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Feature | Responding to a Pandemic: The Building of ACC's COVID-19 Hub Feb 17, 2021 A It was one year ago in March that the ACC released its first clinical bulletin addressing the cardiac implications of the novel SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus initially originating in Wuhan, China, and quickly making its way around the world. The bulletin provided background on what was soon to be an official global pandemic, assessed information on the potential cardiac implications based on analog viral respiratory pandemics and offered early clinical guidance. Of note, the bulletin cautioned clin...

January 20, 2021 The Sentinel cerebral protection system (Boston Scientific) was infrequently used during TAVI procedures performed in Germany over a recent 3-year span, and it was not associated with less clinical stroke, a retrospective study shows. The device was deployed in only 3.8% of cases. Although rates of stroke and delirium were not significantly different based on use of cerebral protection, the in-hospital mortality rate was lower in the Sentinel group (1.92% vs 2.58%; P = 0.034), according to findings published in the January 25, 2021, issue of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventio...