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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.   

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Societies share new recommendations for endovascular specialists treating chronic limb-threatening ischemia

Given high mortality and a high threat of limb loss for CLTI patients, the statement aims to standardize core competencies and improve patient outcomes. 

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Medtronic recalls Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve's delivery catheter after multiple complaints, 1 injury

Customers have been asked to return all unused devices and pause any new clinical trials involving the Harmony TPV. 

Using drones to deliver automated external defibrillators (AEDs) is an effective way to reach patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), according to a new analysis published in European Heart Journal.

Drones deliver AEDs to patients with suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Researchers in Sweden deployed drones during real-life emergencies, noting that the drone often arrived to the patient's location ahead of an ambulance. 

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USPSTF updates its stance on aspirin use to prevent CVD, sees no benefit for patients 60 or older

These recommendations, the group emphasized, do not include patients with a history of CVD or those who are already taking aspirin for another reason.

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Researchers awarded $1.4M to study heart transplants in children

The American Heart Association and Enduring Hearts awarded the grants to two research teams studying ways to improve heart transplant outcomes in children.

Machinist Patrick Leibich of Penn State College of Medicine’s division of Applied Biomedical Engineering works to create artificial heart parts. Image courtesy of Penn State.

Penn State researchers receive more than $3 million to develop new-look artificial heart

The group will be working to develop a wireless artificial heart that can last at least 10 years. 

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FDA announces another recall of common hypertension medication due to potential cancer risk

The new recall includes five lots of medications distributed from December 2019 to April 2022. Similar products were also recalled back in March for the same reason.

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Biden-Trump presidential election linked to a higher heart attack risk among white, male and older individuals

“There is a need for awareness of this higher risk of CVD, and further research is warranted to identify strategies that mitigate cardiovascular risk during notable political events,” researchers explained. 

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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.