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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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New discovery could reduce the risk of heart damage among cancer patients

Researchers have identified new details about the link between certain cancer therapies and heart complications. Could their work lead to key improvements in patient care?

There has been fear of a small number of patient who experience myocarditis after COVID vaccination, but a new study found it is safe in patients with prior heart damage. Image courtesy of Banner Health. #COVID19 #COVIDvaccination

COVID-19 vaccines prevented 3M deaths

An estimated 3.2 million excess deaths and 18.5 million hospitalizations have been prevented due to COVID-19 vaccines, the Commonwealth Fund found.

 

FDA adds diabetes medicine to drug shortage list

A diabetes treatment drug, Mounjaro, has been added to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) list of drug shortages.

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No antithrombotic therapy after TAVR? New research highlights potential benefits

The study, published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, focused on data from more than 3,500 TAVR patients. 

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Biden’s winter preparedness plan includes more free COVID-19 tests

The Biden administration plans to make more free, at-home COVID-19 tests available to Americans as part of its newly announced winter preparedness plan.

Cardiologist the subject of several malpractice claims for allegedly performing unnecessary heart operations

One patient received a total of 41 stents from 2004 to 2013. He said the experience was so hard that he feared he would be driven to suicide. 

Andrei Churyla, MD, Douglas Johnston, MD, and R. Kannan Mutharasan, MD, tour a clinic room designed for future AI technology pilots at Palos Hospital.

Northwestern Medicine opens advanced outpatient cardiac clinic at suburban Chicago

Northwestern Medicine opens a new outpatient cardiology clinic to address better patient access to care in Chicago's south suburbs. 

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Health spending reached $4.3 trillion in 2021

After a significant jump in healthcare spending in 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare spending in the United States only increased 2.7% in 2021, according to new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), published in Health Affairs.

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