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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.

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.
Champagne could be good for the heart—and other lessons from a new risk analysis
Researchers explored the potential impact of more than 100 risk factors on a person's risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Some of their findings were what you may expect, but others were much more surprising.
Bayer's finerenone reduces risk of AFib, atrial flutter in all CKM syndrome patients
New data published in JACC represents another big win for Bayer's finerenone. The drug has previously been linked to cardiovascular benefits for patients with CKD and heart failure, but its potential across the full CKM spectrum remained a bit of a mystery.
Society of Thoracic Surgeons shares new risk calculator for complex aortic procedures
The new resource was built to help care teams plan for ascending aorta and aortic root surgeries.
PFA takes center stage at Heart Rhythm 2025 as medtech companies share new data
Pulsed field ablation was one of the biggest topics at Heart Rhythm 2025, the annual meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society. Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Boston Scientific, Abbott, Kardium and Field Medical all shared new data at the conference highlighting the safety and effectiveness of their advanced PFA technologies.

Hospital margins see no improvement

Hospital margins were -0.1% during September, compared to -0.5% in August and -1.1% in July.

A transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure being performed at Intermountain Healthcare. Image from Intermountain Healthcare

Predictors of 1-year mortality after TAVR are significantly different among men and women

Atrial fibrillation and peripheral artery disease, for example, are both predictors of mortality among women, but not men.

Some long COVID patients display thyroiditis on imaging a year after recovery

Though it is not yet clear why some COVID patients develop thyroiditis and some do not, researchers maintain that their findings “support the hypothesis of a direct thyroid gland involvement in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection.”

AI-powered ECG screening boosts patient outcomes—when clinicians give it a chance

New research out of Mayo Clinic found that clinicians who listened to AI-based treatment recommendations were more successful at identifying patients with low ejection fraction.

New DL model detects effects of long COVID using only x-rays

The model could be beneficial for long COVID patients in areas where CT scans are not readily available, researchers concluded.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, discusses the long-term, positive SYMPLICITY HTN-3 trial results presented at TCT 2022, and the future of renal denervation therapy to treat hypertension. #TCT

VIDEO: SYMPLICITY HTN-3 and the future of renal denervation

Deepak Bhatt, MD, MPH, details long-term outcomes from the SYMPLICITY HTN-3 trial, which show a lasting impact on patients with uncontrolled hypertension.

Late-breaking study examines IVL’s safety and effectiveness among real-life PAD patients

The new study, based on data from nearly 1,400 PAD patients who were treated with Shockwave Medical's IVL technology, was presented at VIVA22 in Las Vegas.

Ultrafast radiotherapy offers significant pain relief for patients with bone metastases

Experts involved in the new research suggested that their findings are in line with that of conventional palliative radiotherapy

Clinical

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

Champagne could be good for the heart—and other lessons from a new risk analysis

Bayer's finerenone reduces risk of AFib, atrial flutter in all CKM syndrome patients

Society of Thoracic Surgeons shares new risk calculator for complex aortic procedures

PFA takes center stage at Heart Rhythm 2025 as medtech companies share new data