Before Stroke Thrombectomy, Keep the Bed Flat, Trial Says
(MedPage Today) -- PHOENIX -- For large vessel occlusion (LVO) acute ischemic stroke patients planned for mechanical thrombectomy, bed positioning made a big difference in clinical worsening, the ZODIAC trial showed. Keeping the head of the... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 7, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Can a Common Diabetes Drug Turn Patients' Urine Into Alcohol?
(MedPage Today) -- One patient had multiple false positive toxicology tests after taking a popular diabetes drug. Despite not ingesting alcohol for over 10 months, a man in his early 60s tested positive for ethanol in his urine on the last four... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 7, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Anticoagulant Falls Short for Secondary Stroke Prevention in Atrial Cardiopathy
(MedPage Today) -- Oral anticoagulation (OAC) was no better than low-dose aspirin for secondary stroke prevention in people with left atrial cardiopathy absent evidence of atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF), the ARCADIA trial showed. Recurrent strokes... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 7, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

High-Risk HPV in Women Heightens Risk of Heart Disease Death
(MedPage Today) -- Women with high-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) had a far higher risk of death from certain types of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a prospective cohort study from Korea found. Compared to women without high-risk strains... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 7, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Triptans Warrant Their Current Contraindication, Analysis Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- An initial triptan prescription was linked with ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction for people with a high-risk cardiovascular profile, a case-crossover study in Denmark found. Among more than 400,000 people who redeemed... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 6, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Bariatric Surgery & BP Control; PFA Vasospasm Aftermath; Texas Cardiologist Arrested
(MedPage Today) -- Even with controlled blood pressure (BP), visit-to-visit systolic BP variability predicts cardiovascular events and may be traced partly to choice of medication. (European Heart Journal) Bariatric surgery proved more effective... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 6, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Health Effects of Diabetes Remission; High-Deductible Plans for Cancer Patients
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 5, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

FDA OKs Farapulse Pulsed Field Ablation System for Intermittent Afib
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the Farapulse pulsed field ablation (PFA) system for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF), Boston Scientific announced on Wednesday. The device won an indication for the isolation of pulmonary veins in... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 31, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

CABG Surgeons Link Multi-Arterial Grafts to Patient Longevity
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Researchers made a case for superior long-term survival with multi-arterial grafts (MAGs) during multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, with some arguing that this should be more widely adopted... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 31, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Cardiology Ups Diversity; Universal CVD Risk Predictor; 93-Year-Old Cardiologist
(MedPage Today) -- More women and Black and Hispanic trainees are entering cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular subspecialty fellowships. (JAMA Cardiology) A poll found that over half of U.S. adults don't know that heart disease is the leading... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 30, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Cooling Technique Frowned Upon in Aortic Arch Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- During aortic arch surgery, even short bouts of hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) were associated with neurocognitive and neuroimaging deficits after surgery regardless of the level of hypothermia applied... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 29, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

One Class of Antidiabetic Linked With Lower Kidney Stone Risk
(MedPage Today) -- One class of glucose-lowering agent may help lower the risk of kidney stones in adults with type 2 diabetes, a cohort study suggested. Adults who newly started on an SGLT2 inhibitor had a 31% lower risk of nephrolithiasis compared... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 29, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Surgical LAA Closure Rises to the Top in STS Guideline for Afib
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) made a big push for left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion in updated guidelines for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation (Afib). In this document, concomitant... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 28, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

FFR-Guided PCI Saves $$ Clamping Down on Unnecessary Stents in MI Patients
(MedPage Today) -- As a stricter gatekeeper to nonculprit lesion intervention in people with acute myocardial infarction (MI) going for complete revascularization, fractional flow reserve (FFR) guidance was projected to save medical costs and increase... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 26, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Can the Eye Reveal Cardiac and Lung Disease -- Plus Much More?
(MedPage Today) -- Thinner retinal layers were associated with a long list of major diseases, including pulmonary and cardiac disorders, according to a phenotypic and genomic analysis. Among the many diseases, each standard deviation of thinner... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 26, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news