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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.   

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Is MCS necessary during high-risk PCI procedures?

Researchers aimed to gain a better understanding of a controversial topic. 

Older patients benefit from aggressive blood pressure management

The study also provides new evidence that patients can gain a better understanding of their blood pressure when they monitor it regularly at home. 

Monitoring high-risk patients for AFib fails to reduce stroke risk

"These findings might imply that not all AFib is worth screening for, and not all screen-detected AFib merits anticoagulation," researchers wrote. 

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Why 'leaky' heart valves in pregnant women should not be ignored

The new analysis, published in the American Journal of Cardiology, explored the increased risk of adverse obstetric and cardiovascular events among pregnant women.

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3 conditions associated with a higher stroke risk among TAVR patients

The new analysis, published in Current Problems in Cardiology, also explored the higher costs associated with post-TAVR stroke. 

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Moderate coffee consumption lowers risk of heart disease, stroke, death

Researchers believe this may be the largest study of its kind. 

Amulet vs. Watchman: LAA occluder devices compared in new head-to-head trial

The Amulet's implantation success rate and LAA closure rate were both higher than the first-generation Watchman device, researchers reported.

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First patients enrolled in clinical trial aimed at limiting unnecessary ICAs

The team behind the trial thinks this technology could help cut down on unnecessary invasive procedures. 

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