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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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Lifestyle behaviors in young adults tied to AFib risk

Risk factors such as a high waist circumference, hypertension, cigarette smoking and poor sleep quality put young adults at a greater risk of developing AFib.

Cleveland Clinic cardiologist shares heart-healthy diet, exercise recommendations

The heart specialist emphasized the importance of plant-based options and warned against eating too many processed foods. 

Heart disease still the No. 1 killer in the US—COVID, stroke not far behind

Unhealthy lifestyle decisions and a fear of catching COVID-19 are putting people at an increased risk of heart disease, according to the American Heart Association.

Women experience better long-term outcomes after PCI

Women receive less evidence-based therapies for CAD, researchers found, but they have a better long-term survival advantage after undergoing PCI compared to men.

Laser-assisted IVC filter removal device earns FDA’s breakthrough device designation

The FDA’s decision was based in part on two independent clinical studies published in 2020. 

PCI recommended in high-risk SCAD cases

The authors tracked data from more than 400 SCAD patients, sharing their findings in Heart.

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Heart failure specialists raise $80M to ramp up work on new ventricular repair solution

The company also named the newest member of its board of directors.

Device-related thrombus after LAAO tied to ischemic events

Discharge medications after LAAO made no impact on the presence of device-related thrombus, researchers found.

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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.