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
Coronary Disease That Comes With a Donor Heart Does Carry Risk Study shows cardiovascular consequences but not overall mortality impact Aug 22, 2023
Who Is to Blame for the Rampant Overtreatment of Peripheral Artery Disease? The loudest critics are the biggest offenders Aug 13, 2023
American Guidelines Sour on Beta-Blockers for Chronic Coronary Disease For some people, revascularization to improve symptoms or help survival also endorsed Jul 20, 2023
Subclinical CVD Detected in Kids With Higher Arsenic Burden Local Superfund site may contribute to inorganic arsenic exposure Jun 30, 2023
Protocol Optimizing Meds for T2D and CVD Pushed Beyond Cardiology Alone Endocrinologists urged to pay attention to COORDINATE trial Jun 27, 2023
Colchicine's Rebirth as Cardiovascular Drug Approved by FDA Repurposed anti-inflammatory drug may be used alone or in combination with standard meds Jun 20, 2023
No Increase in Major Cardiac Events With Testosterone-Replacement Therapy Men with hypogonadism and heart disease or risk factors saw no increased risk vs placebo Jun 16, 2023
Novel Long-Lesion DES Sails Through Pivotal Trial 48-mm Xience stent surprised with low restenosis at 1 year May 21, 2023
Door Shut on Excess Noncardiac Deaths After Intervention for Stable CAD Earlier signal of noncardiovascular mortality refuted by large meta-analysis May 19, 2023
Bioresorbable Scaffold Concept Evolves Into 'Revolutionary' Hybrid Early results promising with DynamX bioadaptor, though traditional BRS hasn't been abandoned May 19, 2023
GLP-1 Agonists Come Out on Top in Cardiovascular Comparison of Newer Diabetes Meds Serious limitations noted of attempt to compare GLP-1 agonists, SGLT-2 inhibitors, however May 08, 2023
Common Diuretic Pauses Atherosclerosis in CKD, T2D If finerenone isn't available, try spironolactone, said researcher Apr 15, 2023
Subclinical Coronary Plaques Still Boost MI Risk Natural history study lays the groundwork for intervention trials Mar 28, 2023
Statin Users Show LDL Doesn't Come Close to Telling Whole Story of ASCVD Residual inflammation is important factor of cardiovascular risk Mar 07, 2023
Early Promise for PCSK9 Inhibition in Severe COVID-19 Effects observed in inflammation and improved clinical outcomes Jan 17, 2023
Dementia Accompanying Cardiometabolic Disease: Does It Come Down to Genetics? Twin study suggests special monitoring in some individuals Dec 29, 2022
Is Red Meat Consumption Bad for You? Not on the basis of increased dietary saturated fat, the Skeptical Cardiologist finds Dec 03, 2022
Study Refutes Heart Health Claims of Dietary Supplements LDL cholesterol reductions with cinnamon, garlic, and others not on par with statin Nov 06, 2022
Keeping Plavix After Short DAPT: Bleeding Benefit Emerges a Few Years After PCI Antiplatelet strategy has good results in longer follow-up of SMART-CHOICE trial Sep 29, 2022
PCI vs CABG: Does Age Inform Choice for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease? Swedish registry study contributes to ongoing controversy Sep 19, 2022
P2Y12 Inhibitors May Be the Better Option for Secondary Prevention in CAD Meta-analysis challenges central role of aspirin, researcher says Aug 30, 2022
Pendulum Swings Back for FFR-Guided Complete Revascularization Modality helps avoid unnecessary intervention in heart attack patients with multivessel disease Aug 29, 2022
PCI Flops for Ischemic LV Dysfunction With Coronary Artery Disease Randomized trial provides "definitive" evidence against revascularizing stable cases Aug 27, 2022
Mass Cardiovascular Testing May Add Years for Some Men Mixed results after the DANCAVAS program from Denmark Aug 27, 2022
Should You Really Eat Two Servings of Fatty Fish a Week? The Skeptical Cardiologist weighs the science behind the recommendation Aug 25, 2022
How to Avoid the Unnecessary Cardiovascular Operations of Philip Roth's 'Everyman' The Skeptical Cardiologist discusses the book's lessons for patients Aug 21, 2022
Stenting Hits Another Wall in Intracranial Stenosis Stroke Trial disappoints, but another hints at benefit for tirofiban in this stroke population Aug 09, 2022
Heart Disease Will Surge Over the Coming Decades Worsening racial disparities are also projected Aug 01, 2022
Bye-Bye, 'Life's Simple 7': AHA Redefines Cardiovascular Health by Adding Sleep New metrics and scoring algorithm for heart health in children and adults Jun 29, 2022
Chronic Total Occlusion PCI Is Getting Safer -- At Least Until the Pandemic Registry illuminates trends in success, complications May 21, 2022
Special Shielding Could Fix Cath Lab Staff's Radiation and Orthopedic Issues "Like walking on the moon," researcher says of doing cases without lead aprons May 21, 2022
Seven Factors Account for 85% of Acute MI Risk in Young Americans Some factors were sex-specific, highlighting need for targeted interventions, say investigators May 03, 2022
Two PCI Guidance Strategies on Par for Intermediate Coronary Stenosis FLAVOUR trial weighs in on FFR versus IVUS Apr 05, 2022
Higher-Dose ANGPTL3 Inhibitor Cuts Lipids but With Questionable Safety Significant safety signals in dose-ranging trial may end drug's future in CV prevention Apr 03, 2022
More Evidence for Prehab Before Cardiac Surgery One center's initial experience suggests good perioperative results Feb 02, 2022
Multi-Arterial Grafting Inches Upward in Surgeon Adoption Learning curve holds strong in CABG technique Jan 30, 2022
Novel Krill Oil Cuts Severe High Triglycerides Post-hoc pooled analysis of phase III trials favors omega-3 fatty acid formula Jan 06, 2022
FDA Approves Cholesterol-Lowering siRNA Therapy PCSK9 inhibitor inclisiran to become available in early 2022 Dec 22, 2021
