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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.

Update to Johnson & Johnson PFA platform gains FDA approval
The Varipulse PFA platform originally gained FDA approval in 2024. According to Johnson & Johnson MedTech, this update was put in place to help the technology provide better patient outcomes going forward.
FDA approves Bayer's finerenone to treat wide range of heart failure patients
Finerenone, sold by Bayer under the brand name Kerendia, is now approved in the United States for the treatment of HFmrEF and HFpEF. The drug has already been used for years to treat patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes.
FDA details multiple Class I recalls for Edwards Lifesciences surgical devices
Edwards Lifesciences has recalled more than 61,000 medical devices due to the risk of a small piece of wire becoming exposed. No patient injuries have been reported at this time.
CMS proposes Medicare coverage for renal denervation
This proposal, if finalized, would dramatically increase patient access to renal denervation. Both Recor Medical and Medtronic have shared their excitement over the news.
ASE shares new recommendations for evaluating LV diastolic function, HFpEF
The new guidelines detail the use of echocardiography to evaluate patients for a variety of conditions.

Widespread pain puts patients at a 29% higher risk of stroke

For patients over the age of 65, the stroke risk climbs all the way to 54%. Researchers emphasized how important it is to begin treatment as early as possible.

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Lifetime of night shift work associated with higher AFib risk

The team hopes its findings, published in the European Heart Journal, will help more people consider how their daily lives can affect their health.

DC healthcare workers must get vaccinated against COVID-19

Healthcare workers in Washington, D.C., are required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 30, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health announced.

Babies and toddlers are big spreaders of COVID-19 at home

Babies and young children are more likely to spread COVID-19 in their homes compared to older children and teenagers, according to a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics.