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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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How a high bleeding risk impacts outcomes for left main PCI patients

The study, published in JACC: Vascular Interventions, examined 619 patients who underwent PCI for LM CAD.

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A new look at the links between obesity, type 2 diabetes and cancer

A new study in Science Signaling could have significant ramifications for how we view obesity-related cancers.

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Generic statin options can save the US $11.9B per year

The study tracked five generic statins: atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, lovastatin and pravastatin.

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In-hospital mortality more common among COVID-19 patients with heart failure

The authors also noted that cardiac complications such as myocarditis, MI and new-onset heart failure were rare during hospitalization for COVID-19.

DAPT after PCI can stop after 1 month, new research confirms

The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, examined outcomes from more than 3,000 patients. 

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Certain patients with chronic kidney disease face a higher risk of death after TAVR

No such trend was reported among patients with end-stage kidney disease.

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Aspirin use may increase your risk of heart failure

Doctors may not want to prescribe aspirin to patients presenting with obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes or a number of other risk factors.

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Some hospitalized COVID-19 patients may need anticoagulation therapy at discharge

Researchers focused on rates of venous thromboembolism among COVID-19 patients at their own health system, sharing their work in JAMA Network Open.

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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.