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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Getting Back to Basics for Complex Patients

Problems put off are problems exacerbated. In life and health, we need to study and address problems to find solutions. 

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PCI Gets Personal: How to Avoid Bleeds

PCI-related bleeding events potentially carry a host of unwanted consequences.

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The Beauty of Subcutaneous ICDs Is Not Merely Skin Deep

Wireless pacemakers today are rising in popularity as the right choice for many patients.

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Advanced Analytics Make Supply Chain Pros of Cath Lab Teams

Cardinal Health

Good Samaritan Hospital in L.A. looks to its managers to preserve that margin by slashing supply costs without compromising clinical quality.

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[ARTICLE] Building a Protected PCI Program: The Heart Team Approach

Offered in cooperation with Abiomed

High-risk PCI patients have new options at Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia with the Impella 2.5, a miniature heart pump for use in elective and urgent high-risk PCI procedures.

FDA issues Class I recall of Syncardia Freedom driver

The FDA has issued a Class I recall of a select number of SynCardia Systems Total Artificial Heart Freedom driver.

Documentary highlights robotic-assisted PCI

Corindus Vascular Robotics released a documentary on Sept. 16 to promote its CorPath System, the only FDA-cleared device for robotic-assisted PCI.

FDA approves first MRI-compatible ICD system

The FDA approved the Evera MRI Surescan implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) as the first ICD system for use with MRI scans. The system is expected to be available this month.

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.