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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 cardiologyheart failure, electrophysiologyhypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

3 ways Vanderbilt's radiology department is laying the groundwork to address health disparities

"Regardless of design, developing a critical mass of institutions with this type of infrastructure will be needed for the field of radiology to improve health equity," experts wrote in JACR.

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DOACs underprescribed among high-risk AFib patients

The study found that frail patients with AFib are less likely to be treated with DOAC therapy.

Edwards gains FDA approval for new Sapien 3 solution for TPV replacement

The system was designed to treat both pediatric and adult patients.

Metoprolol demonstrates value as a treatment for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

The small study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, compared patient outcomes associated with metoprolol and a placebo. 

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AI improves detection of severe CAD in stress echocardiograms

Advanced algorithms can lead to significant improvements in agreement among specialists, researchers found. 

CDC now recommends Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines over Johnson & Johnson’s due to risk of fatal blood clots

Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine has been associated with an elevated risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome.

Cardiologist interviewed by Joe Rogan claims U.S. withheld early COVID-19 treatments to promote fear, push support for vaccines

Peter A. McCullough, MD, has been no stranger to controversy during the ongoing pandemic. 

Decades of data help researchers recommend the optimal HFrEF treatment

The new analysis, published in JACC: Heart Failure, included data from 75 different studies.