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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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Weight loss surgery associated with better COVID-19 outcomes

The findings suggest that obesity may be a modifiable risk factor for the severity of COVID-19 infection, experts detailed in JAMA Surgery. 

FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 booster for 12- to 15-year-olds

The administration also shortened the mandatory wait time to receive a third shot from six to five months after completing a second dose.

FDA approves inclisiran, a twice-yearly injection that lowers cholesterol

The medication was designed to help lower LDL-C levels with just two doses per year. 

Israel will begin offering a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine

High risk patients such as people over 60, the immunocompromised and healthcare workers will soon be eligible for another shot.

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Researchers take a fresh look at how different risk factors impact the look of a patient's heart

The study included cardiac MRI scans of nearly 30,000 patients. 

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FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill

Paxlovid becomes the first treatment for the coronavirus taken in pill form, the federal agency announced.

COVID-19 vaccines tied to greater risk of myocarditis or myopericarditis—but specialists highlight the benefits of vaccination

The new analysis focused on nearly 5 million individuals who received either the Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.

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Premature heart attack deaths more common among Black, male and rural patients

Researchers tracked data from more than 600,000 patient deaths in the United States, sharing their findings in the Journal of the American Heart Association. 

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