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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 cardiologyheart failure, electrophysiologyhypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

Elective revascularization with PCI or CABG provides long-term cardiovascular benefits, new meta-analysis confirms

Researchers evaluated data from 25 different randomized clinical trials, sharing their findings virtually at EuroPCR 2021. 

Dapagliflozin fails to reduce the risk of organ failure or death among COVID-19 patients

Patients given the SGLT2 inhibitor did experience improved outcomes, the researchers noted, but none of the differences were statistically significant. 

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A milestone for Medtronic: Low-risk TAVR patients treated with Evolut ‘doing exceptionally well’ after 2 years

The two-year rates of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke were 4.3% for TAVR patients and 6.3% for SAVR patients.

Abbott’s new self-expanding TAVR system gains CE mark approval

The solution has still only been approved in the United States for investigational use. 

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Finerenone limits AFib in patients with chronic kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes

This secondary analysis of data from the FIDELIO-DKD trial was presented May 17 at ACC.21 and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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Alcohol—even just one drink—increases the risk of AFib

The study's authors believe they are the first group to investigate the real-time relationship between alcohol consumption and AFib events.

The greatest benefit: Omecamtiv mecarbil improves outcomes the most for patients with severe heart failure

Researchers explored data from the GALACTIC-HF trial to evaluate how the severity of a patient's reduced ejection fraction impacts the benefits of omecamtiv mecarbil.

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LAAO significantly lowers the risk of stroke after surgery among heart rhythm patients

“This is a procedure that’s done once, and it keeps giving a benefit over time,” one researcher said. “This is going to prevent thousands of strokes.”

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.