Cath Lab Recap: Killer Pacemakers; Heart Monitoring Underwear Interventional cardiology news to note Dec 08, 2016
Amyloidosis Treatments Miss the Heart of the Problem Only modest improvement in end organ function Dec 07, 2016
CMS to Offer Billing Code for Heart Failure Specialists Should eliminate denials for appearance of double-billing Dec 02, 2016
After Tamponade, Pericardial Drain Removal Safe Once Dry At one center, no advantage seen to keeping them in longer Nov 30, 2016
CardioBrief: Prenatal Genetic Test Billing Practices Questioned Insurance billed $2,760, but is the "real" bill $200? Nov 29, 2016
Oral Treatment for T2D Tied to Renal Protection SGLT2 inhibitor shows favorable effect on eGFR Nov 22, 2016
Trial: No Benefit for High-Dose Diuretic in Acute HF But phase II results might not be the final word Nov 17, 2016
AHA: Mixed Results For ApoA-1 Therapies But it's still not time to write the obituary for all HDL therapies Nov 16, 2016
AHA: No Pump Thrombosis With Next-Gen LVAD? Better outcomes in HeartMate 3 trial hinged on fewer malfunctions Nov 16, 2016
CardioBrief: Is the American Heart Association Trying to Kill Reporters? Margarine and skim milk in the press room beg the question Nov 15, 2016
AHA: Unnecessary Stress Testing Still Alive And Kicking? More tests given to younger patients in large population study Nov 15, 2016
AHA: Lower Better for Plaque Regression with PCSK9 Drugs No diminishing returns at very low LDL levels in GLAGOV trial Nov 15, 2016
AHA: Real World TAVR Is All About Patient Selection Intermediate risk is a moving target Nov 15, 2016
Statin 'Census' Shows Major Disparities Women, minorities treated at significantly lower rates Nov 14, 2016
AHA: Healthy Lifestyle Eases Heart Impact of High Genetic Risk Fewer adverse events, less calcification in pooled data Nov 13, 2016
AHA: No Cognitive Benefit from Heart Drugs in HOPE-3 Substudy finds mental function unimproved by BP, cholesterol treatments Nov 13, 2016 video
AHA: Long-Term Benefit in HF Patients Elusive for Novel Vasodilator Investigational drug ularitide had no effect on mortality or clinical outcomes Nov 13, 2016
AHA: Study Finds Celebrex Safe for Heart But naproxen not as heart safe as believed Nov 13, 2016 video
TCT: Orsiro No Better Than EES for CTO Also, injectable collagenase eases PCI for CTO in trial Nov 04, 2016
TCT: Amulet LAA Occluder Hot on the Heels of Watchman Another LAA closure device shows favorable results in trial Nov 03, 2016
TCT: Novel Drug-Coated Balloon Promising for Periphery Stellarex beat angioplasty alone in fairly complex PAD population trial Nov 03, 2016
Aneurysm Sealing Device Hits Hurdles Migration, endoleaks, and aneurysm growth cited for novel Nellix device Nov 02, 2016
TCT: TAVR Holds Up Pretty Well Over Time Also, 2-year data confirm lasting improvements in QoL Nov 02, 2016
TCT: For Heart Devices, Will Lag Moving from Europe to U.S. Wane? FDA Commissioner and E.U. representative talk change Nov 02, 2016
TCT: Embolic Protection Flops for TAVR New brain lesions or clinical strokes unaffected in SENTINEL trial Nov 01, 2016
TCT: Trials Split on PCI vs CABG for Left Main Disease NOBLE hands advantage to surgery, EXCEL finds noninferiority Oct 31, 2016
TCT: Advantage of Novel DES Over BMS Grows With Time For high bleeding risk patients, rationale for BMS continues to shrink Oct 30, 2016
CardioBrief: Impella No Better Than IABP in Cardiogenic Shock Underpowered IMPRESS trial shows no mortality benefit Oct 30, 2016
TCT: OCT Guidance Doesn't Undersize Stents, Trial Shows Also found dissection, malapposition that IVUS missed Oct 30, 2016
Treadmill Test Scoring Better With Gender as a Factor New sex-specific score predicted women's mortality more accurately Oct 26, 2016 video
FDA Warns of Testosterone Abuse Adverse events tied to abuse include heart attack, heart failure, and stroke Oct 25, 2016
U.S. Obesity Crisis: Is the Wrong Omega-X Mix Responsible? Ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 in Western diet is 16:1 Oct 25, 2016
Pearls From: Roxana Mehran, MD Interventional cardiologist discusses acute kidney injury reduction Oct 14, 2016 video
FDA Warns on Cardiac Surgery Heater-Cooler Device Cites mycobacterial contamination risk Oct 13, 2016
CardioBrief: LDL-Lowering Genetic Variants Linked to Diabetes Risk What can genetics tell about diabetes incidence with cholesterol tx? Oct 06, 2016
CardioBrief: Trump's CV Event Risk Seven Times Bigger Than Clinton's Cardiologist speculates on coronary calcium scores disclosed by the candidates Oct 05, 2016
Billion Dollar Lab Scam: The Beat Goes On Yet more fallout from the catastrophic bankruptcy of HDL Lab Sep 22, 2016
Slow Medicine: Is 'Hypertensive Urgency' Outdated? No need to over-react to a common dx that's not tied to major CV events Sep 22, 2016
HFSA: Clinical Benefits Tied To Lung Monitoring Persist HF rehospitalization, deaths remain reduced up to 4.5 years Sep 21, 2016
