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Beneficial Produce Scripts; Aortic Dissection Deaths Up; New Opioid & Cardiac Arrest

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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In people at risk for or having poor cardiometabolic health, resulted in greater fruit and vegetable consumption and better glycated hemoglobin, blood pressure, and BMI. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes)

Severe dilated cardiomyopathy was tied to . (Circulation)

Metformin was associated with in diabetes patients on anthracycline chemotherapy. (JACC: CardioOncology)

In people undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, was linked to periprocedural complications and readmissions, whereas a history of cancer made no difference. (EP Europace)

CT parameters identifying flag patients more likely to develop a stroke after undergoing left atrial appendage occlusion. (Radiology)

did not pass muster in a randomized trial in patients with symptomatic artery occlusion. (JAMA)

Survivors of intracerebral hemorrhage were at lower risk of having another stroke, according to Danish registry records. (Neurology)

Norway's new -- with paramedics using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and communicating with stroke physicians while in the ambulance -- did not help diagnostic accuracy in a cluster-randomized trial conducted during the pandemic. (Lancet Neurology)

Marlex Pharmaceuticals is recalling , the FDA announced.

Also under recall are from Todorganic due to the presence of cardiac glycosides, the agency said.

Meanwhile, FDA said the waves of recalls surrounding are still cause for concern, but the devices may continue to be used when necessary.

Pediatric Fontan patients gained better exercise capacity and quality of life from a . (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

Research suggests the optimal is 38 cases per year at one institution. (European Heart Journal)

People with Marfan syndrome who got for an aortic root aneurysm tended to keep good aortic valve function for 20 years, but new distal aortic dissections affected nearly 1 in 5. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Mortality is going down in aortic rupture but , based on trends across a few wealthy countries on different continents. (Heart)

was associated with adult-onset hypertension and elevated hsCRP levels, but not other cardiovascular risk factors. (JAMA Cardiology)

More potent than fentanyl, the class of synthetic opioids requires higher naloxone dosing and are tied to disproportionately high cardiac arrest rates. (JAMA Network Open)

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    Nicole Lou is a reporter for Ƶ, where she covers cardiology news and other developments in medicine.