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.   

Eli Lilly recalls single lot of emergency kit for severe hypoglycemia

The company warned customers that these kits may no longer be an effective treatment for severe low blood sugar. 

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‘Empowering’: Patients prefer to monitor their blood pressure from home

Meanwhile, patients are not exactly eager to monitor their blood pressure for 24 hours using a medical device. 

Next-day discharge after TAVR is safe and effective, new meta-analysis confirms

Researchers tracked data from six different studies, focusing on the likelihood of potential issues such as bleeding and vascular complications.

Osteoporosis medication significantly lowers risk of type 2 diabetes

Researchers shared their findings at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 2021 Annual Meeting.

Well-known cardiologist helps city employees fight back against vaccine mandate

Gainesville's vaccine mandate for city employees appears to be dead in the water. 

The pandemic's impact on statin prescriptions

The analysis, published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, included more than 20,000 patient encounters.

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TAVR provides comparable value for low-risk patients with bicuspid and tricuspid AS

Researchers examined data from more than 3,000 TAVR procedures performed with balloon-expandable valves. 

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What MRI scans tell us about patients with embolic strokes of unknown origin

Many MRI-detected infarcts involved multiple vascular territories.

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.