Meal Replacement Upped Weight Loss for Obese Postmenopausal Women Caveat, though, that benefits came at price of bone loss, study finds Oct 30, 2019
Cardioversion After Watchman Implant May Not Require More OAC But data raise questions about the rationale for LAA closure in the first place Oct 29, 2019
A Cardiologist's Diet Built for Improving Cholesterol The food plan Wesley Milks, MD, adopted to cut his LDL without meds Oct 29, 2019
Afib Ablation Deaths Do Happen "Very real complication" expected to rise as more HF patients are treated Oct 29, 2019
Easy Stroke Scoring Tool Helps EMS Get Patients the Right Care Los Angeles Motor Scale deemed "powerful out-of-hospital tool" for prediction of intervention, outcomes Oct 29, 2019
The 'Bedtime Snack' for Inmates With Diabetes Where do they get the idea that it's standard medical care? Oct 24, 2019
DOAC Disappoints in Thrombotic Autoimmune Disorder Drug may, in fact, pose serious risks in this population Oct 14, 2019
Conjugate Active in Exudative Retinal Diseases Improved vision, decreased retinal thickening with antibody-biopolymer agent Oct 13, 2019
How Common Are Inaccurate Coronary Artery Calcium Scans? The Skeptical Cardiologist finds reason to suspect the MAC Oct 04, 2019
Entresto Approved for Children Symptomatic HF population as young as 1 year given the green light Oct 03, 2019
OCT Vs FFR: Which Is the Better Guide for Revascularization? Optical coherence tomography goes up against physiological guidance in angiographically intermediate coronary lesions Sep 30, 2019
TAVR at 5 Years: Paravalvular Regurgitation is Key "No matter what you're using, you have to decrease PVR" Sep 29, 2019
MitraClip for Functional MR: 'It's Never Too Late' Benefit grows versus meds over time and not hurt by delay in COAPT trial Sep 29, 2019
Paclitaxel Device Scare Highlights PAD Research Flaws Latest data from the Lutonix research program reassuring, but far from conclusive Sep 28, 2019
EXCEL: Left Main Stenting Holding Up to CABG at 5 Years The trial held a mortality surprise, though Sep 28, 2019
Mitral Valve Procedure Learning Curve Raises Access Question And guess which procedures are next for public outcome reporting... Sep 27, 2019
Novel TAVR Valves: Mixed Results in First Head-to-Head Trials With one a clear loser, another noninferior to existing devices, will operators want to climb the learning curve? Sep 27, 2019
Post-AVR Leaflet Thrombosis Often Vanishes Sans Treatment Even so, PARTNER 3 substudy found more clinical events with leaflet thickening Sep 27, 2019
Durable-, Bioresorbable-Polymer DES Vie for Short DAPT Studies explore left main disease, high bleeding risk populations Sep 27, 2019
Patient Data Makes a Slight Dent in Paclitaxel Device Mortality Risk New meta-analysis still shows risk persists Sep 26, 2019
Dropping Aspirin Early After Stenting Helps High-Risk Patients TWILIGHT trial has good news for safety Sep 26, 2019
Could Sapien Valve Weather 25 Years With Little Wear? A billion beats in bench testing say yes Sep 26, 2019
Ibrutinib's Cardiotoxicity Comes Into Focus Study identifies new cardiac events linked to so-called targeted therapy Sep 25, 2019
True Ischemia or Mimic? MRI changes final diagnosis in 30% of TIA and minor stroke cases Sep 23, 2019
Which Anticoagulant Is Best for Bone Health? Reduced osteoporosis risk observed for rivaroxaban and apixaban versus warfarin Sep 23, 2019
Which Ambulatory ECG Monitor for Which Patient? Holter, Zio, or something else... the Skeptical Cardiologist surveys the field Sep 22, 2019
Can Walking Identify Alzheimer's Disease? Gait impairment may be unique between different dementia types Sep 20, 2019
Dapagliflozin: More Good News in HF SGLT-2 inhibitor advantage in DAPA-HF extended across T2D status, ARNI use Sep 19, 2019
Translational Research: Diet Affects the Heart in Multiple Ways Inflammation, circadian rhythm, and beyond Sep 16, 2019
Shared Decision-Making: Cardiologists Moving Through the Stages of Grief Rules from CMS for ICDs, LAA closure feels arbitrary, some say Sep 16, 2019
Patiromer Helps CKD Patients Stay on Spironolactone Now the question is: Can outcomes be improved? Sep 15, 2019
Study: LVAD Surgical Technique Can be Further Refined Left ventricular assist device outflow cannula angulation, anastomosis size may be important Sep 15, 2019
Comparing ECG Wearables: SonoHealth, Apple, AliveCor The Skeptical Cardiologist finds... much to be skeptical about Sep 15, 2019
Debate: Is LVEF Really that Important in Heart Failure? Benefit of identifying preserved, reduced, mid-range, supranormal EF under question Sep 14, 2019
Antibiotic Class Associated With Heart Valve Problems "Considerable reduction" in use urged, especially with preexisting regurgitation Sep 11, 2019
Meta-Analysis: Renal Events 'Rare' After Denervation for HTN Stenosis, stenting happen within the year when they do occur Sep 06, 2019
Post-MI Survival Better With ICD for Some, Troubled Trial Suggests Potential benefit in STEMI survivors with severe LV dysfunction, other risk factors soon after PCI Sep 04, 2019
