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 cardiology, heart failure, electrophysiology, hypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.

Simple CT metric predicts treatment-induced kidney impairment in prostate cancer patients
Though an effective treatment, Lu-177 radioligland therapy it is not without side effects, some of which can be severe.
FDA sued over ‘reckless and arbitrary’ semaglutide decision
The Outsourcing Facilities Association, a Texas-based trade group, is alleging that supply issues still remain for Ozempic and Wegovy. The group believes the FDA has ignored those issues.
Teleflex to acquire Biotronik’s vascular intervention business for $791M, split into 2 separate entities
The acquisition helps Teleflex expand its interventional and vascular portfolios. Biotronik, meanwhile, is shifting its focus toward implantable devices and digital healthcare.
Adaptable AI system detects subtle changes in imaging over time, has potential for multiple clinical settings
The Learning-based Inference of Longitudinal imAge Changes, or LILAC, system harnesses the power of machine learning to review medical images that have been collected over a prolonged period of time.
FDA clears Google smartwatch tech that calls 911 when a user’s heart stops
Google worked with AI specialists, cardiologists and even stunt performers to develop its new smartwatch feature.

Simple CT metric predicts treatment-induced kidney impairment in prostate cancer patients

Though an effective treatment, Lu-177 radioligland therapy it is not without side effects, some of which can be severe.

FDA sued over ‘reckless and arbitrary’ semaglutide decision

The Outsourcing Facilities Association, a Texas-based trade group, is alleging that supply issues still remain for Ozempic and Wegovy. The group believes the FDA has ignored those issues.

Teleflex to acquire Biotronik’s vascular intervention business for $791M, split into 2 separate entities

The acquisition helps Teleflex expand its interventional and vascular portfolios. Biotronik, meanwhile, is shifting its focus toward implantable devices and digital healthcare.

AI detects subtle changes in images over time.

Adaptable AI system detects subtle changes in imaging over time, has potential for multiple clinical settings

The Learning-based Inference of Longitudinal imAge Changes, or LILAC, system harnesses the power of machine learning to review medical images that have been collected over a prolonged period of time.

FDA clears Google smartwatch tech that calls 911 when a user’s heart stops

Google worked with AI specialists, cardiologists and even stunt performers to develop its new smartwatch feature.

The Medtronic CoreValve Evolut and the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 TAVR valves.

Second-generation TAVR valves from Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences and Boston Scientific are all associated with similar seven-year outcomes, according to a new retrospective study out of Italy.

Walgreens resolves $595M lawsuit over COVID testing

The dispute was with Everly Health, a telemedicine provider contracted to fulfill orders for COVID-19 tests during the pandemic. Walgreens was accused of violating provisions of a service agreement.

Proteins in tardigrades could help prevent radiation-induced side effects.

Tiny 'water bears' may hold key to reducing radiation-induced side effects

These animals are virtually indestructible and have long outlived the dinosaurs due to their ability to withstand extreme cold, heat, natural disasters and even cosmic radiation.