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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 cardiologyheart failure, electrophysiologyhypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

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Excessive forehead wrinkles may be early sign of atherosclerosis

Numerous, deep forehead wrinkles could be a visual cue that a patient is more at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to research presented Aug. 26 at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in Munich.

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Distal protection reduces no-reflow phenomenon among select PCI patients

Intravascular ultrasound may help identify patients who will benefit most from distal protection during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a new study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

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NDEP revises principles for managing diabetes, prediabetes

The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) published an update to its “Guiding Principles” for managing the care of patients with diabetes or prediabetes.

Review: Heart failure trials lack women, older patients

Although heart failure researchers have made strides in enrolling more racial and ethnic minorities in clinical trials, women and older patients remain underrepresented, according to a systematic review published in JAMA Cardiology.

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Smoking rates have been falling across the board—except for children under 15

Smoking rates have been dropping steadily in Europe since the 1970s, but, according to new research published in PLOS ONE, 11- to 15-year-olds are using tobacco more frequently.

Why physicians should be cautious prescribing antibiotics to hypertensive patients

Researchers are cautioning physicians to be wary when prescribing antibiotics to hypertensive patients after a study published in Physiological Genomics found individual genetic makeup can significantly affect how a person’s blood pressure reacts to common drugs like vancomycin and minocycline.

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Researchers unveil genetic variants related to heart failure outcomes in blacks

A new study in JAMA Cardiology uncovered a set of genetic variants that are almost exclusive to people of African ancestry and may explain their higher risk of adverse events related to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).

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AHA pledges $6.5M to overhaul Nebraska’s stroke response system

The American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association this week pledged $6.5 million to a three-year initiative to improve Nebraska’s stroke response system, the Omaha World-Herald has reported.

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.