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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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American Heart Association investing $10 million to study the long-term consequences of COVID-19

Researchers have until Feb. 1 to apply for one of the group's new COVID-19 research grants. 

Cardiovascular surgeon wants to sue hospital after he was fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine

The hospital's former chief of cardiovascular surgery is now raising money online so that he can pursue legal action. 

JPMorgan moves annual healthcare conference online following omicron concerns

Biotech giants Moderna and Amgen both recently dropped out of the in-person meeting, which was set to take place next month in San Francisco.

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Medtronic receives warning letter from FDA after inspection, sees stock prices drop 7%

The letter detailed issues related to risk assessment, the reporting of adverse events and other key areas. 

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Cardiac imaging specialists receive more than $20M in new funding

The company's new imaging platform simultaneously performs intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography, the two most commonly used modalities.

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How treatment decisions can impact young adults with PAD and advanced femoropopliteal disease

The new study, published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, evaluated outcomes after bypass surgery and endovascular therapy. 

A key difference between stroke symptoms for men and women

The study included data from more than 580,000 patients. 

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Pfizer says its pill remains 89% effective against COVID-19 in final study results

The health giant also noted that the antiviral worked in lab studies against the omicron variant.