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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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Culture of interventional cardiology drives women away

A survey of cardiovascular fellows-in-training (FIT) offered insight into why women at that career stage are less likely to pursue interventional cardiology—a subspecialty that ranks among the lowest in all of medicine in terms of female representation.

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At-home program helped 91% of patients control their BP in 7 weeks

A Harvard-led study of 130 hypertensive individuals found a unique home-based blood pressure (BP) control program run by non-physicians can help patients reach healthy BP goals within seven weeks.

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FDA to evaluate potential risks of paclitaxel-coated devices for PAD

The FDA is looking into the signal of increased late mortality associated with paclitaxel-coated balloons and stents that was observed in a recent meta-analysis of patients treated for femoropopliteal artery disease.

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Researchers ID risk factors for VTE in large-scale study

Older age, smoking and a higher body mass index (BMI) were consistently associated with a heightened risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in an analysis of 1.1 million individuals published in JAMA Cardiology.

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How advanced HF patients and their caregivers can ensure a favorable QoL

The nature of caregiving means the caregiver-patient relationship is always changing, but continued support from a network of experts and dedication to mutuality and preparedness can ensure both patients and caregivers have a good quality of life (QoL), according to a study published Jan. 14 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

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PCSK9 inhibitors might protect AMI survivors against reperfusion-related brain damage

Research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association Jan. 13 has concluded administering PCSK9 inhibitors to acute MI patients ahead of ischemia can mitigate the potential negative neurological effects that come with treatment.

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T2D with earlier onset linked to mental illness, more hospital stays

Hong Kong researchers have identified “a previously unknown burden” of mental illness among those with young-onset type 2 diabetes (YOD), with a study suggesting more than one-third of days those patients spend in the hospital before age 40 can be attributed to mental health.

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Vaspin shows promise for predicting MACE in patients with AMI

Measuring blood levels of vaspin could independently predict major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients who have suffered acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according to research published Jan. 16 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, potentially improving early risk stratification in heart attack survivors.