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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Expert cardiologists answer 5 tough questions about COVID-19 and the hearts of athletes

How does COVID-19 impact most athletes? When should clinicians turn to cardiac imaging? A team of specialists discussed these topics, and more, in JAMA Cardiology

Medtronic’s new stent system for deep venous obstruction gains FDA approval

The approval comes after Medtronic reported the successful results of a clinical study focused on 200 patients.

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Keto diet can prevent, and potentially reverse, heart failure

The increasingly popular ketogenic diet could be a valuable tool in the fight against heart failure, according to a new study published in Nature Metabolism.

What new imaging data tells us about COVID-19 and heart damage

Prior studies focused on myocardial injury had not included much, if any, insight into medical imaging data, making the results less helpful to clinicians.

4 key ways to fight back and reduce the risk of stroke

World Stroke Day is on the horizon, and the American Stroke Association is highlighting the potential power of prevention. 

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Embolic protection devices fail to limit death or stroke among TAVR patients

The meta-analysis, published in the American Journal of Cardiology, explored data from six different randomized trials. 

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U.S. heart failure data includes encouraging signs, reasons for concern

The analysis, published in JAMA Network Open, included data from nearly 1.8 million Medicare patients. 

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Catheter ablation improves LVEF, boosts survival for heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation

Catheter ablation was consistently linked to more substantial LVEF improvements than pharmacological therapy.

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.