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.   

Catheter ablation 'significantly superior' to drug therapy when treating AFib

Researchers evaluated data from 13 different studies, sharing their findings in Annals of Palliative Medicine.

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‘Surprising’ trends in ICD use among HCM patients

ICD use among this patient population is slowly growing, but some key disparities remain.

Autopsies suggest we still have a lot to learn about COVID-19's impact on the heart

Researchers focused on patients who died during the early stages of the pandemic.

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TTVR patients see consistent improvements in their daily lives

Researchers evaluated 115 patients before and one month after undergoing transcatheter tricuspid valve repair, sharing their findings in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

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Researchers 'really enthusiastic' about potential breakthrough in the treatment of vascular disease

The new treatment, still being tested in mice models, showed potential to help prevent future cardiovascular events in patients with vascular disease.

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TEVAR outcomes don't suffer when performed at low-volume hospitals

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair, researchers wrote, "could be safely preformed across a wide range of hospitals regardless of their volume status."

KCCQ-12 scores a valuable asset for managing patients with acute HF

The scores can help predict a patient's short- and long-term risk of adverse outcomes. 

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AI model predicts patient survival after cardiac surgery

The advanced algorithm could make a significant impact on shared decision-making. 

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.