CT Angiography Helpful in Suspected Stable Angina, but Not Needed for All CTA better at detecting CAD than exercise stress tests, analysis suggests Jun 03, 2020
Low-Dose Aspirin Flops for Depression Prevention in Elderly But other anti-inflammatory agents "remain promising," says researcher Jun 03, 2020
Are Black Kids More Likely to Get Kawasaki-Like Syndrome? Findings from Paris suggest excess risk for COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome Jun 03, 2020
Queen Guitarist's Agonizing May Sciatica + "small heart attack" = trying time for Brian May Jun 03, 2020
NDMA Prompts Metformin Recall FDA finds certain products with excessive levels of potential carcinogen May 29, 2020
Alzheimerβs Tau Tracer Wins Landmark Approval "Major advance" toward diagnosing Alzheimer's with brain imaging May 29, 2020
Drugs Helped Stop Weight Regain After Gastric Bypass Half of patients in retrospective study regained a third of lost weight May 27, 2020
Asymptomatic Intracranial Stenosis: No Cause for Alarm Common finding on imaging not associated with worse prognosis May 26, 2020
Autopsies Turn Up Strange Feature of COVID-19 Lungs Study finds more thrombi and a new puzzle in the vessels May 22, 2020
Miscarriage: Predictive of Type 2 Diabetes? Whether such a link is due to underlying metabolic conditions, however, is still to be determined May 21, 2020
Remdesivir Safety Forecast: Watch the Liver, Kidneys Data remain sparse, but a few risks are emerging May 19, 2020
Promising Data for Transcatheter Pulmonary Valves Old and New Is a new TPV approval on the horizon? May 17, 2020
COVID-19 Pulmonary Embolism Often Seen Outside the ICU Majority of Detroit hospital system's cases didn't require ICU-level care May 15, 2020
Cell Therapy Promising Against Angina From Microvascular Dysfunction Proof-of-concept study showed impact on objective, subjective measures May 14, 2020
An Argument for Losing Weight Prior to Bariatric Surgery Study suggests reduction in already low mortality risk May 14, 2020
Study: No Need to Fast Before Catheterization Randomized trial says the standard NPO orders might not be necessary May 14, 2020
Pulsed Field Ablation Creeps Forward With Promising Early Studies Success in pilot atrial fibrillation studies still leaves unanswered questions May 13, 2020
Tool Pinpoints Cardiac Risk in Long QT Syndrome Calculator is proposed to aid decisions on ICD appropriateness May 11, 2020
Residual Shunt Size Matters After PFO Closure Incomplete seal was not uncommon in a cohort study May 11, 2020
Dissolving Pacemaker in the Works Miniature, battery-free device has been promising in preclinical testing May 11, 2020
Silent Infarcts Often Defy Anticoagulation in Seniors With Afib Swiss study found surprising link to cognition from these clinically 'invisible' events May 09, 2020
Next-Gen Watchman Poised to Make LAA Occlusion Less Scary? Study suggests good device performance, procedural safety May 09, 2020
S-ICD Pulls Even With Conventional ICDs PRAETORIAN head-to-head trial shows an even tradeoff in outcomes May 08, 2020
Novel Nasal Spray Flops for Home Tachycardia Conversion Phase III trial missed primary endpoint May 08, 2020
Kawasaki Disease From COVID-19 in Kids: How Common? Warnings out on inflammatory syndrome but many questions remain May 08, 2020
Do You Believe in HCQ for COVID-19? It Will Break Your Heart Milton Packer believes advocacy of the drug is practicing politics, not medicine May 06, 2020
Hidradenitis Suppurativa Closely Linked with Childhood Weight Prevalence of the painful skin condition will likely increase with rising childhood obesity rates, Danish researchers say Apr 30, 2020
Cold-Induced Energy Burn Higher With Brown Fat More evidence of the tissue's potential as target for weight loss, researchers say Apr 28, 2020
High-Dose CQ Tied to Death, Cardiac Events in COVID-19 Patients Trial stopped due to prolonged QTc interval, higher rate of death in high- vs low-dose group Apr 24, 2020
An Unsafe Interaction Between Pradaxa and Common Meds Study suggests drug-drug interaction regardless of kidney function Apr 24, 2020
Study: Off-Label Use of DOACs Worrisome for LV Thrombi DOACs linked to more events than with warfarin for such blood clots Apr 22, 2020
Gout Raises Risk of Heart Failure in Older Adults Results support need for interventions to reduce the excess risk in this population, researchers say Apr 21, 2020
Study: STEMI Often Not What It Appears in COVID-19 Nonobstructive disease dominates but mortality is high, New York hospitals report Apr 17, 2020
One Weird Trick to Rule Out Post-TAVR Pacemaker Rapid RA pacing to predict a person's need for PPI or extended monitoring Apr 16, 2020
HCQ Plus Azithromycin: A Dangerous Combination? Antimalarial drug appears safe alone; whether it's effective in COVID-19 still unclear Apr 14, 2020
Metformin Appears to Shield Diabetic Patients From Post-Op Death Similar to statins, with anti-inflammatory properties suggested as explanation Apr 09, 2020
Anticoagulation Guidance Emerging for Severe COVID-19 Pragmatic choices dominate as guidelines are shaping up Apr 08, 2020
Heart Failure: Can You Hear Risk in a Patient's Voice? Speech characteristics picked up in telemedicine tied to mortality, admissions Apr 01, 2020
ISCHEMIA Trial Puts Big Question Mark on Implications of Ischemia Subanalyses of the landmark trial show lack of correlation to outcomes Apr 01, 2020
Mavacamten Promising in Non-Obstructive HCM Phase II MAVERICK-HCM trial looked at safety, efficacy of myosin inhibitor Apr 01, 2020
