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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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FDA announces recall of 48,000 Boston Scientific pacemakers, CRT-Ps

This is a Class I recall, which means the issue can lead to serious injury or death.

‘Making good, better’: Next-gen TAVR techniques and protocols optimize patient care, boost efficiency

Sponsored by Medtronic

Innovation in the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) space has upped the ante once again.

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Microcalcifications on mammograms tied to elevated risk of cardiometabolic disease, death

“Our results strengthen the notion that a combination of mammographic features and other breast cancer risk factors could be a novel and affordable tool to assess cardiometabolic health in women attending mammographic screening,” researchers said.

Tricuspid valve repair outperforms replacement, new meta-analysis confirms

The study's authors examined outcomes data from more than 8,500 tricuspid valve repairs and nearly 9,000 tricuspid valve replacements.

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FDA grants breakthrough device designation to new chronic venous insufficiency device

A new clinical study is scheduled to begin in the near future. 

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AI model evaluates ECG data as well as cardiologists

The team's convolutional neural network was trained on data that is readily available at most facilities. 

American College of Chest Physicians updates recommendations for VTE management

The last update to these guidelines was published in 2016. 

Statin use prior to hospitalization linked to lower COVID-19 mortality

The trend is particularly noticeable in patients with a history of CVD or hypertension.

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The impact of Trump tariffs on iodine contrast media costs

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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.