Medical Cannabis-Arrhythmia Link; Watch Out for Lipoprotein(a); New SAVR Alternative
(MedPage Today) -- Medical marijuana was associated with an elevated risk of new-onset arrhythmia in a Danish population with chronic pain. (European Heart Journal)
Severe drug-induced QT prolongation was fairly common in patients taking one of... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 16, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Shows Benefit for Progressing Stroke
(MedPage Today) -- Argatroban could revive the practice of acute anticoagulation for reducing disability after stroke, based on the EASE trial from China.
In patients with acute ischemic stroke and early neurological deterioration, urgent application... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 9, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
BP Tracking Undergarment; COPD Exacerbations & HF Events; Hemolysis After PFA
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA cleared the algorithm for continuous blood pressure monitoring for the SimpleSense wearable garment, Nanowear announced. (FierceBiotech)
Occlutech announced FDA approval of its ASD Occluder for transcatheter closure... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 9, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Health Record Trigger Boosted Screening for Primary Aldosteronism
(MedPage Today) -- An electronic health record (EHR) best-practice advisory helped identify candidates for primary aldosteronism (PA) screening, a prospective quality improvement study found.
Out of a pool of 57,334 adults with hypertension seen... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 9, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Exercise ECGs Highly Specific for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
(MedPage Today) -- Exercise electrocardiographic (ECG) stress tests appeared to reliably indicate that some patients with angina with nonobstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA) actually had coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD), preliminary evidence... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 8, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Maternal Type 1 Diabetes an Outsized Red Flag for Child Heart Defect Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Maternal type 1 diabetes (T1D) emerged as the larger contributor to the child's risk of congenital heart defect (CHD) when considering maternal diabetes and weight status together, a Finnish population-based cohort study found... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 5, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Study Assuages Fears of Pancreatic Cancer Risk With GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
(MedPage Today) -- Several years after initiating treatment, GLP-1 receptor agonist users didn't have a pancreatic cancer safety signal, a historical cohort study reported.
Compared with basal insulin users, those on a GLP-1 receptor agonist didn... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 5, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
In Acute Kidney Disease, SGLT2 inhibitors Were All-Around Protective
(MedPage Today) -- SGLT2 inhibitors significantly lowered the risk of death, major adverse kidney events (MAKE), and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in people with type 2 diabetes and acute kidney disease, according to a cohort study... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 4, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
HCM Drug Hopeful; Pre-Cardiac Cath Fasting in Doubt; Way to Visualize LAAO Issues?
(MedPage Today) -- Even in states with laws requiring athletic facilities to have an on-site automated external defibrillator (AED), the odds of bystander AED use for cardiac arrests remain low. (JAMA Internal Medicine)
A quadriceps strength test... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 2, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Mortality Reaches 20% for Hospitalized Patients With High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism
(MedPage Today) -- Mortality rates were high among patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), with the worst outcomes in those with hemodynamic collapse, according to a retrospective analysis of the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 1, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
No Improved Outcomes for HF Patients With Sleep Apnea Using ASV Breathing Devices
(MedPage Today) -- Breathing machines with adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) did not improve survival or other clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) and reduced ejection fraction and sleep-disordered breathing, the phase III ADVENT... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - December 29, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Oral Factor XIa Inhibitor Disappoints for Secondary Stroke Prevention
(MedPage Today) -- Factor XIa inhibitor milvexian did not provide meaningful secondary prevention over dual antiplatelet therapy for stroke survivors, the phase II trial AXIOMATIC-SSP found.
In patients with recent ischemic stroke or transient... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - December 28, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Nuclear Tracer Shortage; Weighing Post-Ablation OAC; Fix for Biased AI Tools?
(MedPage Today) -- Magnesium's hemostatic effects in intracerebral hemorrhage were supported by reduced hematoma expansion in FAST-MAG participants who achieved higher serum magnesium levels with magnesium treatment. (Stroke)
The American Society... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - December 27, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Colchicine Not the Answer for Recurring Arrhythmias After Ablation
(MedPage Today) -- For patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (Afib), there was no signal that a brief course of colchicine reduced atrial arrhythmia recurrence or improved clinical outcomes when taken for 10 days starting... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - December 22, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Therapeutic Hypothermia May Not Benefit Cardiac Arrest Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Therapeutic hypothermia did not improve survival or functional outcomes in unconscious patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with initial nonshockable rhythm, a meta-analysis of patient-level data found.
The primary... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - December 21, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
