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

HHS sued over RFK’s $11B cuts to infectious disease control
The Department of Health and Human Services is refusing to allocate funds meant to support state and local healthcare initiatives, as the money stemmed from now-defunct COVID-19 control efforts. A coalition of municipalities is suing to lift the block.
Robotic mitral valve repair linked to benefits for elderly patients
Robotic and traditional mitral valve repair surgeries are mostly associated with similar outcomes when treating elderly patients. In some ways, however, robotic procedures may be preferred.
Vendor payments not responsible for rising popularity of LAAO procedures
Consulting fees and other vendor payments do not appear to be directly influencing U.S. physicians to implant more Watchman devices. Researcher Alexander Kolomaya, MD, discussed his team's findings on this topic.
AI predicts pediatric cancer recurrence with impressive accuracy
Researchers have developed a deep learning model that can spot longitudinal changes in patients' brain imaging that could be indicative of cancer recurrence.
AI helps cardiologists terminate AFib for good with ablation
Advanced AI can provide real-time feedback to cardiologists, helping them deliver high-quality care.

Mediterranean diet helps women live longer, reducing heart disease and cancer risks

Researchers explored decades of data from more than 25,000 women, sharing their findings in JAMA Network Open.

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Engineers team with cardiologist to rethink heart pump assessments

The group’s work is focused on how signal processing technologies and machine learning can track the health of VADs and the patients who need them.

$Eko Health, the California-based healthcare technology company known for its advanced stethoscopes, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a new artificial intelligence (AI) offering designed to detect low ejection fraction (EF).$

Eko Health raises $41M to expand footprint of its AI-powered stethoscopes

Now that the company has gained FDA approval for multiple algorithms, Eko Health aims to reach as many patients as possible with its AI-powered devices.

Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) President Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD, FHRS, director of clinical cardiac electrophysiology and pacing, Virginia Commonwealth University, discussed two key initiatives for 2024-25 with Cardiovascular Business. These include helping create a new, independent cardiovascular medicine board, and supporting the movement toward more outpatient procedures being performed in office-based labs (OBL) and ambulatory surgical centers (ASC). #EPeeps #HRS #HRS24 #HRS2024

Heart Rhythm Society shows support for new cardiovascular board, outpatient EP centers

Cardiovascular Business spoke with HRS President Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD, about two key initiatives the group is focused on this year.

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has helped cardiologists, radiologists, nurses and other healthcare providers embrace precision medicine in a way that ensures more heart patients are receiving personalized care.

AI uses imaging results to ID high-risk TAVR patients with speed, accuracy

Researchers developed an advanced AI model capable of extracting measurements from unprocessed CT images in seconds. It then uses those data to evaluate the patient's mortality risk if they underwent TAVR.

Heart Rhythm Socity (HRS) President Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD, explains key electrophysiology (EP) trends at the HRS 2024 meeting. #HRS #HRS24 #HRS2024 #EPeeps

Key trends in electrophysiology include PFA, dual-chamber leadless pacemakers

HRS President Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD, detailed some of the biggest trends in electrophysiology at Heart Rhythm 2024 in Boston.

Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world

3 in 5 US adults projected to have CVD by 2050, with a price tag of $1.8T—can cardiologists ‘turn the tide’?

More than 60% of adults in the United States are expected to have at least one form of cardiovascular disease by 2050, according to new data published by the American Heart Association. Fortunately, evidence does suggest that healthier lifestyles are starting to become more common as time goes on.

Wake Forest receives $1.5 million to fund imaging study aimed at bone loss after bariatric surgery

The funding will go toward the Strategies to Reduce the Onset of Sleeve Gastrectomy Associated Bone Loss (STRONG BONES) trial.

Clinical

HHS sued over RFK’s $11B cuts to infectious disease control

Robotic mitral valve repair linked to benefits for elderly patients

Vendor payments not responsible for rising popularity of LAAO procedures

AI predicts pediatric cancer recurrence with impressive accuracy

AI helps cardiologists terminate AFib for good with ablation