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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.   

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Still No. 1: CABG outperforms FFR-PCI when treating CAD

The new analysis, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, represents the latest chapter in one of interventional cardiology’s largest ongoing debates.

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3 months of anticoagulation therapy might be too long for young patients with provoked VTE

Three months of anticoagulation therapy is the go-to option when treating these younger patients—but it could be time for a change.

Rural heart attack patients started taking longer to seek care when the pandemic began

This trend was even seen in areas where COVID-19 rates were relatively low, researchers found.

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TPVR with the Melody valve associated with strong 10-year outcomes, helping patients avoid surgery

All patients originally presented with a dysfunctional RVOT conduit or stented bioprosthetic pulmonary valve.

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Cardiac resynchronization therapy boosts care for older HFrEF patients

All patients included in the analysis faced a high risk of complications, researchers noted. 

Even mild COVID-19 cases can result in lingering heart issues

The study included more than 400 patients with a history of mild or moderate COVID-19. 

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High levels of ‘good’ cholesterol may be bad for men

This trend, however, did not carry over to women with high HDL-C levels. 

SNMMI images of unusual imaging pattern observed on FDG PET/CT or FDG PET/MR that may be due to Omicron COVID-19 infection. Unlike the FDG PET/CT pattern seen with infections from previous strains of COVID-19, with principal involvement of the lungs, this new array of findings is primarily centered in the upper aerodigestive tract and cervical lymph nodes. What does omnicron COVID look like in medical imaging?

Unusual pattern on PET/CT may indicate COVID omicron variant

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging offered up a handful of tips to help providers who encounter such findings.

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