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.   

How exposure to violent crime impacts a person's health

A new analysis in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine examined the association between nearby violent crimes and a person's blood pressure.

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Extended hydroxyurea therapy boosts outcomes in young sickle cell anemia patients

The new analysis, published in Blood Advances, examined the impact of hydroxyurea treatment among children and young adults.

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Updated FDA policy could improve treatment for up to 1.8 million HF patients

Expanded FDA labeling for sacubitril/valsartan could make a massive impact on patient care in the next three years.

Biotronik introduces new reinforced introducer sheaths to U.S., overseas markets

The new solutions were designed to help users during diagnostic, interventional and endovascular procedures. 

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AI model classifies patients by aortic stenosis severity, could improve AVR timing

The classifier was developed using imaging data from nearly 2,000 patients. 

Medtronic, Mpirik join forces to address disparities in care for patients at risk of sudden cardiac arrest

Vizient is also working closely with the two companies to boost patient care. 

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Healthy sleep patterns lower risk of AFib, bradyarrhythmia

Researchers tracked data from the UK Biobank study, sharing their analysis in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Dual-layered stents are safe to use for carotid artery stenting, new 12-month study confirms

It was important for researchers to confirm these stents didn't increase a patient's long-term risk of adverse events.

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.