Pulsed Field Ablation Measures Up in Head-to-Head Trial
(MedPage Today) -- AMSTERDAM -- Pulsed field ablation appeared as safe and effective as thermal ablation in treating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Afib) in the first randomized head-to-head trial for the novel technology.
Efficacy failure... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 28, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Afib Ablation Exceeds Expectations in Sickest Heart Failure Patients
(MedPage Today) -- AMSTERDAM -- Catheter ablation conferred large clinical benefits to people with end-stage heart failure and symptomatic atrial fibrillation (Afib) in the small CASTLE HTx randomized trial that was terminated prematurely for... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 28, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Trial: ECMO Doesn't Save Lives in Cardiogenic Shock
(MedPage Today) -- AMSTERDAM -- Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) didn't improve survival with cardiogenic shock, the ECLS-SHOCK trial showed.
This form of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) yielded similar 30-day all... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 27, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Complete PCI Better for Older MI Patients Too
(MedPage Today) -- AMSTERDAM -- Complete revascularization improved outcomes over culprit-lesion-only stenting in older acute myocardial infarction (MI) patients, the FIRE trial affirmed.
Among a population ages 75 and older, the composite risk... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 27, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Subclinical Afib Caught on Cardiac Devices Might Be Better Left Alone
(MedPage Today) -- AMSTERDAM -- Edoxaban (Savaysa) didn't improve outcomes for high-risk patients with subclinical atrial fibrillation (Afib)-like episodes detected by implanted cardiac devices, the NOAH-AFNET 6 trial showed.
The direct oral... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 25, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Novel Brain Implants Help Paralyzed People Speak Faster, More Accurately
(MedPage Today) -- High-performance brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) decoded brain activity into speech faster, more accurately, and with a bigger vocabulary than existing technologies, two early trials in Nature showed.
In the BrainGate2 study... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 24, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
PRECISE Data Validate Deferral of CAD Testing for Low-Risk Patients
(MedPage Today) -- An initial strategy of deferred testing for suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with low risk scores was safe and led to fewer unnecessary catheterizations for symptom control, a prespecified secondary analysis... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 23, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Coronary Disease That Comes With a Donor Heart Does Carry Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Coronary artery disease (CAD) that comes with a donor heart was not uncommon and conferred cardiovascular risk, although not an early death overall, according to data from a large Spanish registry.
Prevalence of CAD transmitted... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 22, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Protein CVD Risk Score; Long-Term Arrhythmias With Epilepsy; Automated ASD Detection
(MedPage Today) -- Large-scale proteomics produced a protein risk score that modestly improved prediction of cardiovascular events over clinical risk factors alone. (JAMA)
A heightened long-term risk of cardiac arrhythmias was observed in people... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 22, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Hypertension After COVID; Long COVID Mortality; Shaming Insurers Online
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The incidence of new-onset persistent hypertension in patients with COVID was higher than in those with influenza. (Hypertension)
Long COVID symptoms lingered for... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 22, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Stroke Patient Transfer Time; Death Rate After COVID
(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 - August 19, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
3 Hours for Stroke Transfer; Astronauts' Cardio Results; Retinal Lesions and Afib
(MedPage Today) -- Stroke patients are being kept at the initial transferring hospital for almost 3 hours before they go back out the door, according to U.S. registry data. (JAMA)
Cerebellar deep brain stimulation showed promise as a way to rehabilitate... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 15, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Cautious Return-to-Play Appears Safe for Athletes With Heart Conditions
(MedPage Today) -- For elite-level athletes diagnosed with a genetic heart disease, the first available outcomes data on a return-to-play (RTP) protocol favored the approach, comprising shared decision-making with comprehensive diagnostic evaluation... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 14, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Who Is to Blame for the Rampant Overtreatment of Peripheral Artery Disease?
(MedPage Today) -- The recent New York Times article highlighting inappropriate treatment patterns among patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) has made a serious but much needed impact on patients and physicians alike. The article is complemented... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 13, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Wife Saved Last Minute From Cardiac Arrest
(MedPage Today) --
Join internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, in unraveling a medical mystery. Can you figure out the diagnosis before it's revealed?
Following is a transcript of the video (note that errors are... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 11, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
