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The woman who received a has died. (New York Times)
Skeptics continue to question after three device recalls and reports of patient injury and death. (KFF Health News)
Most early-career cardiologists received some -- those in procedural subspecialties got a median $1,801 in their last year of fellowship and $1,112 annually after a few years out of training. (JAMA Internal Medicine)
Using a lower-dose of for atrial fibrillation patients over 80 years old even if they don't meet dose-reduction criteria appeared safer in a post-hoc trial analysis. (JAMA Cardiology)
An emergency department may signal risk of an ischemic stroke in the following weeks. (Stroke)
After getting a transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, patients were several times more likely to than those who got a subcutaneous device, according to post hoc analysis of a randomized trial. (JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology)
For patients with acute heart failure, early and intensive was associated with more efficient and sustained decongestion in the STRONG-HF trial. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
For emergency patients with acute decompensated heart failure, the for venous congestion predicted heart failure-related hospitalization and mortality in a small study. (European Heart Journal Open)
The rMLS, a tracking the quality of dietary fats consumed, can be used to draw a line connecting lipid metabolism and health outcomes. (Nature Medicine)
Population-level increases in blood pressure can be expected if climate change causes , salinizing the groundwater used for drinking water. (Scientific Reports)
In acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism, the went beyond identifying normotensive shock and actually predicted clinical events. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions)
SGLT2 inhibitors did not appear to have their cardiovascular and kidney benefits diminished by , meta-analysis found. (Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
Taking a page from the physics of bird flight, researchers are trying to develop a passive flow-controlled, to inhibit valve thrombosis and improve valve performance. (European Heart Journal)
Surgeons reported how they implanted a bovine bioprosthetic aortic valve in a person with . (Annals of Thoracic Surgery)
performed well for complex abdominal aortic aneurysms and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, based on a multicenter study. (Circulation)
A New York cardiologist and registered sex offender will lose his medical license after pleading guilty to more . (LongIsland.com)