Statin Papers Stand: The BMJ's Stance on Retraction EndorsedStatin Papers Stand: The BMJ's Stance on Retraction Endorsed
A prominent cholesterol researcher had asked the journal to retract two papers citing an 18% to 20% incidence of statin side effects. The BMJ took a stand, then sought outside input. The verdict is in. Heartwire (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - August 1, 2014 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Land of Confusion: Sifting Through the Cholesterol GuidelinesLand of Confusion: Sifting Through the Cholesterol Guidelines
Managing ASCVD risk in this age is not easy, given the abundance of clinical lipid guidelines. A new review attempts to make sense of it all, sorting through the documents to highlight their similarities and differences. Heartwire (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - July 10, 2014 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Valve-in-Valve TAVR Success May Depend on Surgical FactorsValve-in-Valve TAVR Success May Depend on Surgical Factors
A global review of transcatheter-valve implants done in failed bioprosthetics hints that best outcomes have less to do with the TAVR procedure and more with the original valve surgery. Heartwire (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - July 8, 2014 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
HF Can No Longer Be Ignored in Diabetes, Say ExpertsHF Can No Longer Be Ignored in Diabetes, Say Experts
A new viewpoint makes the case for recognizing the heightened risk of heart failure among diabetic patients treated with glucose-lowering agents, an end point that is of "ominous prognostic importance." Heartwire (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - March 12, 2014 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Senator Reopens Myxo Ring Controversy With New QuestionsSenator Reopens Myxo Ring Controversy With New Questions
It was a 2008 heartwire story into the use and belated market clearance of the angioplasty ring that first prompted Sen Grassley to investigate. Six years later, he's asked for a fresh look. Heartwire (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - March 6, 2014 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
New Valve Guidelines Offer Staging, Risk-Scoring AdviceNew Valve Guidelines Offer Staging, Risk-Scoring Advice
The first new guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of valve disease in six years have been updated to include less invasive therapies, plus recommendations for gauging procedural risks. Heartwire (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - March 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
New Obesity Drugs Provide 'Slim Pickings,' Say 2 ExpertsNew Obesity Drugs Provide 'Slim Pickings,' Say 2 Experts
There are still safety concerns with the 2 newest agents for obesity in the United States, lorcaserin and phentermine-topiramate, say 2 Dartmouth doctors. Medscape Medical News (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - February 19, 2014 Category: Cardiology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Statins linked to cataracts in large, retrospective study
Help or harm? Past studies have contradicted one another on the subject of cataract risk and statin use. A new large cohort analysis has used propensity matching to try to reduce the risk of confounding. (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - September 19, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Large analysis reopens theory of vitamin-B supplementation and stroke
An updated meta-analysis finds that taking B vitamins to lower homocysteine levels has a significant impact on stroke. Factors such as hypertension and kidney disease may play a role. (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - September 19, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Friend or foe? Digoxin for systolic HF ups mortality in cohort study
All-cause mortality rose while HF hospitalizations were unaffected in a community-based study of patients receiving digoxin on top of contemporary HF meds that were available to those in the 1990s-era DIG trial, on which current US and European guidelines sanctioning digoxin in some cases of systolic HF were based. (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - September 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Men, whites, and privately insured more likely to get inappropriate PCI
Using PCI data from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, researchers identified patient demographics of those more likely to undergo unwarranted PCI according to multisociety-sanctioned appropriate-use criteria. (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - September 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Diabetes ups mortality risk across ethnicities
No surprises: diabetes increases the risk of cardiovascular deaths, as well as all-cause mortality, across people of all ethnic backgrounds. But a higher prevalence of diabetes among blacks and Hispanics means efforts toward prevention should be targeted to yield the most benefit, a new paper argues. (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - September 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
No cardiac EP "July effect" seen for complications
Bleeding or lead dislodgments weren't more likely when new cardiac EP fellows implanted standard or biventricular pacemakers at a major teaching hospital, although some aspects of the procedures were affected. (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - September 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Lean or fat, low inflammation predicts cardiometabolic health
Adults with normal inflammatory-marker levels were "metabolically healthy" regardless of body size in a new study; abnormal inflammatory markers may identify obese individuals at higher risk of disease. (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - September 17, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
"Off hours" limit access to AEDs in cardiac arrest
In Denmark, Copenhagen, nearly every individual who collapsed from cardiac arrest during working weekday hours did so in a location that was within 100 m of a publicly accessible AED, whereas just 53.4% of cardiac arrests that occurred within proximity of an AED in the evening, at night, or on the weekend had access to the devices. (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - September 17, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
