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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 cardiology, heart failure, electrophysiology, hypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

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FDA recalls Zyno infusion pumps, citing risk of death

Some infusion systems manufactured by Zyno Medical were released with unapproved software that could cause safety features to malfunction. Use of any device subject to the recall is to cease immediately. 

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Why more doctors should pursue business and leadership training

“Just as medicine has its own language, so does business," two surgeons explained in a new editorial. 

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FDA clears blood clot removal system for treating pulmonary embolism

The Aventus Thrombectomy System was already cleared to treat blood clots in the peripheral arteries. This latest approval comes after positive results from an IDE study were published in JSCAI.

Next-day discharge after TAVR is still safe when alternative access is required

Even TAVR patients not treated using transfemoral access can typically go home the very next day. 

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Signs of Alzheimer's evident on imaging up to 15 years prior to symptom onset in Down syndrome population

By identifying these structural changes prior to the onset of symptomatic neurodegeneration, providers may be able to initiate preventive therapies sooner.

Hemal Gada, MD, cardiologist

Q&A: Cardiologist and EARLY TAVR co-author questions study’s execution

The EARLY TAVR clinical trial made a significant impact, paving the way for the FDA to approve multiple transcatheter heart valves for the treatment of asymptomatic patients. However, one cardiologist who participated in the trial has some serious concerns with how its findings were presented to the public. 

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Medtronic’s diabetes spin-off gets a name, kicking off ‘new and exciting chapter’

The new name will be familiar to anyone who knows the history of Medtronic's diabetes business.

Imagers reviewing flurpiridaz F-18 (Flyrcado) myocardial perfusion PET images. Image from GE Healthcare

FDA-cleared software increases throughput for flurpiridaz back-to-back rest-stress imaging

The new F-18 flurpiridaz radiotracer is expected to help drive cardiac PET growth, but it requires waiting between rest and stress scans. Software from MultiFunctional Imaging can help care teams combat that problem.

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