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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.   

Studies may underestimate permanent pacemaker implantations following TAVR

An analysis of 28 multicenter registries and nine randomized trials found that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) studies tended to underestimate the incidence of permanent pacemaker implantations because they do not include patients who had permanent pacemakers before undergoing TAVR.

Avoiding hypertension, obesity, diabetes by mid-life may reduce heart failure risk

A pooled analysis of four cohort studies found that patients who did not have hypertension, obesity and diabetes by 45 to 55 years old had up to an 86 percent lower risk of developing heart failure during their lifetime.

Stroke rates increase for younger adults from 1999 to 2014

After adjusting for age, researchers found that adults born in New Jersey from 1945 to 1954 had a significantly lower risk of stroke compared with those born in earlier or later time periods. The risk of ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) was similar among the age groups.

TAVR, TAVI market predicted to be worth $5.9 billion by 2022

Hefty growth is expected for the transcatheter aortic valve replacement and implantation (TAVR and TAVI) market, according to a new report that projects the market will be valued at $5.9 billion by 2022.

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New self-expanding heart stent from Biotronik proves effective in clinical trial

A new metallic heart stent from Berlin, Germany-based Biotronik was proved effective in new research presented at VEITHsymposium 2016, a cardiology conference in New York.

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Hospitalizations for PAH decrease 58% from 2001 to 2012

A retrospective database analysis found that the number of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) hospitalizations per year decreased 58 percent from 2001 through 2012, although the mean hospital charge per admission increased 2.7-fold during that time period.

SentreHeart recalls guidewire system used in cardiovascular procedures

SentreHeart voluntarily recalled its FindrWIRZ guidewire system after discovering the device’s coating could separate from the packaging and potentially cause serious injuries.

Be grateful this thanksgiving, your heart will appreciate it

Being extra thankful this Thanksgiving might give your heart health a boost, research suggests.

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.