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.   

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The surprising relationship between congenital heart disease and stroke

The new analysis, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, examines the connection between CHD and stroke risk from multiple angles. 

Empagliflozin boosts care for HFpEF patients, new clinical trial confirms

Researchers will provide a full breakdown of the study's findings in August. 

Medtronic Vascular recalls 55K angiographic guidewire components

The affected devices were distributed to hospitals from 2007 to 2021. 

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TAVR safe for patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis can safely undergo TAVR, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic have confirmed in a new analysis.

Permanent pacemaker implantation before or after TAVR linked to worse outcomes

Researchers tracked more than 49,000 TAVR patients, sharing their findings in Heart Rhythm

Hospital worker accused of murdering a stroke patient now under investigation for other assaults

The NHS employee is now being investigated for 13 different crimes, including the murder of a 75-year-old stroke patient. 

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FDA announces recall of blood lead tests due to 'significant concerns'

Any patients assessed by these tests may need to have their results reviewed by a specialist.  

Cardiologist makes history, completes LAAO with new 3D ICE catheter

An interventional cardiologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, carried out the procedure. 

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.