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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COVID-19 led to a surge in overdose-related cardiac arrests

The authors emphasized the importance of investing in "substance use treatment, harm reduction, and structural drivers of overdose" as the pandemic continues. 

The best diet after a heart attack

The authors explored data from more than 800 patients with coronary heart disease, sharing their findings in Plos Medicine.

Hydroxychloroquine unable to limit spread, or severity, of COVID-19 after exposure

There are no benefits to treating patients with hydroxychloroquine after they have already been exposed to COVID-19, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Women face a higher risk of heart failure, death after their first severe heart attack

Women were also seen less regularly by a cardiovascular specialist.

Traveling nurses, ‘rationing’ ICU doctors tell the current COVID story in words and actions

As is so often the case with COVID-19, the numbers sketch out a dauntingly vast landscape while the anecdotes paint portraits of affected human denizens.

The upside of an ugly situation: COVID-19 may have led to fewer heart attacks

COVID-related recommendations to stay inside may have helped some patients avoid serious heart complications.

Pleased patients just what the doctor ordered for hospitals fiscally stricken by COVID

Hospitals that have failed to impress patients with COVID safety and quality measures should not be surprised when 2 of 3 patients switch provider orgs—or when 1 in 4 postpone a scheduled procedure indefinitely.

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AFib patients should limit alcohol consumption—it might just save their life

Drinking too much alcohol in a given week can put AFib patients at an increased risk of stroke, embolism and other significant health issues.