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.   

FDA grants breakthrough device designation to Medtronic TTVR system, approves early feasibility study

According to Medtronic, its Intrepid TTVR system helps meet a “large, unmet clinical need.”

New-look catheter system shows potential to boost cardiac care

The new balloon catheter system provides real-time feedback during minimally invasive surgeries and ablations. 

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Long-term heart damage from COVID-19 may ‘improve with time,’ new study suggests

Researchers focused on long-term heart and lung damage among recovered COVID-19 patients, turning to lung function tests, CT imaging and echocardiograms. 

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Endocarditis after TAVR: Increasingly rare, but incredibly fatal

The authors examined data from more than 134,000 TAVR patients, noting that 65% of endocarditis infections occurred within one year after the procedure. 

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Penn State doctor clarifies surprising comments about myocarditis and COVID-19

Myocarditis continues to make headlines in the world of college athletics. 

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At-home blood pressure monitoring could improve outcomes, cut costs

The study's authors tracked 450 patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure.

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Why some heart attack patients are at a greater risk of post-discharge heart failure

Cardiologists may way want to pay close attention to a new study published in the American Journal of Cardiology.

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NIH announces $129M to expand rapid COVID-19 testing technologies

In total, nine organizations will receive funding as part of the institute's Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics initiative or RADx.