Cardiology News

• Study Identifies CV Comorbidities Linked to Dermatomyositis The results "represent potential areas for preventative intervention," the researchers wrote.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• Medicare Bundled Payment Model Fails to Boost HF Outcomes Medicare's bundled payment model was not associated with changes in process-of-care measures or early outcomes after hospitalization for heart failure, a new study reported.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• Are Post-Meal Insulin Surges Beneficial? Contrary to reports of negative effects, postprandial insulin spikes are associated with improvements in a longitudinal study.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
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• Newborn Recipient of Partial Heart Transplant Doing Well The world's first transplantation of aortic and pulmonary valves into a neonate delivered a good outcome, and the valves showed continued adaptive growth and function.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
• Mortality Still Significant in High-Risk PE Despite Advances A new study showed continued high rates of in-hospital mortality in patients with high-risk PE, despite advances in treatment and creation of PE response teams.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
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• Long-term Clopidogrel Has Advantages After Coronary Stenting Clopidogrel after PCI was noninferior to aspirin for net adverse clinical events but superior in reducing secondary endpoints of stroke and MI, in 5-year STOPDAPT-2 results.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
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• Circadian BP Shifts Earlier in Children With MS OSA Sleep monitoring data suggested that tracking disturbances could help map blood pressure dysregulation in young patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2024
• Long COVID Has Caused Thousands of US Deaths: New CDC Data Fresh estimates from the CDC show a growing death tally from long COVID —– with numbers expected to increase as diagnostic expertise improves.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2024
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• Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: A 'Silver Lining'? While they can be fatal upon rupture or dissection, ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms are also associated with apparent protection against atherosclerosis.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2024
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• Window for Post-Stroke Antiplatelet Therapy Can Be Extended Dual antiplatelet therapy initiated up to 72 hours post-stroke cuts the risk for recurrent stroke but comes with increased bleeding risk, new data from the INSPIRES trial showed.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2024
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• New Stroke Prevention: Clopidogrel-Aspirin Within 72 Hours Groundbreaking data published in the NEJM questioned the commonly accepted 24-hour time window for administering dual antiplatelet therapy following a mild ischemic stroke.
  Medscape Medical News, January 01, 2024
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• Beetroot Juice Improves Fitness, Function in COPD Patients Oral nitrate supplementation showed potential as an intervention to improve cardiovascular profiles in a high-risk population.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
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• Older Adults Want Medicare, Insurance to Cover Obesity Drugs Older adults with overweight or diabetes are especially eager to have coverage for weight-loss medications.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
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• Warfarin Tied to Benefit After SAVR Treatment with warfarin early after bioprosthetic surgical aortic valve replacement is associated with lower mortality and thromboembolism risk but increased major bleeding events.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
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• Hospital Adverse Events Rise Post Private Equity Acquisition However, in-hospital mortality rates were not significantly different at private equity hospitals compared with control hospitals.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
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• How Accurately Can ChatGPT Answer Cardiac Arrest Queries? ChatGPT's ability to respond to cardiac arrest inquiries by survivors, their relatives, and lay rescuers was investigated, revealing its accuracy and limitations.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
• High-Sensitivity Troponin Offers AMI Diagnostic Edge The study showed that a new HEART pathway involving high-sensitivity troponin outperformed conventional troponin in ED chest pain evaluations, detecting acute myocardial infarction more effectively.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
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• 'World's Healthiest Arteries' Found to Be the Most Elastic Members of an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon have arteries that age more gradually than those of healthy, urban patients.
  Medscape Medical News, December 28, 2023
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• Alert Positive Topline Results for SEQUOIA-HCM Trial in OHCM Preliminary results of the pivotal phase 3 trial show benefit of the cardiac myosin inhibitor, aficamten, in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
  Medscape Medical News, December 28, 2023
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• AHA Names Top CVD Advances for 2023 Advances in stroke, a novel antihypertensive, and new evidence that diabetes drugs may offer CVD benefits for those without diabetes are among the top developments in 2023, on the AHA's annual list.
  Medscape Medical News, December 28, 2023
• Top 10 Fictional Docs on Streaming TV Both tried-and-true and out-of-the-ordinary holiday gift ideas are offered to those seeking a great present for a physician.
  Medscape News Slideshows, December 15, 2023
• How the New Outbreak in China Is Hitting Clinics Elsewhere A rise in respiratory illnesses in China, clusters of pneumonia in children, and resistance to common antibiotics have specialists on alert looking for changes locally.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
• Analysis Supports Link Between Psoriasis and OSA Several hypotheses may explain the connection, such as the presence of inflammatory mediators and nocturnal cytokine secretion, according to the authors.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
• Reducing Albumin Improves Kidney and Heart Function The tablet drug finerenone significantly reduces kidney risk in people with type 2 diabetes and also protects heart health, researchers found.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
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• Statin Use Remains Low for At-Risk Patients Expanded prescribing guidelines have not boosted statin use among patients who are at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
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• No Benefit of Levothyroxine in Heart Donors New data challenge the common practice of levothyroxine administration in potential heart donors after brain death to preserve heart function and make more hearts available for transplantation.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
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• Smoking Alters Salivary Microbiota Changes in oral microbiota caused by cigarette smoking could contribute to development of chronic health conditions.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
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• ACC/AHA Issue Updated Atrial Fibrillation Guideline The new guideline proposes a new way to classify AF, emphasizes the importance of early rhythm control and lifestyle modification, and gives catheter ablation a Class 1 indication.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
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• Ohio Group Scores Record Hypertension Control Rates Artificial intelligence is vastly improving blood pressure control at one Midwestern primary care practice. Could your group do the same?
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
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• AHA, AAP Update Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines The update addresses use of intact umbilical cord management in preterm, late preterm, and term newborns. It also lists optimal devices and interfaces to administer positive-pressure ventilation.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• Small-Volume Bloodwork Tubes May Reduce Transfusions in ICUs Decreasing blood supply use could also preserve blood products for patients undergoing cancer treatment or surgery and for those with trauma or other illnesses.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
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• Late-Life Increases in Pulmonary Pressure, Hypertension Age-related increases in pulmonary artery systolic pressure occur in concert with worsening left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and contribute to late-life dyspnea, new data show.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• TCT 2023 Transapical Valve Replacement Relieves Mitral Regurgitation Transapical mitral valve replacement by catheter eliminated mitral regurgitation and improved hemodynamics in a frail high-risk population, results of the SUMMIT trial show.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• Underdiagnosed: Anemia in Pregnancy Clinicians should screen patients who are pregnant for iron deficiency anemia, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• AHA 2023 New PCSK9 Inhibitor Allows 3-Month Treatment Intervals "It's a new antibody that has a long half-life so each treatment can be prolonged."
  MDedge News, November 29, 2023
• Vagus Nerve Stimulation Promising In POTS Results of a small new study support use of this non-invasive neuromodulation to treat patients with postural tachycardia syndrome.
  Medscape Medical News, November 29, 2023
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• ACG 2023 Low-Dose Aspirin: No Flares in Pregnant Patients With IBD Low-dose aspirin is recommended for pregnant women who are at risk of hypertensive disorders, such as eclampsia, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes.
  MDedge News, November 29, 2023
• Uric Acid Levels May Influence Mortality in OSA Data from NHANES showed a nonlinear association between serum uric acid levels and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality.
  Medscape Medical News, November 28, 2023
• Less Severe Strokes With LAA Closure vs DOAC in AF? Atrial fibrillation treated with left atrial appendage closure was associated with ischemic strokes that were less severe than those among similar patients treated with direct oral anticoagulation.
  Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2023
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• AHA 2023 AI Interpretation of CCTA: Inflammation as CV Risk Factor With the help of AI, arterial inflammation measured with coronary computed tomography angiography can predict fatal and nonfatal events in patients with nonobstructive CAD.
  MDedge News, November 27, 2023