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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.

Chemical alterations in the brain hint at whether loss of smell will return post-COVID
Researchers have identified what they believe could serve as imaging biomarkers that predict recovery from anosmia after contracting the virus.
Early outcomes with Myval TAVR valve comparable to popular devices from Medtronic, Edwards
Meril Life Sciences has been manufacturing its Myval heart valves for years. The devices are approved and available in both India and Europe, but they have not been approved by the FDA.
Surgeons make history again with world’s first robotic implant of Abbott heart device
The historic LVAD implant was performed on a 35-year-old patient with advanced heart failure. His symptoms included kidney and lung deterioration.
Q&A: Society of Thoracic Surgeons president previews the trends and technologies of STS 2025
It looked like the wildfires in Los Angeles could force STS to cancel its annual meeting, but the group worked with city officials and was able to carry on as planned. STS President Jennifer C. Romano, MD, MS, discussed that difficult decision and previewed the three-day event in a new interview.
Key details associated with the treatment of COVID-induced arrhythmias
Rakesh Gopinathannair, MD, lead author of a recent American Heart Association scientific statement on cardiac arrhythmias associated with COVID-19, reviewed the latest science associated with this important topic.

“The choice of intervention in patients with CKD and aortic stenosis is complex and influenced by multiple competing factors," researchers said.

Closer monitoring for uncontrolled hypertension is recommended for women ages 70 and older and men under the age of 50.

Researchers examined data from nearly 800 patients, looking for any links between age and COVID-related complications.

Platelet function monitoring–guided antiplatelet therapy before stent placement provided patients with significant value.

The World Health Organization is relaunching an investigation into the origin of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Recent research published in JAMA Cardiology caught the agency's attention.

The company warned customers that these kits may no longer be an effective treatment for severe low blood sugar.

Meanwhile, patients are not exactly eager to monitor their blood pressure for 24 hours using a medical device.