The study initially gained a lot of attention online for its findings related to myocarditis—but the authors had made a major error with their calculations. 

Researchers turned to recent Medicare data to learn more about ongoing trends in interventional cardiology. 

Patients given clopidogrel plus aspirin faced a lower risk of adverse events than those given ticagrelor plus aspirin.

Overall, mitral valve surgery after TEER was associated with a 30-day mortality rate of 16.6% and one-year mortality rate of 31.3%.

The new study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, focused on nearly 290,000 NSTEMI patients.

The Class I recall includes units distributed from September 2020 to August 2021.

Prior studies have suggested that TAVR patients could face worse outcomes if they require a permanent pacemaker. 

The findings, based on Medicare data, were presented at VIVA21 in Las Vegas.

AFib episodes that last 5.5 hours or longer increase a patient’s risk of ischemic stroke by a significant margin. 

Text-based reminders, simplified prescriptions and real-time counseling are just some of the suggestions mentioned in a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. 

The new study, published in Neurology, focused on imaging data from 145 patients. 

FDA could do more to police regulated products for algorithmic biases that may affect clinical outcomes in vulnerable subpopulations.

Imaging team members said productivity, confidence and turnaround times all improved under a centralized reporting system.