Concurrent LAA Occlusion Loses Its Appeal for LVAD Surgeons Heart pump placement plus anticoagulation suffice for patients, even those with Afib Oct 05, 2022
The Search Is On for Another Xeno Heart Transplant Recipient Transplant surgeons discuss testing the concept in more humans Oct 04, 2022
Urgency to Expand SGLT2i Use in HF Heightened by More DELIVER Data Analyses continue to support wider adoption of dapagliflozin, researchers say Oct 03, 2022
UNOS to Revamp Heart Allocation Rules to Rein in Transplant Waitlist Tricks It may be goodbye to priority tiers, hello to points-based ranking system in coming years Oct 03, 2022
Growing Calls to Marry HF Specialists With Cardiac Critical Care Cardiac ICU staffing issues require a multidisciplinary team approach, some say Oct 02, 2022
Keeping Plavix After Short DAPT: Bleeding Benefit Emerges a Few Years After PCI Antiplatelet strategy has good results in longer follow-up of SMART-CHOICE trial Sep 29, 2022
Was I Conned by a 'Grey's Anatomy' Writer? Her alleged duplicity could make things tougher for female patients Sep 27, 2022
Toxicologist From 'The Good Nurse' on Catching a Killer Steven Marcus, MD, on following through with suspicions and calling out a flawed system Sep 22, 2022
Making Low-Dose tPA Work for Japanese DOAC Users With Ischemic Stroke IV thrombolytics for these patients are accepted in some countries, but not the U.S. Sep 21, 2022
In Wake of Philips Recall, Patients Still Waiting for Sleep Apnea Devices Effects of recall reverberate through sleep medicine community Sep 21, 2022
PCSK9 Inhibitor Passes Muster for LDL Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome Question now is whether routine early treatment will translate to better clinical outcomes Sep 20, 2022
Stroke-Heart Syndrome: The 'Perfect Storm' Clinicians describe significant diagnostic and treatment challenges for a young patient Sep 19, 2022
MitraClip G4 Sets the Bar Higher for Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair Post-approval study suggests growing pool of TEER-suitable patients Sep 18, 2022
Post-MI Ventricular Septal Defect Repair Strategies: Each Has Its Place for Now Registry study compares percutaneous vs surgical outcomes in real-world practice Sep 18, 2022
Presumed Clinical Benefits of TAVR Cerebral Protection Remain Unproven Large trial comes up short in proving a definitive benefit to debris filters Sep 17, 2022
Health Workers Unlikely to Catch Monkeypox From Infected Patients Even with low adherence to PPE guidelines, no workers contracted the virus, Colorado data show Sep 16, 2022
Current Troponin Testing Approach Is a Bust for MI Diagnosis in Older People Age-adjusted cutoffs, universal rule-in threshold not helpful either Sep 16, 2022
The Internal Conflict of Being a Ringside Doctor The aftermath of a 2019 fight nearly broke me Sep 15, 2022
Aggressive Alcohol Septal Ablation for HCM Holds Up, Pacemakers Notwithstanding Complication of ablation not associated with worse outcomes at 5 years Sep 14, 2022
Glutamine for Burn Patients: Time for a Rethink Randomized RE-ENERGIZE trial shows no impact on major outcomes Sep 09, 2022
DPP-1 Blocker a Bust in Severe COVID Deaths in hospitalized patients significantly higher with oral brensocatib, trial finds Sep 08, 2022
Full-Dose Anticoagulation Cuts VTE in Severe COVID-19 But is it worthwhile without a mortality benefit? Trials present complex picture Aug 31, 2022
Milestone Reached for SGLT2 Inhibitor Aimed at Heart Attack Population Good signals in people with large acute MIs at risk of developing heart failure Aug 30, 2022
P2Y12 Inhibitors May Be the Better Option for Secondary Prevention in CAD Meta-analysis challenges central role of aspirin, researcher says Aug 30, 2022
Novel Factor XIa Inhibitors Show Promise for Bleeding Risk Preventing ischemic events is a less clear benefit Aug 29, 2022
Transradial Access for Heart Procedures Saves Lives in Most Definitive Study Yet Approach beats coronary access through the thigh Aug 29, 2022
Pendulum Swings Back for FFR-Guided Complete Revascularization Modality helps avoid unnecessary intervention in heart attack patients with multivessel disease Aug 29, 2022
High-Dose Flu Vaccine Promising for Mortality Benefits in Older Adults Danish pilot study lays groundwork for larger trial looking for better CV outcomes Aug 28, 2022
Finally, A Foundational Heart Failure Drug That Works Across the Spectrum of EF SGLT2 inhibitor shines in landmark DELIVER trial Aug 27, 2022
ADVOR Backs Add-On Acetazolamide for Cutting Congestion in Decompensated HF Exclusion of patients on SGLT2 inhibitors was a major trial limitation, expert says Aug 27, 2022
Mass Cardiovascular Testing May Add Years for Some Men Mixed results after the DANCAVAS program from Denmark Aug 27, 2022
After Cardiac Arrest, No 'Best' Blood Pressure, Oxygen Target BOX trial finds targets aiming to boost perfusion held no advantage Aug 27, 2022
Can Paxlovid, Molnupiravir Benefit Hospitalized COVID Patients Too? Antivirals were associated with lower all-cause mortality and illness severity during BA.2 Aug 26, 2022
Polypill Proves Its Mettle for Heart Protection Post-MI Trial affirms benefit of single drug-combo pill compared with usual care in secondary prevention Aug 26, 2022
No Detrimental Impact on Cognition With Entresto for Heart Failure Cost may be reason for underutilization, rather than concerns about cognition, expert noted Aug 26, 2022
From the Edge of Death: A Doctor's Journey Rana Awdish, MD, on her life-changing crisis and seeing the humanity in medicine Aug 23, 2022 podcast
Lowering Antenatal Betamethasone Dose Misses in Randomized Trial In BETADOSE study, half-dose regimen fails to meet noninferiority criteria Aug 22, 2022
Early Data Mixed for Home-Based Brain Stimulation After Stroke Certain subgroups may see more cognitive benefit Aug 18, 2022
Life-Threatening Collapsed Lung: Survival Better With Prehospital Needle Insertion Should prehospital needle decompression be used more frequently in trauma cases? Aug 17, 2022
Blood Biomarkers Enhance Brain Injury Prognosis Two studies support prediction of death, severe outcomes after TBI Aug 12, 2022
