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.   

COVID booster shots will become available in September

COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna will be available starting the week of September 20, the White House announced.

 

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How recent marijuana use impacts PCI outcomes

Cerebrovascular accidents following PCI appear to be more common when the patient has a history of recent marijuana use. 

Catheter ablation boosts AFib outcomes, new meta-analysis confirms

Ablation was associated with a 67% reduction in all-cause hospitalizations compared to medication alone. 

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Managed care programs help heart attack survivors stay alive and healthy

Our study demonstrates that a centrally guided and well-designed healthcare policy may have a real and substantial impact on a patient’s prognosis over a relatively short period of time,” researchers said.

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Widespread pain puts patients at a 29% higher risk of stroke

For patients over the age of 65, the stroke risk climbs all the way to 54%. Researchers emphasized how important it is to begin treatment as early as possible. 

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Lifetime of night shift work associated with higher AFib risk

The team hopes its findings, published in the European Heart Journal, will help more people consider how their daily lives can affect their health. 

DC healthcare workers must get vaccinated against COVID-19

Healthcare workers in Washington, D.C., are required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 30, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health announced.

Babies and toddlers are big spreaders of COVID-19 at home

Babies and young children are more likely to spread COVID-19 in their homes compared to older children and teenagers, according to a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics.