LRMC cardiologist participates in groundbreaking medical study
5/1/2019
Longview, TX (May 1, 2019) — A doctor at Longview Regional Medical Center is continuing to lead the field of groundbreaking cardiology research by participating in a prestigious clinical study aimed at reducing infection among patients.
Longview Regional Medical Center cardiologist Jorge Massare has been recognized by the New England Journal of Medicine for his work in a clinical study which determined that an antibacterial envelope is effective in reducing infection among patients who receive cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED).
As part of the study, patients across the country were randomly given an absorbable, antibiotic-eluting envelope, so that the study could determine whether the envelope helped reduce infection associated with CIED implantations.
“Patients who were undergoing a CIED pocket revision, generator replacement, or system upgrade or an initial implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator were randomly assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, to receive the envelope or not,” according to the New England Journal of Medicine.
A total of 6,983 patients participated in the study with 3,495 receiving an envelope and 3,488 in a control group. Results of the study showed that fewer patients receiving the enveloped suffered infection than those in the control group.
Massare represented Longview Regional Medical Center in performing procedures associated with the study.
Massare is no stranger to groundbreaking cardiac research. He previously conducted research in cardiac arrhythmias at UT Southwestern that was declared to be of national interest. Massare was also the recipient of research grants on several occasions by the American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. He is certified by the American Board in each of those specialties.
Massare introduced the field of electrophysiology in Longview by setting up electrophysiology labs, training staff, and handling the first electrophysiology cases in both local hospitals. He keeps an active outpatient and inpatient practice and specializes in the study of palpitations, fainting, arrhythmias, and cardiac pacemaker and defibrillator implantations and extractions.
To learn more about Longview Regional Medical Center’s cardiology program, visit our heart care page.
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