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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.

How radiotherapy protects the hearts of breast cancer patients
The study's authors reviewed CCTA imaging results taken before and after radiotherapy, evaluating each image for signs of coronary calcification and inflammation.
Imaging helps guide antidepressant medication choices
New research may help providers identify patterns on neuroimaging that could offer clues into how well patients are responding to antidepressant medications.
Sterile, temperature-controlled preservation reduces long-term mortality after heart transplant by 54%
An advanced preservation system from Paragonix, a Getinge company, was linked to dramatic reductions in both mortality and procedural complications.
PFA associated with elevated risk of heart damage, real-world data show
Patient outcomes do not appear to be negatively impacted by these risks, researchers noted. The new data were presented at Heart Rhythm 2025 and published in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.
CT scans don't lie—cigarettes are harder on the lungs than marijuana
Many have touted smoking marijuana as a safer alternative to cigarettes. New imaging data offer clarity on whether this notion is actually true.

How intravascular lithotripsy can improve TMVR outcomes

The IVL technology developed by Shockwave Medical helped clinicians treat a TMVR patient who had previously undergone TAVR. Could this be a common use of IVL in the future?

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Cardiologists push for a more diverse, inclusive healthcare workforce

A recent roundtable discussion focused on how today's healthcare leaders can "begin to dismantle the systems that perpetuate inequities in medicine and build new systems that promote diversity, equity and inclusive excellence."

Medtronic enrolls first patient for head-to-head EVAR study

The randomized trial, expected to enroll at least 550 patients, will follow patients for a total of five years.

Subtraction boosts CCTA accuracy, even in the presence of extensive calcium

Researchers recently found results yielded via subtraction CCTA to be similar to those produced by ICA in assessing stenosis grading.

Bernie Sanders slams Moderna for planned COVID-19 vaccine price hike

After Moderna leadership revealed plans to potentially quadruple the price of its COVID-19 vaccine, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and others criticized the move.

Simulations help 'accelerate the TEE learning curve' for cardiology trainees

Simulation-based training can help cardiology fellows improve their TTE abilities, even when instructors or equipment are in short supply.

Peter Libby, MD, a cardiovascular medicine specialist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, explains his research into COVID and how damages the endothelium on blood vessels. #AHA #AHA22 #SARSCoV2 #Coronavirus #COVID

VIDEO: Why does COVID-19 damage vascular beds?

Peter Libby, MD, a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, explains his research into COVID-19 and how it damages the endothelium of blood vessels.

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Q&A: Discussing TAVR trends with cardiologist Samir Kapadia of Cleveland Clinic

What's next for TAVR? What trends should clinicians be focused on as time goes on? Kapadia shared his perspective in a new interview.

Clinical

How radiotherapy protects the hearts of breast cancer patients

Imaging helps guide antidepressant medication choices

Sterile, temperature-controlled preservation reduces long-term mortality after heart transplant by 54%

PFA associated with elevated risk of heart damage, real-world data show

CT scans don't lie—cigarettes are harder on the lungs than marijuana