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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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FDA announces recall of 2 different steerable guiding sheaths

The devices have been associated with a risk of breaking during use. 

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Cardiology conference goes 100% virtual due to COVID-19 concerns

It's a familiar circumstance for the conference, which also went fully virtual in 2021. 

Patients treated at TIA clinics do not face a higher risk of subsequent stroke

The team examined data from 71 different studies, covering more than 226,000 patients.

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How taking blood pressure medication can lead to kidney damage

The study's authors noted that patients should keep taking their medications as normal. However, they see a definite need for more research in this area.

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‘A historic, monumental step forward’: Surgeon transplants modified pig heart into a human patient for first time

"I want to live," the 57-year-old patient said before the procedure. "I know it's a shot in the dark, but it's my last choice.”

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FDA clears new cardiac mapping solution for treating arrhythmias

The platform provides users with full 3D maps of a patient's heart. 

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Want to live longer and have a healthier heart? Add more olive oil to your diet

Swapping out just 10 grams per day of margarine, butter, mayonnaise or dairy fat for olive oil can make a big difference.

COVID-19 coronavirus

1-year outcomes much worse among hospitalized COVID-19 patients with heart damage

"Long COVID" is also much more common among patients who originally presented with signs of myocardial injury.

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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.