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News You Need to Know Today
ACC takes on inflammation | Long-term data on SAVR after TAVR | Surgeon under investigation | Big news for Medtronic
Friday, October 3, 2025
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ACC calls for more screening in new scientific statement on inflammation

The document provides an in-depth look at the close relationship between inflammation and cardiovascular disease. "The time for taking action has now arrived," the authors wrote. 

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A new ACC consensus document of coronary inflammation calls for wider use of hs-CRP testing to identify more patients with residual heart attack risk, even if they are optimal statin therapy.
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ACC calls for more screening in new scientific statement on inflammation

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A new ACC consensus document of coronary inflammation calls for wider use of hs-CRP testing to identify more patients with residual heart attack risk, even if they are optimal statin therapy.
The document provides an in-depth look at the close relationship between inflammation and cardiovascular disease. "The time for taking action has now arrived," the authors wrote. 
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Tracking the long-term safety of performing SAVR, other heart surgeries after TAVR

More and more TAVR patients are going to require SAVR later in life. A research team out of Cleveland Clinic hoped to learn more about how this one-two combination may impact long-term outcomes.

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Tracking the long-term safety of performing SAVR, other heart surgeries after TAVR

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More and more TAVR patients are going to require SAVR later in life. A research team out of Cleveland Clinic hoped to learn more about how this one-two combination may impact long-term outcomes.
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Heart surgeon under investigation after deaths—colleagues questioned her judgement

The surgeon has been accused of performing multiple procedures she was not skilled enough to take on. After undergoing additional training, she could soon return to the job—and her colleagues are not happy.

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Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world
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Heart surgeon under investigation after deaths—colleagues questioned her judgement

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Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world
The surgeon has been accused of performing multiple procedures she was not skilled enough to take on. After undergoing additional training, she could soon return to the job—and her colleagues are not happy.
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Medtronic gains key approval for LAA exclusion device

The FDA-cleared device from Medtronic, which arrives pre-loaded on a single-use delivery system, is now set to launch in Europe.

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Medtronic Penditure Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Exclusion System
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Medtronic gains key approval for LAA exclusion device

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The FDA-cleared device from Medtronic, which arrives pre-loaded on a single-use delivery system, is now set to launch in Europe.
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Featured Articles

Five reasons to switch to Cardiac PET/CT

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Discover the five powerful reasons leading cardiology practices are switching to Cardiac PET/CT. This breakthrough technology delivers unmatched accuracy in detecting heart disease. Our ebook breaks down exactly how Cardiac PET/CT improves outcomes, boosts efficiency, and transforms patient care.

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Five reasons to switch to Cardiac PET/CT

Sponsored by CDL Nuclear Technologies

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CDL Cardiac PET/CT
Discover the five powerful reasons leading cardiology practices are switching to Cardiac PET/CT. This breakthrough technology delivers unmatched accuracy in detecting heart disease. Our ebook breaks down exactly how Cardiac PET/CT improves outcomes, boosts efficiency, and transforms patient care.
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Next-generation Watchman enters trial in 2026 as LAAO volume grows

The next-generation Watchman device is designed to better seal off complex LAA anatomy in a variety of LAA shapes and sizes.

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The next generation Watchman device is designed to better seal off complex LAA anatomy to prevent strokes in atrial fibrillation patients. It uses an optimized architecture to fill gaps and adapt to the unique characteristics of each patient's appendage, which come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.
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Next-generation Watchman enters trial in 2026 as LAAO volume grows

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The next generation Watchman device is designed to better seal off complex LAA anatomy to prevent strokes in atrial fibrillation patients. It uses an optimized architecture to fill gaps and adapt to the unique characteristics of each patient's appendage, which come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.
The next-generation Watchman device is designed to better seal off complex LAA anatomy in a variety of LAA shapes and sizes.
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ACC and AHA outline calculation of cost-effectiveness in clinical practice guidelines

Healthcare's cost-conscious environment prompted the ACC and AHA to develop a statement on the value methodology to be used when creating clinical practice guidelines.

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ACC and AHA outline calculation of cost-effectiveness in clinical practice guidelines

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Healthcare's cost-conscious environment prompted the ACC and AHA to develop a statement on the value methodology to be used when creating clinical practice guidelines.
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Putting more emphasis on prevention in heart failure care

Martha Gulati, MD, co-chair on a new joint scientific statement from the Heart Failure Society of America and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, discusses the dire need she sees to boost prevention efforts for heart failure.

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Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC, director of prevention, associate director, Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai, and past president of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC), was co-chair on a new joint scientific statement from the Heart Failure Society of America, and the ASPC on the need to boost prevention efforts for heart failure. She explains the new scientific statement that calls for greater prevention efforts in heart failure.
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Putting more emphasis on prevention in heart failure care

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Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC, director of prevention, associate director, Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai, and past president of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC), was co-chair on a new joint scientific statement from the Heart Failure Society of America, and the ASPC on the need to boost prevention efforts for heart failure. She explains the new scientific statement that calls for greater prevention efforts in heart failure.
Martha Gulati, MD, co-chair on a new joint scientific statement from the Heart Failure Society of America and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, discusses the dire need she sees to boost prevention efforts for heart failure.
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In Case You Missed It

Abbott warns EP labs the tip can detach from its TactiFlex ablation catheters

Improper removal of the catheter from the packaging can result in tip damage. Most damaged tips were detected prior to being used, but three tips did separate inside patients.
 

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Abbott has recalled its TactiFlex Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled, because of reports that the tip can separate.
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Abbott warns EP labs the tip can detach from its TactiFlex ablation catheters

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Abbott has recalled its TactiFlex Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled, because of reports that the tip can separate.
Improper removal of the catheter from the packaging can result in tip damage. Most damaged tips were detected prior to being used, but three tips did separate inside patients. 
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Top US heart hospital launches new AI research lab

Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital aims to take its use of AI during interventional procedures to the next level and find new ways to transform patient care. 

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Top US heart hospital launches new AI research lab

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Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital aims to take its use of AI during interventional procedures to the next level and find new ways to transform patient care. 
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St. Luke’s cuts PAD amputation rate in half with heart team-led wound transition program

Kimberly Campbell, RN, nurse practitioner, Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants, explains how her health system took a heart team approach toward peripheral artery disease. 

 

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Kimberly Campbell, RN, ANP-BC, nurse practitioner, Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants, explains how her health system took a heart team approach in its wound care transition program for peripheral artery disease (PAD) and critical limb ischemia (CLI) patients that lowered their amputation rate my more than 50%.
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St. Luke’s cuts PAD amputation rate in half with heart team-led wound transition program

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Kimberly Campbell, RN, ANP-BC, nurse practitioner, Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants, explains how her health system took a heart team approach in its wound care transition program for peripheral artery disease (PAD) and critical limb ischemia (CLI) patients that lowered their amputation rate my more than 50%.
Kimberly Campbell, RN, nurse practitioner, Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants, explains how her health system took a heart team approach toward peripheral artery disease.  
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In Other News

Google's Gemini answers patients' IR questions with greater accuracy, more empathy than providers

Some of today’s large language models may be more effective communicators than providers when it comes to explaining interventional radiology procedures. 

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Google's Gemini answers patients' IR questions with greater accuracy, more empathy than providers

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Some of today’s large language models may be more effective communicators than providers when it comes to explaining interventional radiology procedures. 
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Medicare telehealth reimbursement returns to pre-COVID framework

Without a formal extension before the government shutdown, the flexible telemedicine reimbursement policies introduced in 2020 that removed regional barriers for Medicare patients have officially ended.

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A patient has a telehealth visit with their doctor remotely in their home via video conferencing. The COVID-19 cause massive movement to telehealth since 2020.
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Medicare telehealth reimbursement returns to pre-COVID framework

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A patient has a telehealth visit with their doctor remotely in their home via video conferencing. The COVID-19 cause massive movement to telehealth since 2020.
Without a formal extension before the government shutdown, the flexible telemedicine reimbursement policies introduced in 2020 that removed regional barriers for Medicare patients have officially ended.
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Industry News

 

Tanya K. Tolpegin, MBA, CAE appointed as new CEO of Intersocietal Accreditation Commission

Tolpegin brings more than two decades of leadership experience with nonprofit medical organizations, including her role as the CEO of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.  
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