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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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World’s first wearable BP monitor functions as a smartwatch

Omron Healthcare opened its latest product, a wearable blood pressure cuff that dually acts as a smartwatch, to presales Dec. 20 ahead of the device’s official launch in January 2019.

Variability in national AVR, CABG quality ratings confuses patients

Publicly posted hospital ratings could be confusing heart patients more than helping them, Reuters reported of a Journal of the American College of Surgeons study that found significant disparities between major rating systems in the U.S.

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Hospitals improve ‘door-to-needle’ time for acute stroke thrombolysis

Hospitals participating in a quality improvement program were 7.3 times more likely to administer IV alteplase within one hour of a stroke patient’s arrival in 2017 versus 2008, according to a study published Dec. 17 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

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Giving birth linked to 16% increased risk of CVD, stroke

Regardless of a woman’s smoking status, her BMI or whether she has any cardiovascular comorbidities, giving birth to at least one child raises her risk of developing heart disease or stroke by 16 percent, according to research out of Tongji Medical College in Wuhan, China.

TAVR still beneficial for very low LVEF, lack of contractile reserve

The severity of left ventricular dysfunction at baseline didn’t appear to impact survival after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in a substudy of patients with low-flow, low-gradient (LFLG) aortic stenosis, suggesting TAVR is an acceptable treatment in this high-risk population.

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Study suggests upcoding to unstable angina is prevalent in outpatient PCI

Outpatient centers across three states may have upcoded patients from stable angina to unstable angina to mask their use of inappropriate percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a report published Dec. 17 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Metformin shows promise as treatment for HFpEF

Popular anti-diabetes drug metformin could have positive implications for heart failure patients, too, according to a recent study that found the medication reduced left ventricular stiffness in mice with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

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Study: Diabetes apps fall short for disease management

A Singapore-based research team is cautioning diabetics to be mindful of what apps, if any, they’re using to manage their condition after an analysis found the majority of such aids lack the ability to effectively monitor a patient’s diet, activity, medications, glucose and insulin.

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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.

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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.