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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.

AI uncovers ‘vascular fingerprints’ in the eye that predict stroke risk
An advanced algorithm was trained to evaluate more than 100 different details about the inside of a patient's eye. Its ability to identify high-risk patients was comparable to more traditional techniques, exciting researchers.
Black, rural and low-income PAD patients are less likely to receive high-quality care
"This research should be a call to health systems, policymakers and other stakeholders to make it easier for patients—especially the most vulnerable patients—to access PAD-specific care," one cardiologist explained.
FDA announces another recall for surgical devices over safety concerns—7 new injuries reported
Maquet Cardiovascular, a subsidiary of Getinge, is recalling two of its endoscopic vessel harvesting devices due to issues with different pieces bending, peeling or detaching during use. Some of the company's other EVH devices were recently involved in a separate recall for similar reasons.
Sesame Street is coming to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
The partnership begins with a video series called “Ask a Doctor” featuring clinicians from the health system alongside Muppet characters.
Advanced MRI techniques may provide insight into brain damage stemming from youth sports
The study is part of a bigger effort to understand why some children recover better than others following head injuries.

Certain combos of statins, antihypertensives lower dementia risk

Novel combinations of existing cholesterol meds and antihypertensives may reduce older patients’ risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, according to research published March 10 in PLOS One.

March 11, 2020

AHRA cancels upcoming conference in San Diego amid COVID-19 worries

The Association for Medical Imaging Management is the latest medical group to postpone or cancel its annual meetings amid the coronavirus outbreak.

March 10, 2020

Many older AFib patients prescribed inappropriately dosed DOACs

Nearly a quarter of older patients with atrial fibrillation receive inappropriately dosed direct-acting oral anticoagulants, according to an analysis of the ongoing SAGE-AF study.

March 9, 2020

ACC.20/WCC canceled amid COVID-19 outbreak

ACC.20/WCC, the joint meeting of the American College of Cardiology and World Congress of Cardiology set for March 28-30 in Chicago, has been cancelled amid worries about the COVID-19 outbreak.

March 9, 2020

The more evidence-based advice MI patients follow, the longer they survive

Heart patients who follow all guideline-recommended medical advice after an MI are far more likely than their peers to survive for years after a heart attack, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association this month.

March 6, 2020

ACC, ATA push for expanded use of telehealth to fight COVID-19

The American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians and other industry groups are pushing for the expanded use of telehealth in combating the new coronavirus, or COVID-19.

March 6, 2020

Music therapy improves stroke survivors’ dexterity, mood

Music therapy can be a helpful neurorehabilitation tool for acute stroke patients on the mend, according to research published in Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation.

March 6, 2020

HIMSS20 cancelled over coronavirus risks

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has cancelled its 2020 conference scheduled for March 9-13 in Orlando, Florida, due to concerns and risks over the new coronavirus, COVID-19.

March 5, 2020

Clinical

AI uncovers ‘vascular fingerprints’ in the eye that predict stroke risk

Black, rural and low-income PAD patients are less likely to receive high-quality care

FDA announces another recall for surgical devices over safety concerns—7 new injuries reported

Sesame Street is coming to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Advanced MRI techniques may provide insight into brain damage stemming from youth sports