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.   

Autopsies suggest we still have a lot to learn about COVID-19's impact on the heart

Researchers focused on patients who died during the early stages of the pandemic.

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TTVR patients see consistent improvements in their daily lives

Researchers evaluated 115 patients before and one month after undergoing transcatheter tricuspid valve repair, sharing their findings in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

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Researchers 'really enthusiastic' about potential breakthrough in the treatment of vascular disease

The new treatment, still being tested in mice models, showed potential to help prevent future cardiovascular events in patients with vascular disease.

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TEVAR outcomes don't suffer when performed at low-volume hospitals

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair, researchers wrote, "could be safely preformed across a wide range of hospitals regardless of their volume status."

KCCQ-12 scores a valuable asset for managing patients with acute HF

The scores can help predict a patient's short- and long-term risk of adverse outcomes. 

‘Potentially big impact’: New ingredient praised as possible solution for better COVID-19 vaccines

Early experiments showed the saponin/TLR adjuvant activates many different parts of the immune system to strengthen its response against invading pathogens.

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AI model predicts patient survival after cardiac surgery

The advanced algorithm could make a significant impact on shared decision-making. 

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Pressure-regulated THV deployment could provide significant value

Overall, researchers found, this method was “simple, reproducible, safe and effective.”