Increase in Congenital Syphilis; Decrease in Breast Cancer Mortality Also in TTHealthWatch: long-term heart failure outcomes Jan 20, 2024 podcast
Lives Prolonged for Longtime CRT-D Users With Heart Failure Survival benefit with cardiac resynchronization therapy durable out to 14 years Jan 17, 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
Carvedilol No Help in Preventing Heart Failure in Childhood Cancer Survivors While safe, the results do not support use of the drug in anthracycline-exposed survivors Jan 10, 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
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
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
Kidney Week Roundup: Cell Therapy Cuts Immunosuppressive Drug Use Post-Transplant Plus: bardoxolone methyl for diabetic kidney disease and spironolactone in hemodialysis patients Nov 07, 2023
Heart Injuries Suggest Reconsideration of Holding BP Meds for Surgery Pause on ACE inhibitors, ARBs yields more acute hypertension with no prevention of hypotension Nov 06, 2023
Tricuspid Valve Replacement Safe, Effective in Pivotal Trial Outcome data still awaited after positive interim results Oct 27, 2023
Low-Risk TAVR Converging or Diverging With Surgical Outcomes, Depending on the Valve Intermediate-term reports from PARTNER 3 and Evolut Low Risk trials Oct 24, 2023
Modest Risks Come With Moving Fast on HF Drugs After Acute Event STRONG-HF analysis details the impact Oct 10, 2023
Repeat Tests for Inflammation Aid Prognosis After Acute Heart Failure Mortality predicted by cumulative hsCRP levels over time Oct 02, 2023
Reassuring Registry Data on Going Into TAVR Sans Symptoms Would intervention beat watchful waiting for asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis? Sep 20, 2023
No Avoiding Mitral Valve Implant Obstruction With Preemptive Ablation LVOT obstruction remains thorn in the side of TMVI in small case series Sep 15, 2023
FDA Panel Reluctantly Backs Patisiran for ATTR Cardiomyopathy Clinical meaningfulness is a different question, however Sep 13, 2023
Novel Amyloid Drug Improves Mid-Term Outcomes in ATTR Cardiomyopathy Pivotal trial "suggests the tantalizing possibility of genuine clinical improvement" Aug 29, 2023
'Big Win' for Anti-Obesity Medication in Heart Failure Semaglutide led to meaningful reductions in symptoms, weight in patients with obesity and HFpEF Aug 29, 2023 video
Afib Ablation Exceeds Expectations in Sickest Heart Failure Patients Death and surgeries delayed in end-stage heart failure Aug 28, 2023
CRT-D Upgrade Suits Patients With Pacing-Related Heart Failure BUDAPEST-CRT Upgrade is the first major trial on upgrade strategy Aug 27, 2023
Iron Infusions Narrowly Miss the Mark for Clinical Benefit in Heart Failure Hard endpoints do not favor IV ferric carboxymaltose in well-powered HEART-FID Aug 26, 2023
SGLT2 Inhibitors, Rapid Titration, IV Iron Get a Boost in New European HF Guideline Other recommendations also released for endocarditis, cardiomyopathies, ACS, and more Aug 25, 2023
Wegovy Reduces Heavy Symptom Burden of Obesity-Related Heart Failure Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obesity becoming more common Aug 25, 2023
Women on the Pill Have Comforting CVD Outcomes Years Down the Line Oral contraceptive use not tied to excess cardiovascular disease, mortality Aug 11, 2023
Impella Devices Recalled After Deaths, Injuries Tied to TAVR Interactions Recall involves new instructions for use without devices needing to be returned Jul 28, 2023
PPI Still Common With Self-Expanding TAVR But rates are now "Sapien-like," editorialist says Jul 19, 2023
Economical Epoprostenol Good Enough After Major Cardiac Surgery Randomized trial compared two inhaled pulmonary vasodilators Jul 06, 2023
ARNI Again Shows Modest Benefits in HF With Mid-Range EF Randomized trial suggests benefit is largely in those with 40-60% ejection fraction Jun 23, 2023
Poor Nutrition Status Linked With Survival After MitraClip But procedure no less effective for this higher risk group, COAPT trial post hoc analysis shows Jun 10, 2023
MitraClip Shines in Real-World, Core-Lab Data Benefits similar across anatomical complexity, advanced heart failure in post-marketing studies Jun 09, 2023
Full-On Reversal of Cardiac Amyloidosis Possible With Antibodies Future treatments don't have to be limited to slowing disease, case series suggests Jun 07, 2023
Sotagliflozin Gets FDA's Blessing for Heart Failure SGLT1/SGLT2 inhibitor approved on the basis of SOLOIST-WHF, SCORED trials May 27, 2023
HF Shunt Results Hold Up Midterm in Early Data 6-month follow-up with investigational device gives support for pivotal trial May 19, 2023
Multimodal Evaluations May Flag Cardiac Allograft Problems Earlier Study underscores importance of anatomical, physiological parameters May 11, 2023
Lower BP Might Mean Less Cardiac Conduction Disease SPRINT post hoc analysis suggests a means for prevention May 03, 2023
The Worst Redo Option After TAVR? Choose the first procedure wisely, because repeats have mortality implications, researchers say Apr 24, 2023
Common Diuretic Pauses Atherosclerosis in CKD, T2D If finerenone isn't available, try spironolactone, said researcher Apr 15, 2023
Low-Potassium Diet Not Enough to Stave off Recurrent Hyperkalemia Consider adding a potassium binder to the mix, researcher suggests Apr 14, 2023
Certain Painkillers Linked to Heart Failure in Type 2 Diabetes Population-based study shows older patients with poorly controlled diabetes at particular risk Apr 10, 2023
