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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Transporting cardiac arrest patients to the hospital too early could be a fatal mistake

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

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Patient outcomes stay the same when heart transplants are from severely obese donors

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

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Abdominal radiology must stay vigilant as almost 20% of COVID cases report with only GI symptoms

Providers are increasingly seeing only these indicators among patients, including loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain.

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Not so fast: Specialists warn against cardiac imaging for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

The open letter, signed by clinicians from a number of specialties, was addressed to medical societies that specialize in heart health and medical imaging. 

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The unlikely relationship between TAVR and chronic kidney disease

“The findings of this study will influence shared decision-making between chronic kidney disease patients and the heart team,” one specialist observed. 

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FDA fast-tracks empagliflozin for improving patient outcomes following a heart attack

The designation covers patients with and without diabetes. 

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Why a seafood-based Mediterranean diet, plus intermittent fasting, is ‘ideal’ for heart health

Researchers recommended intermittent fasting for 12 to 16 hours at a time. 

Fitbit gains FDA clearance, CE mark approval for AFib detection app

The app boasts a sensitivity of 98.7% and specificity of 100%.