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This channel includes news on cardiovascular care delivery, including how patients are diagnosed and treated, cardiac care guidelines, policies or legislation impacting patient care, device recalls that may impact patient care, and cardiology practice management.

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AI model for HCM, the first of its kind, gains FDA approval

The new-look AI model was designed to automatically evaluate ECGs for signs of HCM and send alerts to the care team when necessary. 

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Starting salaries in cardiology down 10% as other specialties thrive

Starting salaries for specialty physicians are on the rise, according to a new report from AMN Healthcare. Why is that not the case for cardiologists? 

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Alternative TAVR techniques: How to proceed when transfemoral access is not recommended

A team of researchers from the United States and Sweden explored data from nearly 12,000 TAVR patients for a new systematic review and meta-analysis. 

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Microplastics identified in heart tissue samples—are surgeries to blame?

Tiny fragments of plastic are commonly found deep inside the human body. Heart surgery, it seems, is one of many ways these microplastics are reaching their destination. 

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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Overheard this week: Notable quotes on healthcare AI

“Until there is a global consensus on how this is regulated, Asian countries—where data privacy is less of a focus—could see a clear contrast with the West in how AI is used.”

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AHA head: ‘Time to hold commercial health insurers accountable’

The problem of commercial health insurers standing between patients and providers is bad and only getting worse.

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Relaxed fasting instructions prior to TAVR, other heart procedures do not affect outcomes

Fasting before major operations has been common in healthcare for nearly 80 years, but that has started to change since the turn of the century. 

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