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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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Performance of RSNA's COVID-19 chest CT guidelines studied in vaccinated vs unvaccinated

True positive rates of COVID pneumonia on chest CT are significantly lower in patients who are vaccinated against the virus in comparison to their unvaccinated peers. 

Juan F. Granada, MD, president and chief executive officer of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) and assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, explains some of the highlights of the upcoming 2022 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapies (TCT) conference sponsored by CRF. #TCT #TCT2022

VIDEO: Previewing TCT 2022 in Boston with Juan Granada

Juan F. Granada, MD, president and chief executive officer of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, previewed TCT 2022 for us, detailing what attendees can expect to see at the big show in Boston. 

At the site of the ‘God particle,’ explorers advance along a new frontier in medical imaging

The event was the sixth Workshop on Medical Applications of Spectroscopic X-ray Detectors, which wrapped Sept. 1 at the largest particle physics lab in the world.

Consequential imaging: 6 ways prenatal ultrasound affects health and/or care

Parents-to-be consider prenatal ultrasound imaging a ceremonial custom they don’t want to miss out on.

Cardiologists identify a potential new side effect of monkeypox: acute myocarditis

A 31-year-old patient developed acute myocarditis shortly after the onset of monkeypox symptoms. The team that treated him shared their story in a new case study.

A TAVR procedure being performed at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. These structural heart procedures require a team approach.

TAVR patients with CAD face a greater risk of death—is PCI the answer?

All-cause mortality after five years is much more likely if a TAVR patient presents with CAD, according to a new analysis published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

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Religion and spirituality linked to better heart health among Black Americans

“Religiosity and spirituality may serve as buffers to stress and have therapeutic effects," according to one Mayo Clinic cardiologist involved in the study. 

US life expectancy falls, primarily due to COVID-19

The numbers are worse for men compared to women, according to a new CDC report.