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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.   

Anticoagulation after ICH linked to better odds of functional recovery

Patients who resume oral anticoagulation treatment following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are almost twice as likely to achieve functional recovery, according to a study published Oct. 9 in Stroke.

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Prior cardiotoxicity linked to 30% increased risk of CHF during pregnancy

Women with a history of cardiotoxicity from previous cancer treatments are around 30 percent more likely to experience clinical congestive heart failure (CHF) before, during or after pregnancy, according to research published ahead of print in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Study debunks idea of ‘weekend effect’ after major cardiac surgery

Despite the myth of a “weekend effect” in cardiac surgery—the idea that patients discharged from the hospital on weekends and holidays face higher readmission rates—a team of UCLA researchers concluded that heart patients face a similar risk of readmission regardless of the day of week they’re discharged.

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CMS to reconsider reimbursement for ambulatory BP monitoring

CMS is reconsidering its reimbursement practices for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) at the request of the American Heart Association and the American Medical Association, which authored a joint letter urging the agency to cover ABPM for a broader range of indications.

Heart valve surgery linked to transient declines in cognitive function

Heart valve surgery patients, including those who undergo aortic and mitral interventions, are at risk of temporary cognitive decline for up to six months after their procedure, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society this week.

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Researchers develop 1st mini pacemaker capable of long-term mouse studies

Harvard Medical School scientists have created a wirelessly programmed, miniaturized pacemaker which functions for weeks to months at a time, opening the door to “previously impossible investigations of arrhythmia and heart failure in the mouse.”

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Registry study details advancement of CTO interventions in Europe

Experienced operators in Europe are treating chronic total occlusions (CTOs) with increasing procedural success despite attempting more complex lesions over time, according to a report from the European Registry of CTO published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions.

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Longer hospital stays after elective PCI mean higher costs, more readmissions

The shorter a patient’s hospital stay after elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the better, according to recent research out of the U.K. that linked longer lengths of stay to an increase in unplanned readmissions and healthcare costs.