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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.   

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Interventional cardiologists perform world’s first TAVR with new embolic protection device

The device, designed with improved filtration and stability in mind, is now being investigated as part of a new pilot study. 

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TAVR controversy: Surgeon fired after saying cardiologist treated patients without proper credentials

An Ohio doctor allegedly performed multiple procedures without the proper credentials. A vascular surgeon is now out of work for sharing the story with a local media outlet. 

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How CT creates barrier to treating pulmonary embolism patients in cheaper outpatient settings

Rather than being discharged, low-risk PE patients often receive unnecessary additional services and overnight stays, experts wrote in JAMA.

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Ultrasound AI could help standardize trauma care

Trauma patients who present with poor blood flow and suspected abdominal hemorrhage are well served by emergency physicians using AI-augmented FAST imaging.

Sam Jones, MD, explains why CMS reduced payments for EP ablation and how it will negatively impact electrophysiology. #HRS #HRS2023 #EPeeps #EPlab #Medicare

Making sense of the huge Medicare reimbursement cuts in electrophysiology

Samuel Jones, MD, examines the large reimbursement reductions in cardiac ablations and what the impact might be on access to care in EP labs.

FDA approves sotagliflozin, the new heart failure drug from Lexicon Pharmaceuticals

The drug, which should be available by the end of June, will be marketed under the name Inpefa.

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TAVR among 90-year-old patients: An updated look at mortality, hospital costs and more

In-hospital mortality and other key outcomes have improved in recent years, but treating these older patients is still associated with certain challenges. 

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AI organizes heart failure patients into 5 distinct groups, helping cardiologists manage care

Researchers used multiple AI models to evaluate EHR data from more than 322,000 heart failure patients. By identifying these subtypes, the group thinks clinicians could perform better risk assessments and make more informed treatment decisions. 

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