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• ACC CardiaCast: Seamless Coronary CT Imaging: Integrating AI to Optimize Diagnosis and Clinical Workflow
  In this episode, Barbara Srichai-Parsia, MD, FACC, Ron Blankstein, MD, FACC and Roosha Parikh, MD, FACC, will focus on the value of fractional flow reserve – computed tomography (FFR-CT) and emerging technologies in streamlining clinical workflow and improving diagnosis.
• ACC CardiaCast: PulseCheck: Two Hearts, One Journey: Pregnancy with Congenital Heart Disease
  In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Natasha Wolfe, MD and Shantelle Bartra APRN, AACC to focus on pregnancy with congenital heart disease.
• ACC CardiaCast: Hyperkalemia in HFrEF and HFpEF
  In this episode, Michelle M. Kittleson, MD, PhD, FACC, and Estefania Oliveros Soles, MD, MSc, FACC, discuss the biggest challenges in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), focusing on hyperkalemia (uncommon) and hypokalemia (associated with higher mortality).
• ACC CardioSurve: How is Telehealth Being Used Post COVID-19 Pandemic?
  Based on findings from an ACC survey published Aug. 6 in Digital Health regarding cardiologists' perceptions towards the use of telehealth, some proposed clinical workflow models may offer guidance on when to best use telemedicine visits, potential resources required and the feasibility of remote visits for a variety of clinical encounters.
• From Polypills to Comorbidities: New Studies Help to Advance Understanding of HF Risks and Treatments
  Three newly published studies in JACC Journals examine key aspects of heart failure (HF): a multi-level polypill strategy for patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF); the impact of HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) on individuals with atrial fibrillation (AFib)...