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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.

Catheter-based treatment linked to major benefits for intermediate-risk PE
New 30-day data presented at ACC.26 helped answer questions cardiologists have had been asking for years. “Thank you for bringing PE into the future," one vascular specialist said from the stage.
FDA sees promise in voice-based AI model for heart failure
An advanced algorithm that looks for signs of heart failure in five-second voice recordings has received the FDA's breakthrough device designation.
Software errors lead to major insulin pump recall—manufacturer shares a fix
Nearly 27,000 MiniMed 780G insulin pumps were included in a new Class II recall. By taking a few basic steps, however, patients should be able to avoid any significant risks.
Getting vascular surgeons more involved leads to key improvements for PAD patients
Vascular surgeons perform procedures interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists do not do—so why not make sure they are part of every heart team conversation?
FDA clears new AI software for mitral valve repair
Philips worked closely with Edwards Lifesciences to develop the new software.

Hundreds of doctors on the front lines died taking care of COVID-19 patients

Between March 2020 and December 2021, 622 physicians deaths were attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Balloon expansion deployment of an Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device.

New Jersey hospital performs 4,000th TAVR procedure

Morristown Medical Center first started performing TAVR procedures in 2011 and is now home to one of the largest TAVR programs in the United States.

New imaging data offers 'positive' news for COVID long haulers

New imaging data indicates that the effects of long COVID may begin to dwindle over time, offering hope for those suffering from the long-term ramifications of the virus.

Greater access to TAVR linked to better patient outcomes

How does access to care influence short-term TAVR outcomes? Researchers explored data from nearly 22,000 patients to find out.

Risk model-based lung cancer screening more cost-effective than USPSTF guidelines

Using risk model-based strategies to determine who should undergo low-dose CT lung cancer screening is more cost effective than current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines.

IVF, other fertility treatments do not put the heart health of children at risk

Parents who are currently considering the use of fertility treatments such as IVF may want to read this study closely.

Comprehensive heart teams are rewriting the rules of patient care

Multidisciplinary heart teams are growing more and more popular among hospitals and health systems all over the world. What started as a way to select TAVR patients has become something much more important.

An example of artificial intelligence (AI) automated detection of a intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in. a CT scan used to send alerts to the stroke acute care team before a radiologist even sees the exam. Example shown by TeraRecon at RSNA 2022.

FDA has now cleared more than 500 healthcare AI algorithms

More than 500 clinical AI algorithms have now been cleared by the FDA, with the majority just in the past couple years.

Clinical

Catheter-based treatment linked to major benefits for intermediate-risk PE

FDA sees promise in voice-based AI model for heart failure

Software errors lead to major insulin pump recall—manufacturer shares a fix

Getting vascular surgeons more involved leads to key improvements for PAD patients

FDA clears new AI software for mitral valve repair