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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 cardiologyheart failure, electrophysiologyhypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

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Embracing salt substitutes could help China prevent 450K CVD deaths per year

The team also found that such a shift could prevent more than 740,000 non-fatal CVD events annually and decrease new chronic kidney disease cases by nearly 7%.

CAD deaths on the rise among young women in rural areas

Women in rural parts of the United States have experienced an increase in premature coronary artery disease (CAD) mortality, according to new findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Treating COVID-19 with hydroxychloroquine, with or without azithromycin, leads to more deaths

In addition to these latest findings, a NIH-backed panel is now specifically recommending against the combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for treating COVID-19 patients.

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Facebook still a favorite soapbox for COVID-19 fibbers

The media watchdog NewsGuard has compiled a list of Facebook users who seem only too happy to “repeat, share and amplify” everything from quack cures to conspiracy theories.

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CMS allowing some providers to restart in-person care unrelated to COVID-19

CMS has announced that healthcare providers in communities experiencing low numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases may be able to once again provide more in-person care unrelated to the virus.

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Heart attack care during a pandemic: Medical societies share COVID-19 recommendations

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed patient care in countless ways, but percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains the recommended standard of care for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients.

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Formidable nurses’ union suing over ‘grossly inadequate and negligent’ COVID protections

If the group’s actions are successful against the three entities named, unions representing healthcare workers elsewhere in the U.S. may be incentivized to take their cases to the courts in similar fashion.

PCI for small-vessel coronary disease: How should cardiologists proceed?

Newer-generation drug-eluting stents (n-DES) are a more effective option for the percutaneous treatment of small-vessel coronary disease (SVCD) than drug-coated balloons (DCBs), according to new findings published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.