AMA Discusses Emergency Cardiac Care, Abortion as Delegates Wrap Up Interim Meeting Resolution on transgender athletes also approved Nov 16, 2022
Aortic Aneurysm Score Paves the Way for More Targeted Screening Could EHR data help narrow down candidates for imaging? Nov 15, 2022
Fewer Hospital Trips With Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Gastric Bypass in Teens But similar risks of complications, reoperations, deaths Nov 15, 2022
Surgery Bests Endovascular Therapy for Most Limb-Threatening Ischemia Patients Surgical revascularization better for limb events and death when an adequate vein was available Nov 09, 2022
'Groundbreaking' Results With Nasal Spray for Home Tachycardia Conversion Novel agent shortened episodes versus placebo Nov 09, 2022
Low-Dose 'Quadpill' Reduces High Blood Pressure Significantly lower diastolic blood pressure at 12 weeks, U.S.-based study showed Nov 09, 2022
Strong Showing for Novel BP-Lowering Drugs in Resistant Hypertension Aprocitentan targets the endothelin pathway, whereas baxdrostat blocks aldosterone production Nov 09, 2022
Can Botox for the Heart Ward Off Afib After Cardiac Surgery? Epicardial botulinum toxin generally not better than placebo in the NOVA study Nov 09, 2022
Precision Medicine Strategy Reduced Testing in Patients With Chest Pain Also reduced risk of composite endpoint of death, MI, and catheterization compared with usual care Nov 08, 2022
Anticoagulation Again Flops for Outpatient COVID-19 Largest-yet RCT shows no benefit for non-hospitalized symptomatic patients despite elevated risk Nov 08, 2022
Upfront ECMO Disappoints for Cardiogenic Shock High-cost procedure not yet justified as an early strategy Nov 07, 2022
BP Control Beneficial for Liver Transplant Recipients Patients who kept their blood pressure under 140/90 mm Hg had better kidney function at 1 year Nov 07, 2022
Moving Fast on HF Drugs After Acute Hospitalization Holds Big Outcome Benefit Randomized trial shows advantages across heart failure spectrum Nov 07, 2022
Bivalirudin Crowned as Better Anticoagulant for Primary PCI in STEMI BRIGHT-4 trial hands the drug a "clear, unambiguous win" against heparin Nov 07, 2022
Early Invasive Strategy for Stable CAD Holds No Long-Term Survival Advantage Extended follow-up of ISCHEMIA trial weighs in on mortality Nov 07, 2022
Experts Agree Intravenous Iron Shows Promise for Heart Failure Patients While findings were not significant, the study was impacted by COVID lockdowns, researcher says Nov 07, 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
Decision-Support Tool Enhances Outcomes for Heart Failure Patients in the ED Pathways for HF patients picked for early discharge versus admission Nov 06, 2022
Definitive Answer on Steroids for Infant Heart Surgery Falls Short STRESS trial misses primary endpoint but secondary benefits are suggestive Nov 06, 2022
Diuretics on Par in Head-to-Head Comparison for Hypertension But a surprise signal emerges for one group in pragmatic trial Nov 06, 2022
Mixed Results With Pemafibrate in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes No impact on CV events in PROMINENT; developer brings trial to an end Nov 06, 2022
Not So Cool After All: No CV Benefit With Lower-Temp Dialysate in Hemodialysis Some patients in MyTEMP trial even complained cooler dialysate was "worst possible feeling" Nov 06, 2022
Furosemide Holds Up to Newer, Stronger Loop Diuretic During HF Hospitalization Preference for mainstay decongestant versus torsemide likely unchanged after TRANSFORM-HF study Nov 05, 2022
Psilocybin for Depression; What's the Best Direct Oral Anticoagulant? Also in TTHealthWatch: hormone therapy to prevent chronic disease Nov 05, 2022 podcast
Empagliflozin Protects At-Risk Patients From CKD Progression Also cut risk for cardiovascular-related death and worsening kidney function Nov 04, 2022
Stop RAS Inhibitors in Advanced CKD? STOP ACEi Trial Sheds Some Light Findings do not support discontinuation to improve kidney function, researchers say Nov 03, 2022
Intensive Patient Education Primes Care-Seeking Attitudes for Acute MI Can education help reduce prehospital delays in heart attack care? Oct 28, 2022
CPR Less Likely for Black, Hispanic People Association seen even for witnessed cardiac arrest in the home and in diverse neighborhoods Oct 27, 2022
Low-Carb Diet Helps Cut HbA1c in Prediabetes Could be a useful approach for preventing, treating type 2 diabetes, says researcher Oct 26, 2022
Outpatient Centers Cautiously Open Doors to Surgery for People With Cardiac Devices Will those with CIEDs become regular patients at ambulatory surgery centers within a decade? Oct 25, 2022
Dementia Strikes One in Ten Americans Over 65 Even more have mild cognitive impairment, new estimates show Oct 24, 2022
Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis Promising for Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Strategy may mitigate the drawback of major bleeding Oct 19, 2022
Heart Failure Common in Cystic Fibrosis Patients Other frequent cardiac comorbidities included Afib and acute MI, real-world analysis shows Oct 18, 2022
Insulin Rationing Common Among Patients With Diabetes More than a million Americans may be engaging in the risky practice, researchers said Oct 17, 2022
SCAD Heart Attacks: Outcomes Not as Bad as Previously Feared Low 3-year MACE rates seen in a more representative spontaneous coronary artery dissection cohort Oct 17, 2022
Despite Exciting Newcomer Drugs, Uptake of HF Meds Still Meek Across Oceans U.S. not alone in slow initiation, low target-dose achievement, and early discontinuation Oct 14, 2022
Does Diet Matter? Study Questions Links Between Diet and Dementia Diet combined with other risk-reduction strategies may show different results Oct 12, 2022
Lower Entresto Doses Suffice in the Real World Reassuring findings for patients who don't tolerate the maximum ARNI dose Oct 10, 2022
FDA Approves At-Home Furosemide for Heart Failure Strong diuretic to become available outside the hospital setting Oct 10, 2022
Bariatric Surgery in NAFLD Tied to Lower Heart Disease Risk In a large cohort, surgery associated with 49% lower risk of CVD versus nonsurgical care Oct 07, 2022
