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.   

New clot-busting stroke drug lowers risk of serious complications

Alteplase is currently seen as the standard of care for stroke treatment among many clinicians, but tenecteplase offers significant value. 

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Risk of COVID-related stroke highest soon after diagnosis

“These findings can inform diagnosis, treatment and care of stroke among patients with COVID-19,” one researcher said. 

What decades of data tell us about stroke rates in the U.S.

Researchers tracked 29 years of data, uncovering a mix of good news and concerning trends. 

Chinese herbal formula treats mild hypertension as well as prescription drug

Songling Xuemaikang capsules compare favorably with losartan, potentially providing specialists with a new treatment option. 

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Medicare patients will have access to free at-home COVID tests starting this spring

Under the Biden administration's new mandate, Medicare and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries will be eligible for eight free tests each month.

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AEE use during CIED procedures for HFrEF patients not always cost-effective

The use of these devices when treating certain high-risk patients is still recommended.  

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Same-day discharge after LAAO is safe, cost-effective and ‘could become the new standard’

Same-day discharge was associated with a 15% reduction in healthcare costs. 

Consumers struggle to understand quarantine guidance following at-home COVID test results

People were particularly confused with how to handle negative test results in the context of high-risk situations, i.e., symptoms and close contact, experts reported in a new study.