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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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World Stroke Organization, Medtronic to promote global stroke awareness

To increase stroke awareness internationally, the World Stroke Organization and Medtronic have teamed up to educate and provide support for those who’ve suffered from strokes.

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Study finds AF more common for whites, more deadly for blacks

Recent research shows that atrial fibrillation (AF), while more common in white people, is much more dangerous and deadly for black individuals.

Study: Large number of AF patients receiving less than optimal treatment

Nearly 40% of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with an intermediate to high risk of stroke are not receiving optimal treatment, according to a June 20 study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Heart donations could be unnecessarily restricted

A new study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure raises the question of whether criteria for accepting heart donations are so strict they are keeping working organs from people who could use them. 

Study links alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disorders

Consuming a lot of alcohol has long been associated with heart problems, but a new study offers an uncharted perspective on “wet” counties versus “dry” counties and how living in either can affect cardiovascular health.

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Researchers link blood protein to severe pulmonary arterial hypertension

A new study from team at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore may have found a link between a blood protein and pulmonary arterial hypertension and how patients could be tested for it.

Fitness in middle age reduces stroke risk later

Adults between the ages of 45 and 50 with higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness are less likely to have a stroke after 65, according to a study published in the journal Stroke.

Adolescent obesity a strong indicator for middle-age heart failure

Having a higher-than-normal body mass index (BMI) as a teenager could be an indicator that men will experience heart failure in middle age. 

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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.

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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.