CT for Endovascular Tx; Aortic Dissection Patch; Rape Trial for Denver Cardiologist

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Cardio Break over a computer rendering of a heart.

Endovascular therapy for acute stroke again showed clinical benefit when patients were selected using , a randomized trial showed. (The Lancet)

Abiomed got a warning letter from the FDA about its failure to report and the lack of premarket approval for the pump's monitoring system. (MedTech Dive)

In ADAPTABLE, the effectiveness and safety of high‐ versus low‐dose aspirin was not modified by . (Journal of the American Heart Association)

at the time of myocardial infarction was one factor separating women with obstructive versus nonobstructive coronary artery disease. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Cardiac Imaging Inc. and its founder will pay over $85 million to resolve kickback allegations related to .

Younger age did not translate into a better prognosis for people with in a prospective cohort study. (Clinical Cardiology)

Asymptomatic patients with demonstrated a low arrhythmic event rate of 0.2% per year overall, though people with spontaneous type 1 cases and positive electrophysiologic studies were at higher risk. (Circulation)

In healthy individuals, left ventricular mass was reduced after a , according to a meta-analysis. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

Higher arterial stiffness looks to be the over blood pressure. (Stroke)

For transvenous implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices, the proved superior to standard cephalic vein cutdown in a randomized trial. (European Heart Journal)

An showed promise in preclinical experiments. (JACC: Basic to Translational Science)

Mortality and stroke rates after transcatheter aortic valve replacement were not significantly higher for at one Chinese center. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Reassuringly, did not correlate with an increase in heart failure or other adverse events. (Function)

Could a be the reason why some people develop pre-eclampsia and not others? (Nature Genetics)

was good news for cognitive outcomes in a large observational study. (Neurology)

Denver cardiologist, Stephen Matthews, MD, accused in multiple date rape cases, and will stand trial next March. (CBS News)

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