenting.com for this great article and useful tips.
Most parents take five from lifeguard duty when their little ones hop out of the pool or make their way from the surf. Once they're toweled off, it's time for juice boxes, snacks and maybe playing in the sand. Right? Hopefully in most cases. But, dry drowning, also known as secondary drowning, can occur hours after your kiddo's swim session has ended.
First, it's important to understand what dry drowning is because the name can be a bit confusing. It has nothing to do with sand or heat—and everything to do with water.
"Drowning from fluid in the lungs that occurs not during submersion in water, but up to 24 hours after swimming or bathing, defines secondary drowning," says Dr. Fisher. "If the child inhales water into the lungs, the vocal cords can spasm. The drowning is defined 'dry' because it occurs out of the water."
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