Regaining Weight After Bariatric Surgery Did Not Lead to Excess Mortality
(MedPage Today) -- DALLAS -- There were no differences in mortality after bariatric surgery whether patients regained weight or maintained the loss, according to an analysis of the Swedish Obese Subjects study.
Over a post-surgical 26-year follow... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 17, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Tirzepatide Has Huge Impact on Weight, Even After Loss From Lifestyle Change
(MedPage Today) -- DALLAS -- People who started taking a dual GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist after losing at least 5% of weight through intensive lifestyle intervention shed an additional 18.4% with the drug, the phase III SURMOUNT-3 trial found... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 16, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Hold Off a Bit Before Operating on Broken Hips, Study Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Hip fracture repair is best started about 20 hours after presentation in elderly patients on blood thinners, not immediately and not more than a day later either, a researcher said here.
Mortality and complications... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 16, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Diet and Liver Health; Gut Microbiome and Cardiometabolic Disease
(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 - October 14, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Blood Thinners Not a Firm Contraindication for tPA, Study Finds
(MedPage Today) -- PHILADELPHIA -- Current anticoagulant or antiplatelet use is not necessarily a contraindication for administering tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to a stroke patient in the emergency department, a researcher said here at... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 13, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
A Price Jump From Pennies to $20/Pill for the Same Drug
(MedPage Today) -- In June the U.S. FDA approved colchicine (Lodoco) as the first anti-inflammatory drug for the prevention of heart attacks and strokes among people with established heart disease or multiple risk factors. One recent review reported... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Which Guidelines to Choose?
(MedPage Today) -- HONOLULU -- Are the updated European guidelines on pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) applicable to American practice?
The European Society of Cardiology and European Respiratory Society guidelines released last year changed... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 12, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Rare Lung Bleeds Cluster in DOAC Users, Implications Unclear
(MedPage Today) -- HONOLULU -- There was a signal of excess diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) among users of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), according to an analysis of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database.
Based on voluntary... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 11, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Novel Nerve Ablation Procedure Explored for HFpEF
(MedPage Today) -- CLEVELAND -- Splanchnic nerve ablation was safe in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and showed some signal of benefit in volume management in the REBALANCE-HF feasibility study.
The treatment showed a... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 11, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Copper-Boosting Agent Promising for Low Ejection Fraction Heart Failure
(MedPage Today) -- CLEVELAND -- Lower doses of copper chelator trientine hydrochloride (Syprine) appeared safe and potentially promising for heart failure with low ejection fraction in a phase IIa trial, despite a missed primary endpoint.
Twice... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 11, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Pulmonary Embolism During COVID Infection a Deadly Mix
(MedPage Today) -- HONOLULU -- During the first year of the pandemic, patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) had higher in-hospital mortality rates when they also had concomitant COVID-19, according to a nationwide retrospective cohort study... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 9, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Limbo for HFrEF
(MedPage Today) -- CLEVELAND -- Whether vagal nerve stimulation improved outcomes for heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) remained unclear after ANTHEM-HFrEF was terminated early, with the pivotal trial not meeting its... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 9, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Biomarker-Based CardioMEMS Candidates Still Benefit
(MedPage Today) -- CLEVELAND -- Selecting patients for pulmonary pressure wire-guided heart failure (HF) treatment based on elevated natriuretic peptides picked up a lower risk group than those determined to be candidates based on recent hospitalization... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 9, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Biomarker-Based CardioMEMS Candidates Benefit Less
(MedPage Today) -- CLEVELAND -- Elevated natriuretic peptides didn't select for patients that got as much benefit from pulmonary pressure wire-guided heart failure (HF) treatment as did recent hospitalization, an analysis of the GUIDE-HF trial... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 9, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Inflammation of the Aorta; Afib in the Hospital
(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 - October 7, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
