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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.   

A TAVR procedure being performed at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. These structural heart procedures require a team approach.

TAVR or TAVI? Cardiologists want a single acronym for the popular heart procedure

Clinicians are asking the world's medical societies to come together and agree on one acronym for TAVR/TAVI to avoid unnecessary confusion going forward.

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AI could help cardiologists predict bleeding, stroke risks in AFib patients on DOACs

Researchers developed several new AI models that could guide the management of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. There is still some work to do in terms of accuracy, but they already appear to outperform the traditional risk scores being used today.

Key trends in diagnostic heart testing: CT on the rise as some traditional techniques fall out of favor

The cardiac technologies clinicians use for CVD evaluations have changed significantly in recent years, according to a new analysis of CMS data. While some modalities are on the rise, others are being utilized much less than ever before.

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TAVR in Africa linked to high success rate, but above-average risks

TAVR adoption in Africa has been relatively slow, but cardiologists throughout the continent have made considerable progress. New data does show that there is some work to be done before outcomes will rival what is seen in many other parts of the world.

Surgeons in Houston have performed the world’s first successful human implant of BiVACOR’s Total Artificial Heart (TAH) technology. The procedure was completed July 9, 2024, at The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. It was part of an early feasibility study (EFS) first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) back in December 2023.

Patient discharged with total artificial heart for first time—goes 105 days while awaiting transplant

Total artificial heart recipients typically stay in the hospital. In this case, however, the patient was able to wait for a donated heart from the comfort of his own home.

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Tenecteplase compares favorably to alteplase in new comparison of FDA-approved stroke drugs

Researchers explored data from nearly 80,000 patients, comparing the newest clot-busting stroke drug from Genetech with its predecessor.

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Fewer heart failure patients are dying from cardiac arrest—but disparities persist

CDC data shows that mortality from heart failure-related cardiac arrest has decreased significantly in the last 25 years. However, researchers noted, care teams still have considerable work to do.

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3D imaging reveals details of cranial bone aging

A group of researchers used 3D imaging to examine changes in the skulls of mice as they age, revealing a new perspective on how older bones heal.