Wegovy and Thyroid Cancer; Maine Shooter's Mental Health; 469 Heat Deaths Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Oct 30, 2023
Chinese Compound for MI?; Knee Pain Management Also in TTHealthWatch: a new colorectal cancer screening test Oct 28, 2023 podcast
EP Study During TAVR Offers Better Prediction of Late Conduction Disturbances Interventional cardiologists trained to handle His bundle recordings at one center Oct 27, 2023
Tricuspid Valve Replacement Safe, Effective in Pivotal Trial Outcome data still awaited after positive interim results Oct 27, 2023
Mitral Valve TEER Device 'Horse Race' Draws Even Closer Additional patients in pivotal trial add to strength of the findings Oct 27, 2023
Small Aortic Annuli Not Inherently More Amenable to TAVR TAVR, SAVR result in similar outcomes in female-dominated VIVA randomized trial Oct 26, 2023
Retinal Artery Occlusion Tied to Higher Risks of Death, Vascular Events Risk appeared at 2 weeks and remained at 1 year and beyond Oct 26, 2023
Tricuspid Clip Might Work for More Patients Than Thought Study shows better-than-expected benefit for expanded criteria cohort Oct 26, 2023
Targeting Collaterals During Primary PCI Disappoints in Trial Pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion appears safe in acute MI, though Oct 26, 2023
Even Less Aspirin With Ticagrelor-Based DAPT Safe After Stenting for ACS T-PASS trial weighs stopping aspirin within a month Oct 26, 2023
Another Study Highlights Metformin's Dementia Protection Properties Association appeared irrespective of HbA1c level Oct 25, 2023
Drug-Coated Balloon Answers 'Embarrassing' Need for In-Stent Restenosis in U.S. Agent device avoids additional layer of stenting in patients with recurrent blockages Oct 25, 2023
Esprit Resorbable Scaffold Triumphs for Severe PAD Below the Knee Improved limb salvage and primary patency possible with endovascular approach Oct 25, 2023
Early Experience Keeps Tendyne TMVR on Track for MR and Severe MAC Will preliminary results be confirmed by SUMMIT trial to come? Oct 25, 2023
Aortic Regurgitation Device Passes in Pivotal Trial JenaValve device hits benchmarks with improvement in pacemaker rates Oct 25, 2023
Combining TAVR, LAA Closure in Same Procedure Safe, Trial Says WATCH-TAVR suggests percutaneous approach can follow surgical pattern in not staging procedures Oct 25, 2023
Using Statins With Blood Thinners Linked With Less GI Bleeding Risk Relationship was seen across the different types of blood thinners Oct 25, 2023
Amulet vs Watchman Comparison Still Muddy Any Which Way LAA Leaks Are Defined The two devices continue to lead to similar clinical outcomes Oct 24, 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
Extravascular ICD OK'd; Win for Million Hearts; SGLT2i Struggles at EF>60% Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 24, 2023
Counterfeit Ozempic; Mary Lou Retton Discharged; No Such Thing as Free Will? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Oct 24, 2023
Carbohydrates and Long-Term Weight Change; Value of Cardiac Transfers Also in TTHealthWatch: reducing infections in joint replacement Oct 21, 2023 podcast
Untreated, New-Onset Hypertension Tied to Fibroid Development in Midlife However, treated hypertension was associated with a lower risk, prospective study shows Oct 20, 2023
CVS Pulls Phenylephrine Cold Meds; Doc's Murder/Suicide; Red Meat and Diabetes Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Oct 20, 2023
Highly Potent Statin Stands Out for Diabetes, Cataract Risks Head-to-head comparison of rosuvastatin vs atorvastatin in LODESTAR trial Oct 19, 2023
Antibody Slows Beta-Cell Loss Early in Type 1 Diabetes PROTECT trial may expand the biologic's use into a larger pool of recently diagnosed patients Oct 18, 2023
Should Young Kids Be Screened for High Cholesterol? Pediatric cardiologists and family medicine practitioners don't see eye-to-eye Oct 17, 2023
Certain Factors Predict Weight Regain After Big Losses But even "regainers" still kept off most of the weight Oct 17, 2023
CT for Endovascular Tx; Aortic Dissection Patch; Rape Trial for Denver Cardiologist Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 17, 2023
Regaining Weight After Bariatric Surgery Did Not Lead to Excess Mortality Weight regainers had a similar incidence of mortality as weight-loss maintainers Oct 17, 2023
Tirzepatide Has Huge Impact on Weight, Even After Loss From Lifestyle Change Trial participants lost over a fifth of their body weight atop diet, exercise-induced losses Oct 16, 2023
Hold Off a Bit Before Operating on Broken Hips, Study Suggests Older patients on anticoagulants benefit from modest delay Oct 16, 2023
Mental Health Warning Signs in Latinx Kids Tied to Cardiometabolic Risks Signs of depression, anxiety in middle school linked with troubles by high school Oct 16, 2023
Diet and Liver Health; Gut Microbiome and Cardiometabolic Disease Also in TTHealthWatch: COVID hospitalization data Oct 14, 2023 podcast
Blood Thinners Not a Firm Contraindication for tPA, Study Finds Intracranial hemorrhage rate did not differ regardless of use of antiplatelet or anticoagulants Oct 13, 2023
'Surprising' Contribution of Pulmonary Hypertension to ARDS Outcomes Coexisting conditions spell markedly poor clinical course Oct 12, 2023
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Which Guidelines to Choose? Experts debate how useful European guidelines may be for U.S. patients Oct 12, 2023
A Price Jump From Pennies to $20/Pill for the Same Drug Drug pricing should be subject to stricter regulation Oct 12, 2023
Rare Lung Bleeds Cluster in DOAC Users, Implications Unclear Pattern found in diffuse alveolar hemorrhage reports in FAERS Oct 11, 2023
Novel Nerve Ablation Procedure Explored for HFpEF Splanchnic nerve ablation for volume management passes a feasibility hurdle Oct 11, 2023
