Clopidogrel Recall; COAPT Score; Pediatric Cardiologist's Child Porn

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Cardio Break over a computer rendering of a heart.

FDA advised that generic lots of are under recall due to a label mix-up by manufacturer Golden State Medical Supply.

LivaNova's has its controller component under class I recall due to software issues, according to another FDA alert.

An artificial intelligence-guided was better than usual care at detecting atrial fibrillation in people who hadn't known they had the condition. (The Lancet)

Over time, is becoming more common in people with cardiovascular disease. (JAMA Cardiology)

failed to significantly help outcomes in people comatose after in-hospital cardiac arrest in the HACA-IHCA trial. (Circulation)

Over half of had stable plaque at the time of death, whereas myocardial hypertrophy and myocardial fibrosis were highly prevalent, according to a study from Northern Finland. (European Heart Journal)

Genetic variants and other factors help predict heart failure and arrhythmic events in people with . (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Does congenital heart disease need to be factored into ? (Heart)

The estimates MitraClip's potential benefit for a given individual with heart failure and functional mitral regurgitation. (JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Best practices for coronary CT angiography in have been released by the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

Top-ranked hospitals for cardiac care tend to put up without giving adequate information about the procedure's full risks. (JAMA Internal Medicine)

Heart failure could be detected quickly and fairly reliably using already available in commercial smartphones, a health technology company announced.

A phase I study found investigational to be well tolerated in the short term among children and adults with Danon disease, Rocket Pharma said.

The more in the air, the greater a person's risk of going from healthy to having a first stroke, or from healthy to dying, a U.K. Biobank study showed. (Neurology)

Also shown in U.K. Biobank data, associated with reduced cardiovascular disease and mortality. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

A pediatric cardiologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was fired after being arrested on . (WBRZ)

More alcohol intake by mother and partner, less ? (Journal of the American Heart Association)

A new understanding of in the prenatal human brain may have applications for neonatal neurovascular disease. (Cell)

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    Nicole Lou is a reporter for , where she covers cardiology news and other developments in medicine.