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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.

AI-powered EHR alerts make a world of difference for cardiologists, heart patients
AI can help care teams identify heart patients who would benefit from TAVR or another life-changing valve intervention.
FDA confirms another recall for Johnson & Johnson’s Impella heart pumps
More than 33,000 devices are affected by this recall. Customers may need to return and replace the purge cassettes included with their devices due to a risk of serious injury or death.
Key clinical takeaways from ACC.26
Hadley Wilson, MD, a former American College of Cardiology president, spoke to Cardiovascular Business about several studies presented at ACC.26.
PCI before TAVR? In older CAD patients, deferral may be the best approach
Patients with coronary artery disease and severe aortic stenosis often undergo PCI before TAVR. According to new data presented at ACC.26, however, deferring PCI is associated with comparable outcomes as well as a reduced bleeding risk.
Whoop raises $575M—Abbott, LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo among the investors
Whoop, a Boston-based wearable technologies company, raised the new funding on a $10.1 billion evaluation.

doctor with overweight patient who may be treated with TAVR or surgery

Tirzepatide linked to significant weight loss, ‘impressive’ diabetes prevention after 3 years

The popular diabetes drug, which can also benefit patients with heart failure and sleep apnea, resulted in an average weight loss of 23%. Once treatment stopped, the effects started to fade rather quickly.

merger acquisition handshake deal business agreement partnership

Cardinal Health scoops up two companies for $3.9B

Cardinal Health is buying Advanced Diabetes Supply Group and a majority stake in GI Alliance, expanding its broad patient services portfolio.

No-contact blood pressure and diabetes screening with AI shows promise

The new technology, still under development, could help physicians screen patients for diabetes and hypertension with high-speed video recordings.

MRI guidance significantly reduces radiotherapy side effects compared to CT

A recent comparison of the two modalities’ utility for guiding radiation therapy for prostate cancer shows numerous benefits for MRI over CT.

Self-expanding vs. balloon-expandable TAVR valves: How they compare after 5 years

SOLVE-TAVI focused on the long-term impact of selecting different second-generation transcatheter heart valves and anesthesia strategies for transfemoral TAVR procedures.

Philippe Genereux explains how EARLY TAVR will help raise awareness for undertreatment of TAVR.

New data put a spotlight on troubling TAVR trends

Philippe Genereux, MD, principal investigator of the EARLY TAVR trial, noted that many patients with severe AS still go untreated.

robotic-assisted mitral valve repair compared to conventional surgery

How robotic-assisted mitral valve repair compares to conventional surgery

Costs remain a concern, especially for low-volume centers, but robotic-assisted MV repair is associated with short-term outcomes comparable to more conventional techniques.

Atrium Health to train Ukrainian clinicians at Charlotte hospital

Atrium Health Carolina Rehabilitation is partnering with Unbroken, an organization working to improve rehabilitation services in war-torn Ukraine. The series of visits to North Carolina will begin next year.

Clinical

AI-powered EHR alerts make a world of difference for cardiologists, heart patients

FDA confirms another recall for Johnson & Johnson’s Impella heart pumps

Key clinical takeaways from ACC.26

PCI before TAVR? In older CAD patients, deferral may be the best approach

Whoop raises $575M—Abbott, LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo among the investors