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This channel newsfeed includes clinical content on treating patients or the clinical implications in a variety of cardiac subspecialties and disease states. The channel includes news on cardiac surgery, interventional cardiologyheart failure, electrophysiologyhypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

European report tracks lead extractions from 46 countries

The European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) added lead extractions to its annual compendium on arrhythmia treatments. The EHRA White Book was released online June 23 on the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) website in conjunction with the launch of EHRA EUROPACE 2013 in Athens.

Behind the scenes in Eliquis drama

The June issue of Pharmaceuticals Monthly explores the delay in the approval of apixaban (Eliquis) by the FDA. “Apixaban shows how a review that seems, on its face, like it should be a quick and clean affair can become derailed by issues that, but for the agency’s own public disclosures post-approval, would never see the light of day,” according to the article.

Taking heart disease to heart in your practice

Lori Mosca, MD, MPH, PhD, a leader in preventive cardiology and author of “Heart to Heart: A Personal Plan for Creating a Heart-Healthy Family,” shares tips on counseling patients about lifestyle changes that reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

High blood pressure among blacks and young adults is focus of $11 million stroke prevention project

A new $11 million grant to Kaiser Permanente Northern California and UC San Francisco will support a multifaceted research program aimed at lowering stroke risk among black populations and younger stroke victims by targeting high blood pressure, also known as hypertension.

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics collaborates on bipartisan Medicare bill to treat and reduce obesity

A promising bipartisan bill that increases vital access and reimbursement for obesity screening and counseling services has been introduced in Congress, thanks in part to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Saxagliptin misses efficacy mark in trial

Saxagliptin failed to meet its primary efficacy endpoint in a clinical trial designed to assess whether the drug reduced the risk of cardiovascular events when used alone or added to other diabetes medications.

More evidence for pushing the ‘door-to-needle’ time

Fifteen minutes sooner, four in 1,000 more lives saved. That appears to be the benefit ratio for timely reperfusion of patients who present with acute ischemic stroke, according to results published June 19 in JAMA.

Dare to differ: Team work, challenging vendors improves care, costs

ATLANTA—Improve quality, reduce cost. That’s often the goal, but less often the outcome. The leader of an integrated electrophysiology (EP) program shared a formula for achieving quality and savings June 13 at the Cardiovascular Service Line Symposium.

Around the web

Several key trends were evident at the Radiological Society of North America 2024 meeting, including new CT and MR technology and evolving adoption of artificial intelligence.

Ron Blankstein, MD, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains the use of artificial intelligence to detect heart disease in non-cardiac CT exams.