Clinical

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.   

How the body's own immune response is harming some COVID-19 patients

Needless platelet activity in the lungs may be one of the primary reasons clinicians are seeing inflammation and blood clotting in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

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Quality intervention fails to boost outcomes for HFrEF patients

Researchers aimed to use a proven strategy to improve patient care, but their intervention did not make a substantial impact. 

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How diabetes impacts TEER outcomes

The new analysis, published in JACC: Heart Failure, focused on patient data from the renowned COAPT trial. 

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The top US hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery

Cleveland Clinic retained its spot as the top hospital in the country for cardiology and heart surgery. Did your facility make the list?

coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine vaccination

Medical orgs support mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers

Dozens of medical groups have banded together in support of mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers. 

 

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Antibacterial envelope lowers risk of infection among CIED patients who develop hematomas

Additional findings from this analysis are scheduled to be presented at Heart Rhythm 2021.

Radiologists among millions of healthcare professionals urging for COVID-19 vaccination mandates

The Society of Interventional Radiology is among nearly 60 medical societies signing a statement supporting mandates among hospitals and other healthcare workplaces.

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PCI rates down 10%, new analysis shows

Declining elective PCI rates, a shift toward the outpatient setting and changes in the initial management of stable ischemic heart disease all appear to be responsible for the drop.