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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.   

Everolimus-eluting stents safe, effective in complex patients at 1 year

In patients with small-vessel coronary artery disease, stenting creates a special set of concerns for providers. A study with XIENCE V everolimus-eluting stents has demonstrated that they are safe and effective in patients with small-vessel disease at one-year follow-up.

Thoratec buys maker of transapical systems for $35M

Thoratec, which makes implantable devices for patients with advanced heart failure, paid $35 million to acquire an Irish company that specializes in transapical surgical access systems.

Some prasugrel prescribing runs counter to labeling

Prescribing patterns for the anticoagulant prasugrel suggest that there is ample room for improvement.

Texas Children's Heart Center welcomes two new physicians dedicated to providing care to pediatric and adult patients with congenital heart disease

Today, Texas Children's Heart Center is excited to announce the addition of two new members to its Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program team: pediatric and adult cardiologist, Dr. Peter Ermis, and pediatric and adult cardiologist, Dr. Wilson Lam. Texas Children's Heart Center is ranked #2 nationally in cardiology and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report. For more information about the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at Texas Children's Hospital, visit the website.

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Surgeons warn against use of Mitroflow valve in young patients

Children’s hospital physicians cautioned surgeons against implanting the Mitroflow bioprosthetic aortic valve in young patients who undergo aortic valve replacement and recommended vigilant surveillance of those who already have the device.

PCI volume-outcome link holds but threshold is unclear

Volume appears to be key in quality outcomes for PCI, however, the threshold number a provider must perform per year to stay in top form remains elusive, a study published June 17 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes stated.

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Device monitoring allows more defined AF classifications

Using data derived from patient monitoring devices, researchers found clearer, more reproducible results on burden and persistence in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients than through clinical observations alone.

Patient radiation dose drops 61% with imaging changes

Interventional cardiologists reduced the radiation dose in patients with congenital heart disease by 61 percent using a combination of practice and technical changes, according to a study published online June 20 in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. Most pediatric and adult patients benefited from the revised protocol.

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.