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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.   

SCAI announces late-breaking clinical trials sessions

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) recently announced the late-breaking clinical trials sessions for the SCAI 2017 scientific sessions.

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Unemployed heart failure patients could face 50% higher risk of death

Being unemployed could have deadly consequences for patients suffering from heart failure, a new study finds.

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FDA approves Medtronic’s Resolute Onyx drug-eluting stent

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Resolute Onyx drug-eluting stent for adults with coronary artery disease.

AHA releases statement on how biomarker testing could help diagnose, treat heart failure

A new scientific statement published by the American Heart Association (AHA) suggests that innovative biomarker tests for heart failure could help physicians better diagnose and treat the condition.

St. Louis hospital begins using TAVR for lower-risk patients

SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital has recently begun using trancatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) to treat patients at intermediate risk for aortic valve replacement, according to a recent article by a St. Louis CBS affiliate.

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Research links energy drinks to abnormal heart activity, high blood pressure

Because the number of hospital visits and deaths related to consuming energy drinks has increased in recent years, researchers looked at how they affect the heart and blood pressure—and the findings may make physicians think differently.

Octoberfest study suggests association between acute alcohol consumption and cardiac arrhythmias

An analysis conducted at the Munich Octoberfest found that acute alcohol consumption was associated with sinus tachycardia and other cardiac arrhythmias.

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Crossroad for Cath Labs: Outsourcing Is Moving In

The role of some cardiac device makers is evolving in the cath lab as they expand from selling products to providing services and solutions. It's a trend that is likely to continue globally.

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.