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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How health literacy can impact heart failure patients

The study's authors emphasized the importance of interventions such as patient communication and education. 

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FDA recalls multiple lots of extended-release metformin due to contamination

The FDA is pushing for a voluntary recall of certain lots of extended-release metformin after lab tests revealed unacceptable levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine.

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Cancer patients with COVID-19 have higher risk of death

Cancer patients also diagnosed with COVID-19 are much more likely to die compared to the general public, according to a new study published in The Lancet.

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4 cardiac arrhythmias associated with COVID-19

The association between COVID-19 and cardiac arrhythmias is significant, especially when patients are hit hard by the disease and moved to the ICU. 

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Healthcare companies are returning COVID-19 relief funds

Some major healthcare companies, including DaVita, Cigna, Encompass, CVS Health and Walmart, are sending back federal aid funding they received that was intended to help hospitals and healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

‘Everyone is shocked’: Celebrated cardiologist dies from COVID-19 complications

Eugene “Gene” J. Sayfie, MD, a veteran cardiologist from Miami, died from COVID-19-related complications on May 23. He was 85 years old.

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US surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 deaths

The U.S. hit a new milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing 100,000 deaths caused by the virus––more than anywhere else on Earth.

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TAVR ‘a viable option’ for patients with bicuspid valve disease

TAVR is a safe, effective treatment for patients with bicuspid valves, according to research published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.