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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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Most interventional cardiologists focus on PCI and imaging—structural, peripheral work becoming more common

Researchers turned to recent Medicare data to learn more about ongoing trends in interventional cardiology. 

Alarming study on COVID-19 vaccine side effects withdrawn after authors recognize key mistake

The study initially gained a lot of attention online for its findings related to myocarditis—but the authors had made a major error with their calculations. 

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PCI underused among NSTEMI patients with prior CABG

The new study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, focused on nearly 290,000 NSTEMI patients.

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Permanent pacemaker implantation after TAVR does not increase risk of death or heart failure

Prior studies have suggested that TAVR patients could face worse outcomes if they require a permanent pacemaker. 

CIED research highlights the close relationship between AFib and ischemic stroke

AFib episodes that last 5.5 hours or longer increase a patient’s risk of ischemic stroke by a significant margin. 

Many PAD patients are missing out on vital risk assessments

The findings, based on Medicare data, were presented at VIVA21 in Las Vegas.

How health systems could do more to help hypertension patients

Text-based reminders, simplified prescriptions and real-time counseling are just some of the suggestions mentioned in a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. 

FDA announces recall of more than 3,000 catheters after 9 serious injuries

The Class I recall includes units distributed from September 2020 to August 2021.

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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.