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COVID-19, other infections linked to major cardiovascular risks—researchers push for vaccination
Adults are three times as likely to have a heart attack or stroke after a COVID-19 infection than when they are healthy. The risks are even greater for the flu.
How to minimize bleeding risks after TAVR
Bleeding events remain a serious complication after TAVR. By identifying high-risk patients early and planning ahead, however, care teams can keep them to a minimum.
Novo Nordisk, Pfizer enter bidding war for biotech startup—and it is getting ugly
Pfizer was all set to acquire New York City-based Metsera for $4.9 billion, but Novo Nordisk stepped in with an unexpected counteroffer of $6.5 billion. Both companies hope to add Metsera's drugs to their GLP-1 portfolios.
Private equity-backed Medline files for IPO
The company, founded in 1966, has been providing supplies to cardiac surgery suites and cath labs for decades.
Key takeaways for interventional cardiology from TCT 2025
B. Hadley Wilson, MD, talked to Cardiovascular Business about several standout late-breaking clinical trials presented at TCT 2025. Topics of those trials included drug-coated balloons, TAVR valve durability, pulmonary embolism treatments and much more.

One key detail is that no stent thrombosis events were reported among the study's 201 participants.

The study's authors urged physicians to use caution when prescribing these medications for "off-label indications."

The study tracked nearly 500 patients for more than two decades.

The transplant, performed at UC San Diego Health, was part of an ongoing clinical trial.

Imaging researchers recently explored the incidental appearance of the virus in abdominal and pelvic CT scans.

The study focused on more than 1,400 TAVR patients treated from August 2007 to June 2018.

Chief Seema Verma said the new bundled payment effort will reward results, rather than the number of services delivered.

Chest MRI can act as a potential alternative to chest CT in follow-up of COVID-19 pneumonia when ionizing radiation exposure is a consideration.