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.   

New data on the link between COVID-19 vaccines and myopericarditis

The risk of myopericarditis after vaccination appears to be different for male and female patients. 

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Long-haul COVID-19 associated with chronic fatigue syndrome, breathing irregularities

Researchers examined a small group of long-haul COVID-19 patients, sharing their findings in JACC: Heart Failure

Taiwan reviews myocarditis data, approves second doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for older children

Taiwan had temporarily suspended second doses for this age group to review cases of myocarditis and pericarditis.

STEMI mortality is on the decline, but certain patients still face an above-average risk

Researchers analyzed CDC data from more than 3.6 million STEMI-related deaths.

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SAVR associated with 'substantial' survival rates

The procedure is especially effective when treating younger, low-risk patients. 

Questions mount as the new Omicron variant continues to spread

It is believed that two cardiologists in Israel—who were both fully vaccinated—are among the infected.

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COVID-19 vaccine does not increase risk of heart attack or stroke in older adults, new study confirms

Researchers examined data from nearly 3.9 million older adults who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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Cardiac rehabilitation benefits heart failure patients—but for how long?

The study tracked 2,876 patients hospitalized for acute HF or deteriorating chronic HF.

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.