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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Sacubitril/valsartan improves short-term health outcomes in those with HFrEF

The combo drug sacubitril/valsartan was associated with early improvements in health status in a study of nearly 4,000 patients with HFrEF.

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1/3 of patients on DOACs take OTC supplements with potentially dangerous interactions

Most patients on DOACs supplement their regimen with over-the-counter products, and one-third take at least one additional product that directly interferes with their blood thinners, according to work published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

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Metformin lowers risk of HF hospitalization in those with T2D

Metformin use is linked to a lower risk of hospitalization for heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes, a paper in the Journal of the American Heart Association confirms.

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Early mortality ‘a very real complication’ after catheter ablation of AFib

A study of patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation between 2010 and 2015 found that early post-ablation mortality rates increased over the half-decade, reaching 1.35% per quarter by the end of the research period.

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Evolocumab safe through 5 years for patients with hypercholesterolemia

Finalized results from the OSLER-1 trial—the longest-running study of PCSK9 inhibitors to date—suggest evolocumab is safe and “consistently excellent” at lowering LDL-cholesterol through five years.

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1st US center performs PCI using Impella 5.5

Hackensack University Medical Center is the first practice in the U.S. to successfully perform heart surgeries using Abiomed’s Impella 5.5 LVAD.

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Facebook provides users with personalized CV advice

Facebook introduced a new tool this week that provides the platform’s users with personalized healthcare recommendations, CNN reports.

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Bulimia nervosa in women linked to CVD, death

Bulimia nervosa places women at a significantly greater risk of CVB and death than women who have not been diagnosed with the condition, a JAMA Psychiatry study reveals.