Post-Pandemic OHCA Survival Down; Vitamin D Supplements & BP; Varipulse PFA Approved

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Rates of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have not fully bounced back , according to research disseminated by the American Heart Association (AHA).

Meanwhile, the being performed on both women and men increased when 911 operators provided instructions, says another abstract from AHA.

, whether taken at 600 IU/day or 3,750 IU/day for a year, were tied to lower blood pressure (BP) in a randomized trial of ambulatory older overweight individuals. (Journal of the Endocrine Society)

against mortality associated with high NT-proBNP in patients without heart failure or coronary artery disease, in another possible example of the obesity paradox. (Clinical Cardiology)

Transient exposure to was tied to increases in cardiovascular disease on a population level. (Nature Communications)

from the gestational period to 1-year postpartum. (European Heart Journal)

Aortic stenosis was associated with a unlike that of coronary artery disease, according to a genome-wide association study. (JAMA Cardiology)

Genetics also seemed to play a role in . (Stroke)

People with large mitral annuli were able to receive . (Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions)

FDA approved the for drug refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, Johnson & Johnson announced.

The SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin (Farxiga) may have in some patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices. (Scientific Reports)

There is room for improvement regarding the use of to reduce postoperative atrioventricular blocks requiring pacemakers during complex biventricular congenital heart disease repair. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

People with showed frequent myocardial tissue abnormalities on cardiac MRI. (Heart)

A diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction often during invasive exercise right heart catheterization. (Circulation: Heart Failure)

Natural language processing models accurately assigned heart failure patients their based on clinical notes. (JAMA Network Open)

A new device coating, engineered to , showed promising results in lab and animal studies. (Nature Materials)

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