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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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Drinking green tea or coffee can reduce all-cause mortality for stroke, heart attack survivors

Drinking coffee also benefits patients who have not experienced a stroke or heart attack, though the impact is not as significant. 

FDA announces recall of Boston Scientific’s EMBLEM S-ICD Subcutaneous Electrode—26 injuries, 1 death reported

The FDA categorized this as a Class I recall, which means it is an especially serious issue that can result in injury or death.  

7 risk factors associated with death and cardiovascular events among hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Even with numerous vaccines now being distributed, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause havoc for health systems all over the world. 

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Researchers examine ‘concerning’ out-of-hospital 30-day mortality rate for TAVR patients

Researchers examined data from more than 98,000 patients who underwent transfemoral TAVR from January 2015 to March 2018. 

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Why wealthier countries often have higher AFib death rates

The study, published in European Heart Journal, included decades of data from 20 different countries. 

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USPSTF recommends against screening healthy adults for carotid artery stenosis

"Screening for CAS in adults without symptoms does more harm than good, and we continue to recommend against it," one USPSTF representative said. 

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Explained: 4 key takeaways from the 2020 ACC/AHA valvular heart disease guidelines

Two specialists have shared their own perspective on the updated ACC/AHA guidelines in Circulation.

Medtronic’s new AFib ablation system gains FDA approval

The system sends real-time feedback to healthcare providers during the treatment process. 

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