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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AI could be a game-changer for TAVR, but cardiologists remain ‘irreplaceable’

The rise of TAVR as a go-to treatment option for many AS patients has been one of the biggest stories in cardiology for several years now. How will advanced AI models impact this trend going forward? 

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Music eases anxiety during imaging. But, don’t let patients pick their playlist

Not all genres are equal in a clinical setting.

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Study examines outcomes of resection for ground-glass adenocarcinomas in the lungs

Researchers from Harvard Medical School looked into clinical findings for three types of nodules seen across 469 patients.

New lawsuit alleges a woman’s brain bleed was mistaken for drunken driving, causing significant harm

A Washington woman was pulled over and arrested because a state trooper thought she was driving under the influence. It turned out that she was not drunk, but suffering from a frontal-lobe subdural hematoma. She has now filed a lawsuit against the county. 

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FDA clears advanced AI model for detecting, quantifying bleeding strokes

The new algorithm from Viz.ai is capable of identifying, labeling and quantifying brain bleeds in noncontrast CT images.

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Virtual reality may reduce chronic pain, preliminary study shows

AppliedVR and neuroimaging company Kernel are producing multiple analyses as part of an ongoing research collaboration.

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AI, blood thinners and patient positioning: Exploring late-breaking science at the International Stroke Conference

ISC 2024 in Phoenix has already featured several eye-opening late-breaking presentations. One study, for example, found that positioning a stroke patient's head differently before surgery can significantly decrease the risk of neurological complications. 

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Bullied children are at risk of developing psychotic disorders

Researchers at the University of Tokyo found bullied adolescents had lower levels of regulatory neurotransmitters in the brain.