Nurse Suspected of Poisoning; Hospital Mask Mandates Return; Congressman's Cancer Dx Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51³ÉÈ˶¯Âþ staff Aug 30, 2023
Certain SSRIs May Increase Arrhythmia Risk in Select Patients At recommended dose in people over 65, potentially pro-arrhythmic concentrations predicted in 20% Aug 29, 2023
No Aspirin After PCI? Extended P2Y12 Monotherapy? Trials Weigh In Two trials read out, but generalizability is the question Aug 29, 2023
Cancer Therapy's Lower-Limb Blood Clots Better Treated With Long Anticoagulation A year of DOAC therapy did not result in significantly more bleeds in ONCO DVT trial Aug 29, 2023
Novel Amyloid Drug Improves Mid-Term Outcomes in ATTR Cardiomyopathy Pivotal trial "suggests the tantalizing possibility of genuine clinical improvement" Aug 29, 2023
OCT Angioplasty Win; Congenital Defect Found in Bronny James; Gene Tx for Angina Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine 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
U.S. Unveils First 10 Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiations Treatments for heart failure, Crohn's disease, and diabetes make the list Aug 29, 2023
Compound in Beetroot Juice Fends Off Contrast-Induced AKI "Provocative" results for inorganic nitrate pill shown in NITRATE-CIN trial Aug 29, 2023
Testosterone Loss in Older Men: Factors Beyond Age in the Mix Several lifestyle, health factors associated with declining levels Aug 28, 2023
Case Grows for SGLT2 Inhibitors as Gout Treatment Large cohort study shows expansive benefits Aug 28, 2023
Less Atrial Pacing Doesn't Cut Afib in Sinus Node Dysfunction Trial debunks strategy for higher-risk group Aug 28, 2023
Immune Suppressant Stumbles for Acute Myocarditis in Early Data Phase II trial might not end the story for anti-inflammatory approach, though Aug 28, 2023
STEMI Complete Revascularization: No Point in Waiting MULTISTARS AMI trial helps answer the timing question in multivessel disease treatment Aug 28, 2023
Rush to DOACs Spells Trouble for Frail Warfarin Users Lower bleeding risk of new blood thinners did not extend to this older subgroup Aug 28, 2023
Ambulance Routing Might Not Matter After Cardiac Arrest Trial in best-case scenario setting shows sending patients to specialty centers doesn't help Aug 28, 2023
Cause of Bronny James' Cardiac Arrest; Army Doc's Sexual Assault Case; COVID vs Flu Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51³ÉÈ˶¯Âþ staff Aug 28, 2023
Pulsed Field Ablation Measures Up in Head-to-Head Trial Novel catheters on par with thermal ablation, but do they meet the early high hopes? Aug 28, 2023
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
Trial: ECMO Doesn't Save Lives in Cardiogenic Shock ECLS-SHOCK trial challenges current practice, guidelines Aug 27, 2023
Complete PCI Better for Older MI Patients Too Trial affirms advantage over culprit-lesion-only stenting in those ages 75 and up Aug 26, 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
Colchicine Stumbles for Protecting the Heart From Thoracic Surgery Trial meets only post hoc endpoints in extending protection to non-cardiac surgeries Aug 25, 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
Subclinical Afib Caught on Cardiac Devices Might Be Better Left Alone Trial shows no stroke reduction with DOAC at the cost of more adverse events Aug 25, 2023
Blood Test Could Ease Diagnosis of Kids' Inflammatory Conditions Just one biomarker distinguished Kawasaki disease from others with similar clinical features Aug 25, 2023
Dementia Risk From Midlife Onward Predicted With New Tool Novel 14-year risk score draws largely on modifiable risk factors Aug 24, 2023
Medtronic's Renal Denervation System for Hypertension Splits FDA Panel Once resurrected, is radiofrequency renal denervation heading back to limbo? Aug 24, 2023
Novel Brain Implants Help Paralyzed People Speak Faster, More Accurately Groundbreaking system helps woman with paralysis communicate through a digital avatar Aug 23, 2023
FDA Panel Backs ReCor's Renal Denervation System for Hypertension Device-based treatment passes hurdle despite concerns about effectiveness Aug 22, 2023
Coronary Disease That Comes With a Donor Heart Does Carry Risk Study shows cardiovascular consequences but not overall mortality impact Aug 22, 2023
FDA Advisors' Recommendation on Renal Denervation Hinges on Effectiveness Question Device-based hypertension treatments have only modest BP reductions Aug 21, 2023
Recreational Drug Use More Common in Intensive Cardiac Care Than Many Admit Routine drug screening proposed for cardiac ICUs Aug 17, 2023
Clot Risk Factors Emerge for Cancer Patients With COVID-19 Immunotherapy in particular linked with 45% higher risk of VTE in hospitalized patients Aug 17, 2023
Cautious Return-to-Play Appears Safe for Athletes With Heart Conditions Shift away from blanket restrictions is not placing top-tier athletes at undue risk, data suggest Aug 14, 2023
Dementia Risk Tied to Wildfire Particulates, Other Air Pollution "High smoke days might be taking a toll on our brains" Aug 14, 2023
Who Is to Blame for the Rampant Overtreatment of Peripheral Artery Disease? The loudest critics are the biggest offenders Aug 13, 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
