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 cardiology, heart failure, electrophysiology, hypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.

No biopsy required: Blood test could spot signs of rejection in heart transplant recipients
It may not always be necessary to subject heart transplant patients to one biopsy after another.
Radiation in the cath lab: Tracking state-level regulations for cardiologists
Researchers hope these policies can be standardized in the future to help avoid confusion and improve clinician safety.
Wrongful death lawsuit filed after restrained hospital patient dies of cardiac arrest
The family of Gay Sherman Weintz, 55, said she died as a result of 24-hour physical restraint, combined with staff at Middlesex Hospital ignoring signs of a medical crisis. Her son, Chauncey Smith, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
Lab owner indicted in $290M COVID fraud scheme pleads not guilty
Mahmood Sami Khan, 36, has been charged on five counts of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with the conspiracy. If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
PFA market heats up as medtech companies announce new investments
While Kardium raised $250 million in an oversubscribed funding round, Field Medical raised $35 million. Both companies are focused on designing and developing new pulsed field ablation technologies to help treat challenging arrhythmias.

Researchers examined a small group of long-haul COVID-19 patients, sharing their findings in JACC: Heart Failure.

Taiwan had temporarily suspended second doses for this age group to review cases of myocarditis and pericarditis.

Researchers analyzed CDC data from more than 3.6 million STEMI-related deaths.

Radiology experts analyzed fetal MRIs from 33 women who contracted the virus while bearing a child, sharing their results at RSNA21.

The procedure is especially effective when treating younger, low-risk patients.

It is believed that two cardiologists in Israel—who were both fully vaccinated—are among the infected.

Researchers examined data from nearly 3.9 million older adults who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

The study tracked 2,876 patients hospitalized for acute HF or deteriorating chronic HF.