Signs of Lingering Cardiac Dysfunction After Severe COVID Study included people hospitalized before vaccines were available Jan 20, 2022
Psoriasis Patients, Docs Want to Do More to Prevent Heart Problems Despite well-known cardiovascular risks, most patients currently undertreated Jan 19, 2022
Caution: Paxlovid Interacts With Many Heart Meds The Skeptical Cardiologist asks clinicians and patients to take note Jan 17, 2022
Death During Sex: Not Just an Old Man Thing But sudden cardiac death remains rare even for sexually active people with heart conditions Jan 12, 2022
Novel Krill Oil Cuts Severe High Triglycerides Post-hoc pooled analysis of phase III trials favors omega-3 fatty acid formula Jan 06, 2022
For Women, Skipped Heart Prevention More Likely Due to Costs, Depression Despite women being more insured and more likely to have a primary care physician than men Jan 05, 2022
Bariatric Surgery Linked to Protection Against Severe COVID-19 Obesity is a "modifiable risk factor" for severe COVID-19, researchers say Dec 29, 2021
Myocarditis After COVID Vax; Cigar Sales in Convenience Stores Also in TTHealthWatch: autoimmune disease treatment, and anticoagulant therapy in Afib Dec 23, 2021 podcast
FDA Approves Cholesterol-Lowering siRNA Therapy PCSK9 inhibitor inclisiran to become available in early 2022 Dec 22, 2021
ECG Monitoring for Post-TAVR Delayed Conduction Disturbances Put to the Test How long should monitoring last, and in whom? Dec 20, 2021
Use of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Scarce in Type 2 Diabetes Particularly so for racial/ethnic minority populations Dec 17, 2021
Virgil Abloh's Cardiac Angiosarcoma The fashion designer's death due to this rare form of cancer took the world by surprise Dec 15, 2021
AHA Abstract Under Fire; Cardiology Bullies; An Acupuncture Needle Where?! Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Dec 07, 2021
Mom's High BP Not a Driver of Offspring's Cardiometabolic Woes in Adulthood Mendelian randomization analysis supports greater role of environmental factors Nov 17, 2021
Oral Factor XIa Inhibitor Sets the Stage for a Safer Anticoagulant Milvexian shows promise in preventing vein clots after total knee replacement surgery Nov 16, 2021
Vascepa Succumbs as COVID Treatment in 'Underpowered' Trial Purified fish oil didn't help SARS-CoV-2-positive outpatients Nov 15, 2021
Aspirin Flops Again for Dementia Prevention ASCEND trial sides with ASPREE, but can't rule out some potential benefit Nov 15, 2021
Some Good News for Curious Afib Patients Looking to Find Their Own Triggers Presumed Afib triggers put to the test in n-of-1 studies Nov 14, 2021
Two Anticoagulants -- When Used Correctly -- Similarly Protective Against Dementia GIRAF trial tested warfarin versus dabigatran in older Afib patients Nov 14, 2021
Delaying Surgery Hurts Patients With Silent Aortic Stenosis Early aortic valve replacement wins in AVATAR trial Nov 13, 2021
Aspirin: How Low Can You Go? The Skeptical Cardiologist probes the literature on 30-mg aspirin Nov 10, 2021
DCBs for the Coronaries: Early Victories for New Drug Coatings Researchers eye next gen drug-coated balloons despite lack of FDA OK for use in PCI Nov 07, 2021
Gastrointestinal Damage Nearly Universal With Antiplatelet Use After PCI Noninvasive endoscopy in OPT-PEACE reveals surprises about GI effects of antiplatelets Nov 07, 2021
Is LAA Closure With Amulet Less Leaky? Two studies, IDE and SWISS-APERO, come to disparate conclusions Nov 07, 2021
More Good News for Empagliflozin in Patients With Heart Failure Slower renal function decline with SGLT-2 inhibitor in EMPEROR-Preserved trial Nov 06, 2021
Lean Body Mass Level Predicts Cardiac Output in Women Resistance training may help improve oxygen consumption, study showed Nov 05, 2021
Adenosine-Free Alternative to FFR Bolstered by Longer-Term Data Physiological index boasts good 5-year results in iFR-SWEDEHEART Nov 05, 2021
In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Takes Heavy Toll on Public Health Annual disability-adjusted life years analysis rarely applied to SCA, researcher says Nov 01, 2021
A CAC Score of 0 Is Not a Clean Bill of Heart Health Plaques can still be present if symptoms are involved, especially in young people and women Oct 27, 2021
Reversal, Replacement, and Reassessment in Medicine Three ways medical science progresses and what this has to do with aspirin Oct 27, 2021
Too Many TAVR Centers Are Clustered Around Well-to-Do Communities More centers not the answer to geographic, socioeconomic disparities in access? Oct 22, 2021
Antibiotics Used in Dialysis Patients Linked With Sudden Cardiac Death Should floxacins stay or should they go in these patients? Oct 20, 2021
CPR on a COVID Patient: Not a Moment to Waste Looking for PPE Updated AHA guidance says resuscitation should not be delayed by mask availability Oct 14, 2021
Exposure to Certain Phthalates Tied to All-Cause, CV-Related Death Common chemicals in shampoo, cosmetics also linked with billions of dollars in lost productivity Oct 13, 2021
Signs Point to Half-Dose DOAC Route After Watchman Procedure Search continues for best antithrombotic strategy after LAA closure Oct 13, 2021
FDA Nudges Restaurants, Food Manufacturers to Cut Sodium Voluntary guidance aims to reduce Americans' sodium intake by 12% Oct 13, 2021
Diabetes Risk With Breastmilk, Antidepressants, Weight Loss A roundup of noteworthy research from the EASD 2021 meeting Oct 04, 2021
