AHA: No Pump Thrombosis With Next-Gen LVAD? Better outcomes in HeartMate 3 trial hinged on fewer malfunctions Nov 16, 2016
AHA: Real World TAVR Is All About Patient Selection Intermediate risk is a moving target Nov 15, 2016
AHA: Long-Term Benefit in HF Patients Elusive for Novel Vasodilator Investigational drug ularitide had no effect on mortality or clinical outcomes Nov 13, 2016
TCT: TAVR Holds Up Pretty Well Over Time Also, 2-year data confirm lasting improvements in QoL Nov 02, 2016
TCT: Embolic Protection Flops for TAVR New brain lesions or clinical strokes unaffected in SENTINEL trial Nov 01, 2016
CardioBrief: Impella No Better Than IABP in Cardiogenic Shock Underpowered IMPRESS trial shows no mortality benefit Oct 30, 2016
HFSA: Clinical Benefits Tied To Lung Monitoring Persist HF rehospitalization, deaths remain reduced up to 4.5 years Sep 21, 2016
HFSA: Did LAP Monitoring Cut HF Rehospitalizations? LAPTOP-HF investigators tried to make sense of terminated study Sep 19, 2016
ESC: Beta-Blocker Cuts Early Heart Damage from Cancer Tx? No clinical difference in small trial, but preclinical measures suggestive Aug 29, 2016
Stores' Security Systems Can Mess With Cardiac Devices ICD, pacemaker hiccups seen near anti-shoplifting monitors in lab study Jun 10, 2016
Survival Rates Good With VAD for Complicated Acute MI Despite being sicker to start, outcomes on par with other VAD patients Apr 18, 2016
Podcast: 10th Anniversary for HealthNewsReview.org Gary Schwitzer reflects on high points, low points, lessons learned Apr 14, 2016
ACC: After a Decade, CABG Pulls Ahead of Meds for HF Life-saving benefit of CABG now clear in long-term trial follow-up Apr 04, 2016
Entresto: Why Is There Silence? We're Not Selling iPhones The drug hailed as a true PARADIGM shift, is slow out of the gate Apr 04, 2016 video
ACC: TAVR Once Again Non-Inferior to Surgery No excess stroke or mortality at 2 years in lowest risk trial population yet studied Apr 02, 2016
CardioBrief: Top HF Expert Decries 'Unbelievable Folly' of Clinical Trials and Guidelines Milton Packer, MD, calls the system to test and evaluate heart failure drugs dysfunctional Mar 23, 2016
CardioBrief: LVADs Prolong Life But Sow Confusion at Its End Uncertainty dogs heart pump patients and their caregivers Mar 22, 2016
First MRI-Safe CRT-D Devices Approved Cardiac resynchronization patients may now undergo scans Feb 05, 2016
CardioBrief: Entresto Maker in Deep Water Over Terrifying TV Ad "Alarmist," "horrifying" and "irresponsible," experts say Feb 03, 2016
CardioBrief: Entresto Off to Slow Start 'Blockbuster' heart failure drug falls short of already low sales expectations Jan 29, 2016
AHA: Long-Acting Nitrate Flops in HFpEF Study does not support the use of nitrates in subgroup of heart failure patients Nov 08, 2015 video
Is SAMHSA to Blame for a Broken Mental Health System? Two members of Congress differ on how to fix a failing system Oct 09, 2015
Safety Warning: Watch LVAD Battery Expiration Ventricular support backup battery issue linked to two deaths Sep 16, 2015
Clear Health Costs: Having Insurance Doesn't Always Pay The case of the $1,700 mammogram Aug 26, 2015
CardioBrief: Dollars for Heart Docs Analysis of CMS database shows some docs pocketed millions from drug and device makers. Jul 23, 2015
10 Questions: Mary Norine Walsh, MD "The waste will continue until the method of reimbursement changes." Mar 30, 2015
Hyperkalemia Pipeline Promising Novel agents look good in trials, although long-term safety and efficacy remain to be seen. Nov 30, 2014
Doctor's Memoir Exposes Dark Side of Medicine Sandeep Jauhar puts his life on stark display to illustrate harmful financial intrusions into medicine in his newest book. Aug 21, 2014
CardioBuzz: Toward the $500 an Hour Physician In this guest blog, Mark Jay Zucker, MD, JD, an attorney and transplant cardiologist at Rutgers University New Jersey ľֱ School in Newark, explains why he thinks it's time to talk money. Aug 06, 2014
How To Get Medicare To Cover A Spa Trip Good news for doctors who think their patients need a trip to the spa: Medicare will reimburse, with only two catches. Apr 20, 2014
How to Replace IV Nitroglycerin in the Shortage What are the alternatives for IV nitroglycerin in the emergency setting as the shortage saps reserves? Several experts share their thoughts. Apr 01, 2014
CT Appears Safe in Patients With Pacemakers, ICDs Patients with cardiac rhythm management devices showed no clinically significant major or minor events related to computed tomography imaging over a 10-year period at two large-volume care centers, researchers reported. Feb 27, 2014
ER Briefs: DIY Laptop to AED Kit -- Good Idea? Inventors aim to resurrect laptops and tablets as AEDs. We asked Clifton Callaway, MD, PhD, an emergency medicine doctor who heads up EM research at the University of Pittsburgh, to weigh in. Feb 17, 2014
FDA Flags Risk of Nuclear Stress Test Drugs SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Two agents used in cardiac nuclear stress tests may carry a greater risk of heart attack and death than previously believed, the FDA said Wednesday. Nov 20, 2013
Randy Travis Gets an LVAD, Future Uncertain Grammy award-winning country music star Randy Travis has received the Impella pump, a temporary percutaneous left ventricular assist device, to help him as he battles viral cardiomyopathy, according to his publicist. Jul 10, 2013
Xarelto Gets a No for Stent Thrombosis SILVER SPRING, Md. -- The FDA has rejected an application for a new indication allowing rivaroxaban (Xarelto) to be used to reduce the risk of stent thrombosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Jun 28, 2013
Is Protein the Key to Fountain of Youth? The cardiac clocks of aging mice were turned back to a more youthful time when they received a protein taken from the blood of younger mice, researchers found. May 10, 2013
ACE Inhibitors Linked to Hallucinations in Elderly Elderly patients with memory problems who suddenly have visual hallucinations may need to stop taking ACE inhibitors, researchers suggested. Jan 30, 2013