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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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Intact Vascular receives $46 million in Series B financing

Intact Vascular announced Jan. 3 that it had received a total of $46 million in Series B financing.

Cardiovascular societies release AUC for revascularization in patients with ACS

Several medical societies recently released updated appropriate use criteria (AUC) for coronary revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

'Good' fat fights coronary heart disease in high-risk patients

Coronary heart disease (CHD) accounting for half of all cardiovascular deaths in the U.S. isn’t breaking news. The ability of EPA and DHA omega-3s to significantly statistically reduce the risk of CHD among high-risk populations is.

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Alcohol abuse may increase risk for atrial fibrillation, MI, congestive heart failure

After adjusting for multiple variables, adults who abused alcohol had increased risks of atrial fibrillation, MI and congestive heart failure, according to a longitudinal analysis. The relative risk for those outcomes were highest in adults who had no established cardiovascular risk factors.

Rates of death, acute MI decrease among those undergoing major noncardiac surgery

Between 2004 and 2013, the rates of death and acute MI decreased and the rate of ischemic stroke increased among patients undergoing in-hospital major noncardiac surgery in the U.S., according to a database analysis.

Debbie Reynolds may have died of a broken heart

Top cardiologists agree that emotional stress can impede the heart’s function. 

Experimental transcatheter tricuspid stent implanted into patient at Cleveland Clinic

A new transcatheter tricuspid valved stent was successfully implanted into a patient at the Cleveland Clinic to treat tricuspid regurgitation, a disease grossing billions of dollars in treatments annually.

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More Training, More Outreach, More Business: Pushing Your Interventional Program to the Next Level

Offered in cooperation with Abiomed

Priorities need to focus on training and outreach from clinical, operational and financial perspectives as well as strengthening the heart team --;Prairie Heart and Vascular Institute in Springfield, Ill., is leading the way.

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Radiology Business
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.

Health Imaging
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.