Clinical

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.   

Cardiovascular surgeon wants to sue hospital after he was fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine

The hospital's former chief of cardiovascular surgery is now raising money online so that he can pursue legal action. 

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Medtronic receives warning letter from FDA after inspection, sees stock prices drop 7%

The letter detailed issues related to risk assessment, the reporting of adverse events and other key areas. 

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Cardiac imaging specialists receive more than $20M in new funding

The company's new imaging platform simultaneously performs intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography, the two most commonly used modalities.

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How treatment decisions can impact young adults with PAD and advanced femoropopliteal disease

The new study, published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, evaluated outcomes after bypass surgery and endovascular therapy. 

A key difference between stroke symptoms for men and women

The study included data from more than 580,000 patients. 

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Treating high blood pressure during pregnancy is safe and effective, new scientific statement confirms

The full analysis is now available in Hypertension.

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Surgery journal appoints first female editor-in-chief

The move is effective Jan. 1.

Senators to question cardiologist Robert Califf, Biden’s nominee to lead FDA, on industry ties and COVID-19 response

Could Califf's connections to the pharmaceutical industry keep him from being approved as the next FDA commissioner? 

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.