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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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American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association share new recommendations for managing valvular heart disease

The new document, published in both the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Circulation, highlights the significant progress researchers and clinicians have made in this area in recent years.

Why patients living with HIV face a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease

The NIH-funded study was published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.

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Cardiac surgery outcomes in UK improve when patients pay for procedure, skip government-funded option

Researchers noted that these patients received care in the same hospitals and were treated by the same physicians. So why the difference in outcomes? 

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Immune checkpoint inhibitors increase risk of myocarditis, arrhythmias, heart failure and CV death

The study’s authors tracked data from more than 13,000 patients with malignant melanoma and more than 25,000 patients with lung cancer.

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Scientists share new data on how gene mutations lead to congenital heart disease

The analysis explored key gene mutations as they occur in human heart cells. 

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High blood pressure, even for a short period of time, can accelerate cognitive decline

"The findings suggest hypertension needs to be prevented, diagnosed and effectively treated in adults of any age to preserve cognitive function," one researcher observed. 

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Ticagrelor vs. prasugrel for severe heart attack patients undergoing PCI

A new study, published in Circulation, tracked how each drug helped STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI. 

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Metformin boosts survival for female COVID-19 patients with obesity, type 2 diabetes

These trends were not observed among male COVID-19 patients.

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Radiology Business
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.