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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.

Brain imaging scans unlock mysteries about depression and resilience

The new findings may contain important implications for neuromodulation therapies to treat depression symptoms.

CMS extends bundled payments to 2025

Instead of concluding Dec. 31, 2023, the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model is scheduled to end Dec. 31, 2025.

Leading cardiologists sound the alarm, say polypills could save millions of lives if made widely available

“This systemic failure is a global tragedy, as many premature deaths from CVD could be avoided,” one cardiologist said.

FDA confirms nationwide shortage of Adderall

Manufacturers, it seems, are unable to keep up with high demand.

Impella Heart Pump Abiomed RECOVER IV RCT cardiogenic shock

Impella heart pumps linked to improved high-risk PCI outcomes

Researchers examined data from patients who underwent high-risk PCI with either an Impella heart pump or an intra-aortic balloon pump.

New evidence that heart damage risk is much higher after COVID-19 infection than after vaccination

The new meta-analysis, published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, included data from 58 million patients. “We hope our findings will help mitigate vaccine hesitancy and increase vaccine uptake," one researcher said.

An updated look at how cognitive impairment affects TAVR outcomes

The connection between cognitive impairment and postoperative delirium among TAVR patients stood out as a definite concern to the study's authors.

PET/CT findings predict post-treatment, radiation-induced hypothyroidism

Radiation-induced hypothyroidism is common yet underdiagnosed, potentially owing to a lack of follow-up consensus in patients treated with radiation therapy for head and neck cancers.

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