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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.   

Exela Pharma Sciences recalls ibuprofen lysine injection vials

Exela Pharma Sciences voluntarily recalled a lot of its ibuprofen lysine injection vials after discovering some of the vials contained particulate matter.

Study links Chinese air pollution to respiratory, cardiovascular deaths

As air pollution in China steadily increases, so do the number of deaths related to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, according to a new study from health officials in the region.

Tampa hospital performs 100th transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement

St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida, performed its 100th non-invasive heart surgery Feb. 6 in which it gave a patient a transcatheter pulmonary valve.

Cardiologist in Virginia faces misdemeanor for allegedly hitting female nursing director

Zia Roshandel, MD, a cardiologist from Virginia, was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after he allegedly hit a female nursing director on her shoulder, the Culpeper Star-Exponent reports.

Heart transplant recipient likes that her new heart beats silently

Lisa Salberg, a 48-year-old women in Rockaway Township, New Jersey, is celebrating having a healthy heart after undergoing an eight-hour heart transplant at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark.

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MRI helps researchers find disparities in different forms of heart failure

Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have created a way to measure oxygen consumption in the legs of heart failure patients using MRI, a finding that sheds light on the intricacies of different forms of heart failure.

Rivaroxaban trial stopped early due to positive results in coronary artery disease patients

Janssen announced on Feb. 8 that it had stopped a phase 3 trial early after the study reached its pre-specified criteria for superiority.

Most employees at big companies face increased risk of heart disease, stroke

Employees at large companies could be at an increased risk of of serious medical conditions, according to a new study by IBM Watson and the American Heart Association (AHA) that found they are more susceptible to developing heart disease and stroke.

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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.