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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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Stroke surgeons issue warning to public: Time is still brain during COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is changing patient care at hospitals all over the world, but a group of leading surgeons wants to make sure people aren’t ignoring stroke symptoms due to fears over getting the virus.

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Heart bypass patients experience improved outcomes when surgeons use radial artery

Heart bypass patients experience better outcomes when the surgeon uses a segment of the radial artery instead of one from the saphenous vein, according to a new analysis of more than 1,000 patients.   

FDA approves new solution for reducing heart muscle damage after serious heart attacks

ZOLL Medical Corporation has gained FDA approval for its new SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2) therapy solution for treating heart muscle damage in “widowmaker” heart attacks patients.

Hypertension and COVID-19: 4 key things patients should know

What, exactly, do patients need to know about the relationship between hypertension and COVID-19?

TAVR outcomes worse than expected at 11% of US facilities

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes have been worse than expected for 11% of healthcare providers in the United States, according to a new analysis of data from 2015 to 2017.

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EuroHeartCare 2020 canceled over COVID-19 concerns

The event was scheduled to occur June 4-6 in Seville, Spain. It has been rescheduled for June 17-19, 2021.

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For TAVR patients with AFib, antiplatelet medication linked to poorer outcomes

Oral anticoagulation medication can help minimize bleeding complications among AFib patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to new research out of Europe.

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TAVR ‘viable and safe’ for patients with a bicuspid valve

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures with a self-expanding artificial valve are “very viable and safe” for low-risk patients with a bicuspid aortic valve, according to new research that tracked the outcomes of 150 patients.

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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.