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.   

Up in arms over ARBs

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, FDA officials are in a tussle over angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs). Based on evidence of an increased risk in cancer, one reviewer argues for a stronger warning but his bosses aren’t convinced. They describe such action as a diversion from assessing new drug applications.

May 31, 2013

Grant funds cardiac stem cell research for Duchenne muscular dystrophy-related heart disease

Newport Beach-based nonprofit Coalition Duchenne has awarded a $150,000 grant to a Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute team investigating whether an experimental cardiac stem cell treatment could be used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients who have developed heart disease.

May 31, 2013

POZEN announces FDA acceptance of filing of New Drug Application for PA32540/PA8140 tablets

POZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: POZN), a pharmaceutical company committed to transforming medicine that transforms lives, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review, the New Drug Application (NDA) for PA32540/PA8140.

May 29, 2013

Physician innovator of heart valve repair receives Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute’s Corday Prize in Heart Research

Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute is honoring the physician widely known as  the leading pioneer in modern mitral heart valve repair, Alain Carpentier, MD, PhD, with the second annual Eliot Corday, MD, International Prize in Heart Research. The Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute established the Corday Prize to recognize physicians and scientists conducting groundbreaking research, or individuals who significantly advance the practice of heart medicine.

May 22, 2013

Delayed healing of coronary artery following implantation of drug eluting stents, increasing risk of thrombosis, is a top concern of interventional cardiologists, international survey shows

The delayed healing of the coronary artery following physicians’ use of drug eluting stents (DES), which increases patients’ risks of developing thrombosis, is a top concern today of interventional cardiologists, according to the results of a survey announced at EuroPCR 2013 in Paris.

May 21, 2013

OR in 3-D

The Billings Gazette in Montana is keeping tabs on a $13.5 million expansion and renovation of surgical facilities at the Billings Clinic. The latest update includes a 3-D illustration of the cardiovascular operating room viewed from various angles.

May 21, 2013

Birth of the pacemaker

Vincent L. Gott, MD, professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins Heart & Vascular Institute in Baltimore, shares his experiences as a developer of the pacemaker in an interview with CNN. The feature is part of CNN’s “Life Works” series.

May 15, 2013

Edwards Lifesciences announces CFO retirement

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in the science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, today announced that Thomas M. Abate, the company's chief financial officer, plans to retire later this year. Abate, who turns 60 in August, plans to remain CFO until his successor is in place. The company has retained Peter Crist of Crist/Kolder Associates to assist in the CFO search.

May 14, 2013

Around the web

Eleven medical societies have signed on to a consensus statement aimed at standardizing imaging for suspected cardiovascular infections.

Kate Hanneman, MD, explains why many vendors and hospitals want to lower radiology's impact on the environment. "Taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint in healthcare isn’t just an opportunity," she said. "It’s also a responsibility."

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