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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 cardiology, heart failure, electrophysiology, hypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

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Mediterranean diet comes out on top in new comparison of popular ‘heart-healthy’ diets

Low-fat diets were also linked to certain benefits, including a reduced heart attack risk. 

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CE mark suspended for troubled heart devices due to ongoing issues

The devices have been hit with multiple recalls in recent months. Those issues are now impacting sales outside of the United States as well.

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Abbott’s new surgical solution for aortic valve disease gains FDA approval

The newly approved valve is the latest addition to Abbott’s Epic surgical valve platform.

Cardiologists support new bill that would improve AED access among students

Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety who went into sudden cardiac arrest on the football field back in January, has also highlighted the importance of this new bipartisan legislation. 

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Transradial access should be ‘default strategy’ for PCI, new study confirms

Researchers explored data from nearly 25,000 PCI procedures, tracking the outcomes of patients treated with transradial access and transfemoral access. 

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Longevity, cardiovascular durability improve with just 1 or 2 walks per week

Weekend warriors who take brisk walks of around four miles just once or twice per week enjoy lower cardiovascular and all-cause mortality than their sedentary peers.

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Heart Association: 5 principles for dealing with genetic testing that may unduly trouble patients

When should a clinician tell a patient they have a gene variant that appeared incidentally but may have ramifications for cardiovascular health?

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Internal infections serious enough to require hospitalization raise 30-day CVD risk: 2-country, multicohort study

Patients hospitalized for severe infectious diseases are at heightened risk of major cardiovascular-disease events within a month of admission date. 

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Radiology Business
Key takeaways from RSNA 2024 for AI, CT, MRI and the radiology staffing shortage

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.

Health Imaging
Use of AI opportunistic screening in CT for cardiovascular disease

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