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.   

AI model able to ID early signs of type 2 diabetes on imaging results

The authors hope their findings could lead to earlier diagnoses and improvements in patient care. 

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PCI vs. CABG for left main disease: Key takeaways from a new meta-analysis

Researchers explored data from five different randomized controlled trials, publishing their analysis in the American Journal of Cardiology.

Abbott’s Aveir single-chamber (VR) leadless pacemaker

Abbott’s single-chamber leadless pacemaker gains FDA approval

Another single-chamber leadless pacemaker has officially hit the market. 

TAVR vs. surgery, FFR-guided PCI and DCB safety: Day 3 at ACC.22

Read our in-person coverage of the final day of ACC.22.

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AI predicts COVID prognosis at near-expert level using CT scoring system

A deep convolutional neural network was able to predict hospital stay, ICU admission and intubation when scoring chest CT images of hospitalized COVID patients.

Steven E. Nissen, MD, discusses his late-breaking clinical trial with panelist Vera Bittner, MD.

Cholesterol medications, flu shots and heart failure: Day 2 at ACC.22

Day 2 of ACC.22 was jam-packed with late-breaking clinical trials. Read our quick rundown of what researchers shared with the public for the very first time. 

Cardiology groups debut new heart failure guidelines ahead of ACC.22

The new recommendations went live just ahead of ACC.22. They can be read in full in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation or Journal of Cardiac Failure.