Preeclampsia Blood Marker? Pediatric Cardiac Doc Arrested; Afib-Detecting Ring

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Cardio Break over a computer rendering of a heart.

Expectant mothers might one day be able to take a late into pregnancy. (Scientific Reports)

A higher BMI starting at age 20 was tied to , independent of adiposity in later life. (European Heart Journal)

Lipoprotein(a) levels were associated with increased and in separate studies. (JAMA Cardiology)

A fellow in pediatric cardiac anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School was . (NBC Boston)

, defined as segmental myocardial ischemia surrounding infarcted myocardium, may be a good cardiac MRI biomarker to guide invasive treatment. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

For one health system that implemented an artificial intelligence model for emergency department triage, the result was for people with chest pain. (JAMA Internal Medicine)

Intracoronary epinephrine administration showed promise for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with in a small randomized trial. (American Journal of Cardiology)

Patients with showed reduced target organ damage after nearly a year of antihypertensive treatment. (eClinicalMedicine)

Surgeons anticipate that can be offered once a central system for organ allocation is up and running. (JAMA Surgery)

may be considered a big red flag for thromboembolic complications after transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a prospective study found. (JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (Afib) may have according to a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. (European Heart Journal Open)

Ultrahuman released an Afib-detecting capability on its . The software reportedly runs on the FDA-approved FibriCheck platform. (TechCrunch)

indicated on polysomnography predicted people's risk of developing Afib. (JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology)

Patients in cardiac rehabilitation were often frail, but these programs were associated with subsequent . (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

A new MRI technique is being developed to better detect . (Science Advances)

Imperative Care said its were FDA cleared for ischemic stroke.

The fate of patients after depends on their age and nature of the procedure. (Circulation)

The common blood thinner heparin may be used as an , as it stops the necrosis from cobra bites. (Science Translational Medicine)

But does heparin get in the way of certain ? (Gene Therapy)

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