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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FDA clears world’s 1st active-fixation left heart lead

The FDA on May 1 announced it cleared Medtronic’s Attain Stability Quad MRI SureScan left heart lead for commercial use in the U.S.

Viagra-like sex drug also effective as HF therapy

Research out of the University of Manchester suggests Tadalafil (Cialis)—an erectile dysfunction drug that falls in the same class as Viagra—could slow and possibly reverse the progression of heart failure (HF).

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2.4% hydrogen could ease risk of brain damage, seizures in CHD patients

The addition of 2.4% hydrogen to hypoxia patients’ traditional ventilation gases improved neurologic outcomes and reduced tissue injury in a recent study of piglets, suggesting hydrogen might be a beneficial addition to therapy for babies undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD).

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Study pinpoints ideal BP threshold for diabetics

Intensive therapy to keep blood pressure (BP) levels below 130/80 mmHg helped lower the risk for heart attacks, strokes and other CV complications in patients with concomitant type 2 diabetes and hypertension, researchers have found.

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Stress disorders—including PTSD—linked to poor CV outcomes

Stress disorders like PTSD and adjustment disorder were linked to adverse cardiovascular outcomes in a recent BMJ study, Reuters reports, with the greatest CV risk posed in the months directly after a patient is diagnosed with such a condition.

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Catheter-directed therapy treatments for pulmonary embolism on the rise

Catheter-directed therapy (CDT) is being used to treat pulmonary embolism (PE) more and more by healthcare providers, according to new research published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

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MicroRNAs could protect the heart after MI

MicroRNAs could be key to treating heart failure, according to a study out of Boston Children’s Hospital and Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China.

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ASTRO survey: Prior authorization frustrates radiation oncologists, delays patient care

Prior authorization practices are a significant problem that cause delays in patient care, according to a new survey of more than 650 practicing radiation oncologists.