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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.

1st patient dosed with new radiopharmaceutical targeting cancer bone pain
The treatment can offer patients a more potent, cost-effective alternative providing long-lasting relief compared to current pain regimens.
Poor oral health tied to much higher risk of heart attack, stroke
Regularly going to the dentist, researchers added, may reduce cardiovascular risks by a significant margin.
Transcatheter heart failure implant from Ancora Heart linked to positive 2-year data
The flexible device is attached to the inner wall of the left ventricle during a minimally invasive procedure. It was designed to reduce the size of the left ventricle over time.
'The less you drink, the better': Even minor changes in alcohol use lower hypertension risk
These new findings challenge the long-standing assumption that low levels of alcohol do not meaningfully influence a person's blood pressure.
New biodegradable PFO closure device shows early potential
Researchers tracked patients for two years, using echocardiography to confirm the devices had completely vanished. Additional studies will still be required.

Q&A: What the rise of private equity investments in cardiology means for cardiologists and their patients

Private equity investors have grown more and more interested in cardiology in recent years. Why the sudden shift? And what does it mean for patient care going forward?

7 steps to ‘new era of personalized medicine’ by way of radiomic analysis

Quantifiable features of medical images such as pixel intensity, arrangement, color and texture—in a word, radiomics—can help radiologists improve diagnostic accuracy.

Yes, COVID-19 increases a person’s diabetes risk—but vaccination may help

Patients who are vaccinated at the time of their COVID-19 diagnosis appear to face a lower risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes than patients who are not vaccinated.

How CAD, PCI affect TAVR outcomes among men and women

According to new research published in the American Journal of Cardiology, complex CAD appears to affect long-term TAVR outcomes much more for women than it does for men.

Serial transverse CT scans in a 65-year-old man with severe COVID-19. Image courtesy of Radiology. #longcovid #covidlonghauler #lungdamagecovid

Severe COVID patients continue to evidence lung abnormalities 2 years after initial infection

Scans on these patients show a combination of fibrosis, thickening, honeycombing, cystic changes and dilation of the bronchi, among other imaging features.

High-risk patients ineligible for bypass surgery see ‘profound improvements’ after PCI

High-risk patients with complex CAD who are ineligible for CABG can still see substantial benefits from PCI.

No new COVID-19 variants emerged in latest outbreak in China

More than 90% of local infections in Beijing between Nov. 14 and Dec. 20, 2022, were BA.5.2 and BF.7, two existing Omicron sub-variants of COVID-19.

4 key takeaways from ISC 2023: AFib detection, improved stroke survival and more

Leading stroke specialists from all over the world gathered in Dallas for the 2023 International Stroke Conference. Catch up on some of the biggest stories that came out of the three-day event.

Clinical

1st patient dosed with new radiopharmaceutical targeting cancer bone pain

Poor oral health tied to much higher risk of heart attack, stroke

Transcatheter heart failure implant from Ancora Heart linked to positive 2-year data

'The less you drink, the better': Even minor changes in alcohol use lower hypertension risk

New biodegradable PFO closure device shows early potential