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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.

Congressional candidate physician sues hospital and doctor for death of father
Some of the claims in the lawsuit, brought against Novant Health by Kyle Horton, MD, are backed by a report from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Diabetes reduces survival after SAVR, but not TAVR
"TAVR has been associated with better valve hemodynamics and a lower risk of structural valve deterioration over time compared with SAVR," researchers wrote. "This benefit may be particularly relevant for diabetes patients who face higher risks of vascular complications."
DEA wants to permanently anchor some COVID-era prescription regulations
The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing the adoption of some COVID-era prescription practices around certain controlled substances. The agency published a framework to guide any such changes Jan. 17.
Brain changes related to Huntington's evident on imaging decades before symptoms emerge
Experts hope their findings offer valuable insights that one day lead to improved interventions aimed at preserving brain function in patients with Huntington's.
Medtronic heart rhythm technologies on full display at AF Symposium 2025
Cardiologists shared updated data on Medtronic's ICM and PFA offerings during AF Symposium 2025 in Boston.

Largest nurses’ union launches collective action to ‘demand our corporate hospital employers put patients before profits during COVID and beyond’

Registered nurses took to the streets en masse Jan. 27 to “demand hospital execs protect us and our communities with safe staffing.”

Americans much more wary than South Koreans about sharing whereabouts to help counter COVID

The researchers solicited 306 adults—188 in the U.S. and 118 in South Korea—for their views on contact tracing, quarantine monitoring and public mapping of sites recently visited by COVID-positive individuals.

Heart disease remains the world’s No. 1 cause of death—and COVID-19 will likely keep it there

Looking ahead, researchers predicted that COVID-19 will keep heart disease as the world’s No. 1 cause of death for quite some time.

American Heart Association explores close ties between mental, cardiovascular health

Depression, chronic stress, anxiety and anger are all associated with a heightened risk of heart rhythm irregularities, stroke and other serious cardiovascular conditions.

Health groups launch new projects investigating COVID-19’s lingering impact on the brain

One study out of the University of South Carolina will use MRI to examine patients who've been virus-free for 28 days.

COVID-19 patients should keep taking blood pressure medications during treatment, new research on mortality confirms

The new study, published in JAMA, focused on patient mortality after 30 days.

Telemedicine gaining fans in dermatology

Fewer than 10% of dermatology patients who were seen virtually during the COVID pandemic said they would not use teledermatology again—and only 7% said they’d not recommend telehealth to a friend.

COVID crisis kept parents away from pediatric ERs early on, may still be doing so

Almost a quarter of families would have balked before bringing an ill or injured child to the emergency department last spring, when COVID-19’s initial surge was underway in the U.S.

Clinical

Congressional candidate physician sues hospital and doctor for death of father

Diabetes reduces survival after SAVR, but not TAVR

DEA wants to permanently anchor some COVID-era prescription regulations

Brain changes related to Huntington's evident on imaging decades before symptoms emerge

Medtronic heart rhythm technologies on full display at AF Symposium 2025