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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 cardiologyheart failure, electrophysiologyhypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

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AI model uses DNA to predict AFib, heart failure

Scientists were able to identify a total of 21 genes linked to cardiovascular conditions such as AFib and heart failure.

10 fresh takes on the lab-leak theory of COVID’s origin

Last weekend The Wall Street Journal reported on new classified intelligence that has led the U.S. Energy Department to conclude, albeit with “low confidence,” that the COVID-19 pandemic may have started in a Wuhan lab after all.

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Robot-assisted needle positioning in CT-guided procedures improves accuracy, reduces repeats

Compared to freehand techniques during procedures requiring needle positioning, robot assistance results in fewer adjustments, even for seasoned interventional radiologists.

Popular artificial sweetener associated with greater risk of heart attack, stroke

The new study, led by a team of Cleveland Clinic specialists, was published in Nature Medicine

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AI competition furthers research on computer-aided detection in breast imaging

For the challenge, eight teams were tasked with developing algorithms capable of achieving high sensitivity for lesion detection on DBT exams.

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Hospitals still facing financial struggles in 2023

Hospital margins were -1% in January 2023, compared to -0.7% in December 2022. 

 

Medtronic, Abbott share late-breaking TAVR data at CRT 2023

Both vendors used the four-day conference as an opportunity to provide key updates about their TAVR valves.

Incoming 2023-2024 American College of Cardiology (ACC) president Hadley Wilson, MD, shares insights on how to create health equity through both ACC programs and hospital grassroots community outreach programs. He outlines four programs his heart hospital is piloting in its community in Charlotte, North Carolina.

How cardiologists can address health disparities in their communities

Incoming 2023-2024 American College of Cardiology president Hadley Wilson, MD, shared insights on how to create health equity through grassroots community outreach programs.