Beta-Blockers Fail to Deliver Secondary Prevention Benefit in Key MI Patients
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Beta-blockers had no additive benefit over contemporary therapies for people with acute myocardial infarction (MI) maintaining a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), the REDUCE-AMI randomized trial... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 8, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Antisense Drug Slashes High Triglycerides
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- A novel antisense mRNA drug slashed triglycerides in higher risk or moderate hypertriglyceridemia patients and in those with extremely elevated levels from familial chylomicronemia syndrome, two randomized phase... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 8, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Self-Expanding Evolut Valves Edge Out Sapien in Majority-Female TAVR Trial
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- For transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) candidates with a small aortic annulus, the two leading platforms offered differing hemodynamic valve performances despite being similarly effective at 1 year, according... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 8, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Wegovy Helps HFpEF Patients With Diabetes Mellitus
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Weight loss and heart failure benefits with semaglutide (Wegovy) extended to patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) who have type 2 diabetes, the STEP-HFpEF DM trial showed... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 7, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Proof of Benefit in Acute MI Again Evades an SGLT2 Inhibitor
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- The SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin (Jardiance) did not exactly prevent deaths and heart failure (HF) events when initiated atop other standard therapies for acute myocardial infarction (MI), the EMPACT-HF trial found... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 7, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Interatrial Shunt's Prospects in Heart Failure Shrink After RELIEVE-HF
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- An interatrial shunt failed to provide a clinical benefit to people with heart failure (HF) overall in the RELIEVE-HF trial, though actual harm or benefit seemed to hinge on the patient's left ventricular ejection... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 7, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Specialty Care Access Not Equal Among Teens With Diabetes
(MedPage Today) -- Commercially insured youths with type 2 diabetes were less likely to see specialists compared with their counterparts with type 1 diabetes, a cross-sectional study of claims data indicated.
In propensity score-weighted analyses... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 5, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
ACC Meeting to Make Noise on Beta-Blockers, SGLT2i, Chelation Therapy for Acute MI
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Those in cardiovascular medicine can anticipate changes in clinical practice for acute myocardial infarction (MI) following this weekend's American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual conference, the first time the... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 5, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Primary Care Strategy Fails to Reduce Kidney-Dysfunction Triad Hospitalizations
(MedPage Today) -- Using a personalized algorithm to identify primary care patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), type 2 diabetes, and hypertension (the kidney-dysfunction triad) -- plus practice facilitators to help providers deliver guideline... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 4, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Patient Stabs ED Worker; Campus Building Tied to Cancer; Your Gut and Heart Disease
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An emergency department worker in Minnesota sustained serious injuries after being stabbed by a 31-year-old patient. (Fox9)
A third of LGBT patients said they were... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 3, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
After Lariat LAA Ligater Disappoints in aMAZE, is a Path Ahead Still Possible?
(MedPage Today) -- Credit: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator; C. Carl Jaffe, MD, cardiologist.
Adjunctive left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation failed to increase the efficacy of catheter pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in the aMAZE trial... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 2, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
A Closer Look at the New Statin Therapy Guidelines for Patients With HIV
(MedPage Today) -- Ms. C*, a 53-year-old African American woman living with HIV for almost a decade, inquired about the recently released recommendations for cardiovascular disease prevention among people with HIV (PWH). Her predicted 10-year atherosclerotic... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 2, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
E-Cigarettes Tied to Heart Failure
(MedPage Today) -- Use of electronic nicotine products was associated with incident heart failure, a prospective study found.
People who self-reported ever having used electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were 19% more likely to develop heart... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 2, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
SGLT2i Better Than Diuretic for Early Decongestion in Acute Heart Failure?
(MedPage Today) -- Starting dapagliflozin (Farxiga) early during acute heart failure hospitalization didn't boost decongestion, although it appeared to spare loop diuretic doses and increase diuresis compared with usual care, the DICTATE-AHF trial... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 2, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
FDA Approves TriClip; Fortified Eggs vs Cholesterol; Impella Maker Chided
(MedPage Today) -- Abbott said its TriClip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair system snagged FDA approval for treating for tricuspid regurgitation.
Medtronic announced that the FDA approved the Evolut FX+ TAVR system, featuring a larger diamond... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 2, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
