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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.

Quality of care for heart patients does not improve in first year of ACO participation
Researchers tracked patient outcomes through the use of 15 performance measures related to hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
Routine interventional procedure may present new endometriosis treatment option
Known to be extremely painful at times, many women with endometriosis consider flare-ups of the condition to be debilitating.
Boston Scientific finalizes Bolt Medical acquisition as FDA clears company’s IVL technology
Boston Scientific hopes to officially launch its new IVL system in the first half of 2026.
Early pregnancy blood pressure patterns tied to hypertension risk years later
Researchers show certain blood pressure patterns during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy were more likely to develop into hypertension later in life.
Heart Rhythm Society legislative advocacy group raising funds for electrophysiology
This week, Heart Rhythm Advocates announced its establishment and called on cardiologists and EPs to support its efforts with membership and joining committees to guide efforts.

Heart failure specialists raise $80M to ramp up work on new ventricular repair solution

The company also named the newest member of its board of directors.

Discharge medications after LAAO made no impact on the presence of device-related thrombus, researchers found.

FDA pushes for statin warnings to be updated

It has long been believed that patients should not take statins while they are pregnant. Now, however, the FDA is emphasizing that there are certain exceptions to that rule.

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Catheter ablation a cost-effective option for HF patients with AFib

Researchers shared their full analysis in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Wall Street's bad day tied to Delta variant concerns

Wall Street stumbled Monday, July 19, and experts are blaming the COVID-19 Delta variant.

FDA grants breakthrough device designation to new AAA sealing system

The new system was designed to treat juxtarenal, pararenal and suprarenal AAA.

Coffee consumption linked with lower risk of arrhythmia

Chronic coffee drinking is not associated with an increased risk of cardiac arrhythmias, according to new findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

DOACs outperform VKAs when TAVR patients require oral anticoagulation

Hoping to shed new light on the debate between DOACs and VKAs, researchers in France examined data from more than 24,000 TAVR patients.

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Quality of care for heart patients does not improve in first year of ACO participation

Routine interventional procedure may present new endometriosis treatment option

Boston Scientific finalizes Bolt Medical acquisition as FDA clears company’s IVL technology

Early pregnancy blood pressure patterns tied to hypertension risk years later

Heart Rhythm Society legislative advocacy group raising funds for electrophysiology