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Stroke Prevention Guideline Adds Recs for GLP-1 Drugs, Gender-Affirming Care

Recommendation updates also address social determinants of health

Oct 21, 2024
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Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger

Excess postoperative strokes, and accompanying racial disparities, tied to any beta-blocker use

Oct 20, 2024
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COVID's Outsized Heart Risk; Prehab for Cardiac Surgery; Telerobotic Valve Repair

Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

Oct 15, 2024
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Protein Drivers of Heart Attack Risk Disproportionately Affect Women

Study suggests mechanistic underpinnings of known sex disparities in MI

Oct 14, 2024
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Do Lipid Values in Adolescence Improve CVD Risk Prediction?

Including lipids did not prove superior to non-laboratory-based criteria alone, study finds

Oct 14, 2024
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Safety Data Favor Diuretic Strategy Triggered by Cardiac Monitoring Alerts in HF

Effectiveness of this personalized approach now under investigation

Oct 11, 2024
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Highest Paid Medical Ƶ in 2024

Each of these specialties average over $500k per year

Oct 10, 2024
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Cardiac Surgery-Associated AKI Lower With Extracorporeal Blood Purification

Device yields 10% absolute reduction in acute kidney injury within a week of surgery

Oct 09, 2024
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FDA Reviewers Cast Doubt on Drug Candidate for Barth Syndrome

Agency appears unswayed by mitochondria-targeting drug for rare cardioskeletal disease

Oct 09, 2024
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Certain Arm Positions Can Lead to Inaccurate Blood Pressure Readings

Important to educate patients conducting home measurements, says researcher

Oct 08, 2024
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Prime Locations for AEDs; Fluctuating Lp(a); Formalized Telestroke Training?

Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

Oct 08, 2024
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Body Roundness to Predict Cardiovascular Disease; Myopia on the Rise

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Oct 05, 2024
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Timeline of Irregular Heartbeats Emerges From Close Watch of Young Binge Drinkers

Alcohol-related increase in PVCs suggests more attention to ventricular arrhythmias

Oct 04, 2024
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Antitachycardia Pacing Helps With Upfront Delay in ICD Shocks

Reduction in total shock burden is not proven, however

Oct 03, 2024
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