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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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American College of Radiology among dozens urging FDA to exercise caution in approving COVID-19 vaccine

ACR and more than 90 other organizations want the agency to stick with its "existing high standards of safety" when reviewing any coronavirus antidote.

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Stroke patients with COVID-19 experience more severe symptoms, a much higher mortality rate

It also takes longer for stroke patients to fully recover when they have COVID-19.

Statin use prior to hospital admission benefits COVID-19 patients

Prior use of ACE inhibitors or ARBs, however, was not associated with the same changes. 

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Survey finds widespread variation in imaging modalities used to assess COVID-19 across the globe

CXR, mobile x-ray, and chest CT are the most commonly deployed systems, experts reported in European Radiology. 

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Telmisartan fails to limit growth of abdominal aortic aneurysms

This is believed to be the first randomized clinical trial focused on treating AAAs with an angiotensin receptor blocker.

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Smoking associated with fatal bleeding in the brain

The study, published in Stroke, focused on data from more than 16,000 pairs of twins born from 1958 to 1974.

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When Fear Goes Viral - What to Say to a Frightened Patient

SCAI’s president explains the key points she shares when reassuring patients who are reluctant to present for care.

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Transporting cardiac arrest patients to the hospital too early could be a fatal mistake

Survival to hospital discharge and favorable neurological outcomes suffer in instances of intra-arrest patient transport. 

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