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.   

COVID-19 leads to sharp rise in stress cardiomyopathy

Stress cardiomyopathy—often referred to as broken heart syndrome—was up significantly in March and April 2020.

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Meet the gut bacteria that reduces heart disease risk

Researchers have identified bacteria in the human gut that could reduce a person’s risk of heart disease.

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Statin use helps elderly patients live longer, healthier lives

Statin use can lower an older patient’s risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, according to a new study of more than 325,000 U.S. veterans.

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Cardiologist saves fellow hiker’s life—and then saves it again

Corey Adams, MD, saved a fellow hiker's life—and the story didn't end there. 

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Post-discharge bleeding among ACS patients: Does PCI have a fatal effect?

Researchers tracked the outcomes of more than 45,000 patients who participated in one of four randomized trials.

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Adverse PCI outcomes most common among Black patients

The authors tracked data from more than 22,000 PCI patients who participated in one of 10 randomized trials.

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Exploring the connection between obesity & severe COVID-19 infections

Obesity is “causally related” to numerous conditions, and those associations all seem relevant as healthcare providers consider how patients could be affected by this ongoing pandemic.

Abbott’s line of next-generation heart rhythm devices gains FDA approval

The devices offer numerous new features, including an improved battery, MRI compatibility and Bluetooth connectivity.

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.