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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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PCI mortality rates poor indicators of hospital quality

Annual hospital PCI-related mortality rates might be unreliable measures of a center’s performance, according to work published in JAMA Cardiology, proving unhelpful for identifying high-quality care in a study of 67 New York hospitals.

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Communication training improves end-of-life discussions between HF patients, physicians

A 90-minute communication skills course improved conversations about ICD deactivation and goals of care between clinicians and their patients, according to the recently published results of the WISDOM study.

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Exposure to secondhand smoke in childhood increases lifetime risk of AFib

An analysis of the long-running Framingham Heart Study has revealed that exposure to secondhand smoke in childhood increases a person’s lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation.

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FDA expands losartan recall—again

Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited is the latest drug company to issue a recall of losartan potassium, a popular blood pressure drug that’s been under scrutiny for more than a year for containing probable human carcinogens.

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Therapeutic shoe improves stroke survivors’ gait, symmetry

A therapeutic shoe designed to improve stroke survivors’ gait and symmetry was successful in a small-scale trial of six patients, according to a study published in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.

Treating hypertension could slow cognitive decline

Research presented at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension 2019 Scientific Sessions this month suggests having high blood pressure speeds up cognitive decline in middle-aged and older adults—but treating the condition can reverse that possibility.

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Cardiac amyloidosis increasingly common in US

New research suggests the incidence of cardiac amyloidosis in the U.S. is trending up, bringing with it high rates of morbidity and mortality.

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At-home BP tests more accurate for black patients

Research out of UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas suggests at-home blood pressure monitoring is a more accurate approach to CV risk prediction in black patients.

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