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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Healthcare groups encourage black women to monitor, manage their blood pressure

Numerous healthcare organizations have joined forces to launch a new ad campaign focused on helping black women learn more about monitoring and managing their blood pressure.

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Cardiologist sets sights on improving TAVR outcomes

A new study at the University of Cincinnati aims to find out why some TAVR patients experience clotting issues that can lead to substantial side effects.

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Conscious sedation associated with better TAVR outcomes than general anesthesia

The use of conscious sedation during transcatheter aortic valve replacement is associated with better patient outcomes, including a decrease in mortality, than general anesthesia.

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International Society of Hypertension updates global treatment guidelines

The guidelines were specifically designed so that they could apply to patients from any country or socioeconomic group.

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Modifying saturated fat intake helps decrease risk of cardiovascular events by 21%

Limiting saturated fat intake can decrease a person’s risk of adverse cardiovascular events by a significant margin, according to a new systematic review of 15 different studies.

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Trump administration ups COVID-19 enforcement against nursing homes

CMS is increasing enforcement, including civil penalties, against nursing homes with persistent infection control violations for COVID-19. 

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What new research tells us about catheter ablation and atrial fibrillation

Treating atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with catheter ablation is associated with a decreased risk of mortality, heart failure admission and stroke, according to new findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Cardiologists urge heart disease patients to seek emergency care when necessary

Hospitals throughout the United States have reported that a general fear of COVID-19 has led to significant drops in patients presenting with heart attack symptoms and other cardiovascular issues.