Sitting and Early Death; Dana-Farber Retracts Multiple Papers; Winter Weather Deaths Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ staff Jan 22, 2024
Lives Prolonged for Longtime CRT-D Users With Heart Failure Survival benefit with cardiac resynchronization therapy durable out to 14 years Jan 17, 2024
Medical Cannabis-Arrhythmia Link; Watch Out for Lipoprotein(a); New SAVR Alternative Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 16, 2024
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Plus Nitrates Still a Losing Combination, Study Shows Cardioprotective effect of PDE5 inhibitors did not pan out with anti-anginals in the picture Jan 16, 2024
Dr. Mike Confronts Dr. Gundry's Controversial Health Views A closer look at surgeon's claims on vitamin C and smoking risk, leaky gut, and more Jan 11, 2024
Diverting Acute HF Patients From Hospitalization: Case Builds for Short Stay Units Rerouting low-risk patients from routine admission deemed safe in trial Jan 11, 2024
BP Tracking Undergarment; COPD Exacerbations & HF Events; Hemolysis After PFA Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 09, 2024
Exercise ECGs Highly Specific for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Reconsidering the humble testing modality's false-positive issue Jan 08, 2024
Maternal Type 1 Diabetes an Outsized Red Flag for Child Heart Defect Risk But don't ignore maternal overweight, obesity, and gestational diabetes, study says Jan 05, 2024
In Acute Kidney Disease, SGLT2 inhibitors Were All-Around Protective Risk of all-cause mortality, MAKE, and MACE were significantly reduced Jan 04, 2024
Here Are the Top Diets for 2024 A familar food plan topped the annual U.S. News rankings Jan 03, 2024
HCM Drug Hopeful; Pre-Cardiac Cath Fasting in Doubt; Way to Visualize LAAO Issues? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 02, 2024
How Cardiac Arrest Became a Household Topic After Damar Hamlin's Collapse Efforts to boost survival having a moment among medical and sports societies, legislators Jan 01, 2024
No Improved Outcomes for HF Patients With Sleep Apnea Using ASV Breathing Devices While apnea symptoms resolved, no improvement was seen in clinical outcomes Dec 29, 2023
DAPT Stays Helpful for Minor Stroke Even With Later Presentation, Worse Symptoms But a signal of excess bleeding is noted in the INSPIRES trial Dec 27, 2023
Nuclear Tracer Shortage; Weighing Post-Ablation OAC; Fix for Biased AI Tools? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Dec 26, 2023
Colchicine Not the Answer for Recurring Arrhythmias After Ablation Anti-inflammatory effects did not translate to arrhythmia prevention in small trial Dec 21, 2023
Should Normal Range of Albumin Be Redefined for Cardiovascular Health? Mildly raised UACR partly mediates link between poor heart health and mortality Dec 19, 2023
HeartMate 3 Safety Concerns; First Cath Lab Standards for Kids; Single-Shot PFA Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Dec 19, 2023
HF Patient's Zip Code Telling of Potential Adherence Issues to Meds GDMT nonadherence exceeds 50% in some neighborhoods, New York study finds Dec 15, 2023
Experts, Lawmakers Explore Downside of Drug-Price Negotiation Stifled innovation, reduced access suggested as future challenges Dec 14, 2023
High-Altitude Mountain Trips Can Be Tolerated Despite Pulmonary Hypertension Effects of high elevation tested in an experiment in the Swiss Alps Dec 12, 2023
Statins and CKD; Farxiga's Limited Symptom Improvement; Stop Wasted TNKase Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Dec 12, 2023
More Awareness Needed of Heart Events Tied to Breast Cancer Drugs, Experts Say Myriad clinical manifestations of cardiotoxicity must be diagnosed, treated promptly Dec 08, 2023
Blood Test May Be Able to Tell Which Organs Have Accelerated Aging This may enable treatment of people before they get sick, researcher says Dec 06, 2023
Inappropriate Aspirin Use Continues, Research Suggests Two single-center studies show recommendations may not be followed Dec 06, 2023
Quick Albuminuria Reduction Key Factor in Finerenone's Efficacy 4-month UACR reduction mediated 84% of kidney treatment effect Dec 05, 2023
Win for Vegan Diet; Injectable Balloon Catheters OK'd; OAC Options After Failed DOAC Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Dec 05, 2023
High Blood Pressure in Babies Linked to Adult Atherosclerosis Is BP screening starting before age 3 years warranted? Dec 04, 2023
VTE Risk After Joint Replacement: Does Anticoagulant Choice Matter? Large claims-based study provides some answers Dec 01, 2023
Afib Guidelines Add New Stages, Upgrade Catheter Ablation Specific lifestyle measures also recommended Nov 30, 2023
Coronary Heart Disease by Age 45 Linked With Subsequent Dementia All-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia risks elevated Nov 29, 2023
Pulsed Field Ablation Eyed Cautiously for Coronary Spasms More evidence of PFA-provoked spasms, albeit without clinical manifestations Nov 29, 2023
Tomato-Blood Pressure Link; Afib and Neuroticism; Nerve Stimulation for POTS Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Nov 27, 2023
High-Sensitivity Troponin Test May Overestimate Risk in PE On the other hand, conventional assays did predict a complicated course in acute PE Nov 22, 2023
Longer Use of ADHD Meds May Boost Heart Risk Observational data suggest particular risk for hypertension and arterial disease Nov 22, 2023
OCEANIC-AF Trial Sunk; Second Renal Denervation Device Approved; Strep-Stroke Link? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Nov 21, 2023
Apixaban Prophylaxis Fails to Reduce Clots in Pediatric ALL However, it may benefit children at increased risk of thrombosis Nov 20, 2023
Alteplase Not Harmful in NOAC Users, Even in a More Bleeding-Prone Cohort No excess brain bleeds in an Asian population receiving lytic therapy for stroke Nov 20, 2023
Silent Gastrointestinal Bleeds Track With Antiplatelet Choice After PCI OPT-PEACE captured serial changes in gastrointestinal tract injury prior to overt bleeding Nov 17, 2023
