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.   

10 things U.S. healthcare should do ASAP for COVID patients, families and caregivers

Two prominent palliative care specialists are calling on the nation’s healthcare influencers to rethink restrictive visitation policies and scattershot communication practices. 

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Smoking marijuana and tobacco linked to elevated levels of toxic chemicals

Smoking marijuana could be more harmful than many users realize, according to the new research. 

Unknowingly infected individuals may be spreading COVID as widely as those who’ve tested positive

CDC researchers are estimating that asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers account for at least half of all community transmissions. This includes carriers who never develop symptoms as well as those who later do.

Heart damage less common among athletes who recover from COVID-19 than previously believed, cardiologists find

“The differences in the findings are extremely important,” one researcher said. 

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New technique for battling blood clots uses nanodroplets, ultrasound imaging

The new treatment strategy shows significant potential. A full evaluation was published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering.

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Same-day discharge after PCI? American College of Cardiology shares a new guidance

Knowing when same-day discharge is the right choice—and when it isn’t—can be especially challenging for cardiologists and their care teams. 

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FDA announces new recall for extended-release metformin due to contamination

Numerous recalls for ER metformin occurred in 2020. This is the first of 2021.