Practice Management: Cardiologists push for change | TAVR & mitral valve interventions during the same visit

COVID-19 may have caused additional problems for physicians, but burnout was a serious issue in cardiology long before the pandemic. 

The risk of in-hospital mortality, for instance, increased considerably when patients underwent TAVR and a mitral procedure. 

Gender gaps in both representation and salary are especially wide in academic cardiology, researchers found. 

By 2034, the United States is expected to be short somewhere between 37,000 and 124,000 physicians.

The updated technique is still in the research phase—but Philips hopes to implement it in more clinical settings in the near future. 

David's older brother, Noam Chomsky, reflected on their childhood together in a statement to the press. 

Hospitalizations and death are more common among these patients than clinicians might think. 

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The NHS employee is now being investigated for 13 different crimes, including the murder of a 75-year-old stroke patient.