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.   

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‘An incredible discovery’: Researchers ID a gene that regenerates damaged muscles after a heart attack

“Our research has identified a secret switch that allows heart muscle cells to divide and multiply after the heart is injured," one researcher explained. "It kicks in when needed and turns off when the heart is fully healed."

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New guidelines focus on the management of heart failure patients with secondary mitral regurgitation

The Heart Failure Association, European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, European Heart Rhythm Association and European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions all collaborated on the position statement.

SGLT2 inhibitors reduce risk of atrial fibrillation, sudden cardiac death in patients with Type 2 diabetes

Researchers reviewed data from 34 different studies, covering a total of more than 63,000 patients.

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500K people signed up for Obamacare during special enrollment period

The special enrollment period for healthcare insurance signup has proven popular after more than 528,000 people signed up for coverage on the Affordable Care Act marketplace during the first six weeks.

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How prior hospitalizations affect a heart failure patient’s chances of survival

New research out of Duke University provides a fresh perspective on the connection between prior hospitalizations for heart failure and all-cause mortality. 

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine associated with risk of rare, potentially fatal blood clots

These blood clots have been responsible for a total of 18 deaths. Experts have continued to emphasize that the benefits of vaccination still outweigh the risks.

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TAVR comparable to surgery for patients with rheumatic aortic stenosis

The new analysis, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, included findings from more than 1,000 Medicare patients with rheumatic aortic stenosis.