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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Faster cath lab activation times make a big impact on patient care

Rapid reperfusion is linked to improved survival for STEMI patients, but delayed care is still prevalent. 

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COVID-19 could cost US hospitals $323B in 2020 alone

The report comes as confirmed cases continue to rise in certain parts of the country. If that surge continues, the pandemic's financial impact “could be even more significant.”

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Study shows COVID-19 can infect heart cells—and do serious damage in the process

COVID-19 has the potential to infect cardiac cells, causing changes in their ability to function after just 72 hours. 

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Healthy older patients see benefits from statin use

Statin use may help healthy older patients avoid physical disability and cardiovascular disease, according to new data published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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How infection affects the health of acute ischemic stroke patients

The analysis, published in Stroke, gathered data from two massive patient registries in China. 

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STEMI care in the wake of COVID-19: 3 research teams share their findings

COVID-19 has disrupted routine cardiovascular care all over the world, with some procedures getting delayed for months and many hospitals reporting a significant drop in myocardial infarction patients.

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Preterm births associated with increased risk of ischemic heart disease for the mother

The study's authors tracked data from more than 2 million women.

New polymer heart valve could be a breakthrough for valve replacement surgery

The artificial valve would give clinicians a new option that lasts up to 25 years and does not require prescribing anticoagulation medications.

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.