Clinical

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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Apixaban linked to lower bleeding risk than rivaroxaban for patients with nonvalvular AFib

A new meta-analysis compared outcomes associated with the two popular DOACs. 

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Biden administration announces new actions to help hospitals keep up with omicron

The feds are making a large push to expand testing, setting up new sites across the U.S. and sending 500 million free kits to Americans beginning Jan. 1.

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An industry first: FDA authorizes marketing of laser-assisted IVC filter removal device

The Philips CavaClear Laser Sheath earned the agency’s breakthrough device designation back in July.

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FDA approves rivaroxaban for treating, preventing blood clots in pediatric patients

The direct oral anticoagulant is now approved for 11 different indications. 

Tafamidis boosts survival for patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy

This latest analysis tracked more than 300 patients for a median follow-up period of nearly five years.

3 ways Vanderbilt's radiology department is laying the groundwork to address health disparities

"Regardless of design, developing a critical mass of institutions with this type of infrastructure will be needed for the field of radiology to improve health equity," experts wrote in JACR.

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DOACs underprescribed among high-risk AFib patients

The study found that frail patients with AFib are less likely to be treated with DOAC therapy.

Edwards gains FDA approval for new Sapien 3 solution for TPV replacement

The system was designed to treat both pediatric and adult patients.