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.   

Hep C hearts safe for transplant, study says

Hepatitis C-positive donor hearts are a viable long-term option for patients in need of a heart transplant, researchers confirmed in JAMA Cardiology Dec. 18.

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Researchers rig CIEDs to help track, predict AFib

New research out of Spain suggests we’re one step closer to personalized medicine for patients with atrial fibrillation.

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E-cigarettes greatly raise risk of chronic lung disease

E-cigarettes significantly raise users’ risk of developing chronic lung disease, with dual e-cigarette and combustible cigarette use posing the greatest threat to smokers’ health, according to a first-of-its-kind study.

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Is polypharmacy becoming an epidemic in the US?

In today’s reality of fast-paced healthcare and over-the-counter self-medication, older patients could be taking a potentially dangerous cocktail of drugs every day.

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Heart transplant patients fare worse in areas with high levels of air pollution

Heart transplant patients who live in areas with high levels of air pollution had a 26% higher risk of mortality due to infection in a recent study of nearly 22,000 patients in the U.S.

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AHA awards $14M in grants for diabetes research

The American Heart Association on Dec. 13 announced that it would be awarding more than $14 million in research grants to advance its new Strategically Focused Research Network on Cardiometabolic Health and Type 2 Diabetes.

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Antiarrhythmic drug could also treat PAH, COPD

An FDA-approved antiarrhythmic drug known as dofetilide could be repurposed to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, researchers have found.

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Successful TMVR hinges on operator experience

The odds of a successful and effective TMVR for the treatment of mitral regurgitation increase alongside an operator’s level of experience, a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has found.

Around the web

GE HealthCare said the price of iodine contrast increased by more than 200% between 2017 to 2023. Will new Chinese tariffs drive costs even higher?

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.