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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.

Jury finds PeaceHealth, ER doctor not liable for misdiagnosing patient’s stroke
After a three week trial, a jury found that PeaceHealth and Ralph Weiche, MD, acted in accordance with medical protocols in diagnosing Patricia Parker with a psychiatric condition, given her unusual symptoms.
Women less likely to receive DCD heart transplants
Donation after circulatory death heart transplants are gaining popularity in the United States, but men are much more likely to be selected for one.
Mayo Clinic develops AI capable of substantially improving dementia diagnoses
With the software's help, readers are up to three times more accurate and interpretations are nearly twice as fast.
Private equity firm jumps into vascular health with new investment
Vascular Technology, first founded 40 years ago, is planning on using the new funds to grow and expand its portfolio.
At a crossroads: Surgical heart valve innovation slows as transcatheter treatments keep evolving
Has the success of TAVR and other interventional techniques had a negative impact on surgical valve innovation? Two surgeons shared their concerns in a new commentary.

It also takes longer for stroke patients to fully recover when they have COVID-19.

Prior use of ACE inhibitors or ARBs, however, was not associated with the same changes.

CXR, mobile x-ray, and chest CT are the most commonly deployed systems, experts reported in European Radiology.

This is believed to be the first randomized clinical trial focused on treating AAAs with an angiotensin receptor blocker.

The study, published in Stroke, focused on data from more than 16,000 pairs of twins born from 1958 to 1974.

SCAI’s president explains the key points she shares when reassuring patients who are reluctant to present for care.

Survival to hospital discharge and favorable neurological outcomes suffer in instances of intra-arrest patient transport.

No significant differences were detected when it came to post-transplant outcomes, one-year survival or long-term mortality.