Clinical

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.   

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The Case for More FFR Utilization in the Cardiac Cath Lab

Momentum is spurring greater use of FFR in the evaluation and treatment of CAD.

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Patients vs. Populations: Afib Experts Get Energized Over Quality Metrics & Training

Five electrophysiologists joined Cardiovascular Business editorial advisor Matthew R. Reynolds, MD, SM, for a discussion about how they will deliver quality care to a growing number of atrial fibrillation patients even as the U.S. healthcare system turns its focus from volume to value.

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Coming of Age: Congenital Heart Disease Programs Hustle to Meet Needs of Adult Patients

Health systems and practices are encountering new pressures as the number of adults with CHD expands. 

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Nursing Team Plays Key Role in Patient Success for Cardiogenic Shock

Offered in cooperation with Abiomed

Teamwork, technology and a can-do attitude come together at a rural community hospital in the Southwest, where an Impella program for cardiogenic shock patients has saved many lives in past years.

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Are Powerful Tools Reshaping Decision-making in the Cath Lab?

How will the debate over when to use FFR, IVUS and OCT play out?

Endologix announces top-line results of Nellix endovascular aneurysm sealing system study

Endologix, Inc. announced on May 26 that its Nellix endovascular aneurysm sealing system had met the primary safety and efficacy endpoints in the EVAS FORWARD-IDE study.

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Do-Better or Do-Over? Cath Lab Safety May Be Ready for a Reboot

Instead of improving fluoroscopy, should interventional cardiologists and radiologists be focusing on change?

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Structured Reporting: The Cardiologist’s View on the Value of Quality Data Collection

McKesson

After pushing for years to build a unified cardiology database powered by structured reporting, several members of the heart team at 237-bed Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mont., finally got their moment around six years ago.

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.