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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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Echocardiograms improve treatment for 1 in 3 COVID-19 patients

The team found that approximately one in seven heart scans revealed abnormalities expected to “have a major effect” on the patient’s survival and recovery.

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Eat your vegetables, help your heart: How plant-based diets can boost cardiovascular health

Two separate research teams have highlighted the benefits of limiting meat consumption and adopting a plant-based diet. 

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'A missed opportunity': Statin use low among patients with peripheral artery disease

Researchers tracked statin use among patients with peripheral artery disease, cerebrovascular disease and coronary heart disease.

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Medtronic’s new ICM gains FDA clearance, CE mark approval

The device is roughly one-third the size of a AAA battery.

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Breast cancer 60% more fatal for heart attack survivors

The eye-opening study tracked more than 1,700 patients with early-stage breast cancer.

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COVID-related strokes carry a greater risk of disability, death

When COVID-19 patients have an acute ischemic stroke (AIS), it can have an especially devastating effect.

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Outcomes ‘worse than expected’ when TAVR fails and surgery is required

The mortality rate was 17% for patients undergoing SAVR following a failed TAVR. 

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Slow heart rates reported in COVID-19 patients treated with lopinavir, ritonavir

Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with a combination of lopinavir (LPV) and ritonavir (RTV) is associated with a significant risk of bradycardia, according to new research out of France.

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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.