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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.

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.
FDA shares warning after Johnson & Johnson heart pump controllers linked to 3 deaths
Johnson & Johnson MedTech has received reports of its Automated Impella Controller failing to connect properly with Impella heart pumps. If this happens, the FDA warned, it may put patients at risk.
Vaccines—for the flu, COVID-19 and other infections—are a ‘foundational pillar’ of heart protection
Staying vaccinated as recommended by doctors can help patients limit their risk of adverse cardiovascular events, according to a new consensus statement published in European Heart Journal.

The approval comes as more and more specialists embrace a radial-first approach to treating acute coronary syndrome.

The new study examines yet another way the pandemic impacted cardiovascular care.

“The choice of intervention in patients with CKD and aortic stenosis is complex and influenced by multiple competing factors," researchers said.

Closer monitoring for uncontrolled hypertension is recommended for women ages 70 and older and men under the age of 50.

Researchers examined data from nearly 800 patients, looking for any links between age and COVID-related complications.

Platelet function monitoring–guided antiplatelet therapy before stent placement provided patients with significant value.

The World Health Organization is relaunching an investigation into the origin of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Recent research published in JAMA Cardiology caught the agency's attention.