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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.

New TAVR research explores adverse outcomes, disease progression in patients with asymptomatic severe AS
Two separate studies at ACC.25 explored data from the EARLY TAVR trial. One analysis included stroke findings that surprised researchers.
Dapagliflozin improves outcomes for elderly TAVR patients with heart failure
The positive data were presented as part of a late-breaking clinical trial at ACC.25 in Chicago. One cardiologist on stage for the presentation said these findings will impact the way he manages certain TAVR patients.
American Heart Association program leads to substantial improvements in stroke care
Cardiologist Gregg Fonarow, MD, reviewed decades of data and discussed the long-term impact of the AHA's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program.
Bringing state-of-the-art healthcare to Florida heart patients
Naples Comprehensive Health is building up what it hopes will be a nationally recognized cardiology program. Robert Cubeddu, MD, and Dee Dee Wang, MD, spoke with Cardiovascular Business about the journey so far.
Society of Interventional Radiology seeks to bolster research funding for the specialty
During their annual meeting being held this week in Nashville, the society announced the launch of the SIR Foundation Endowment.

Just 6.9% of COVID-related clinical trials are focused on cardiovascular therapies

The study's authors looked at nearly 3,000 clinical trials related to the ongoing pandemic.

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

Nostrum Laboratories is at the center of this latest voluntary recall.

Cardiac resynchronization therapy benefits patients with severe LV dysfunction

No procedure-related deaths were reported, and an absolute LVEF improvement of more than 5% was present in nearly 49% of patients.

New-look implantable device can identify, treat heart disease

The patch harvests energy from each heartbeat, allowing it to operate with no external power source.

Training for cardiothoracic surgeons may be falling short in one key area

“The association between surgeon experience and operative outcomes has been the subject of debate," the researchers explained.

Backward tracing busts COVID clusters, as Japan has found and shown

Japan must be doing something in its war on COVID that Western Europe and the United States aren’t doing in their respective homelands.

Obese men with type 2 diabetes face an increased risk of AFib

These findings are especially important, the authors wrote, because they suggest there may be a new way to personalize patient care.

Teleradiologists’ accuracy diagnosing COVID-19 underscores remote reading’s importance during emergencies

Senior radiologists agreed with their remote peers' interpretations in most instances, according to a new multi-center study published in European Radiology.

Clinical

New TAVR research explores adverse outcomes, disease progression in patients with asymptomatic severe AS

Dapagliflozin improves outcomes for elderly TAVR patients with heart failure

American Heart Association program leads to substantial improvements in stroke care

Bringing state-of-the-art healthcare to Florida heart patients

Society of Interventional Radiology seeks to bolster research funding for the specialty