Seven Factors Account for 85% of Acute MI Risk in Young Americans Some factors were sex-specific, highlighting need for targeted interventions, say investigators May 03, 2022
Rash of Heart Attacks After Biden-Trump Election Do major political events factor into cardiovascular risk? Apr 20, 2022
Cardiac Monitoring Finds Arrhythmias, but Treatment Did Not Improve Outcomes No differences in mortality, hospitalization between monitored patients and control patients Apr 05, 2022
Cardiac Arrest Patients Don't Necessarily Do Better With Intubation Debate on prehospital advanced airway management continues Feb 18, 2022
DAPT De-Escalation Carves Out a Role After Heart Attack PCI More to consider than standard versus short DAPT Feb 07, 2022
Aspirin: How Low Can You Go? The Skeptical Cardiologist probes the literature on 30-mg aspirin Nov 10, 2021
DCBs for the Coronaries: Early Victories for New Drug Coatings Researchers eye next gen drug-coated balloons despite lack of FDA OK for use in PCI Nov 07, 2021
Gastrointestinal Damage Nearly Universal With Antiplatelet Use After PCI Noninvasive endoscopy in OPT-PEACE reveals surprises about GI effects of antiplatelets Nov 07, 2021
Adenosine-Free Alternative to FFR Bolstered by Longer-Term Data Physiological index boasts good 5-year results in iFR-SWEDEHEART Nov 05, 2021
In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Takes Heavy Toll on Public Health Annual disability-adjusted life years analysis rarely applied to SCA, researcher says Nov 01, 2021
CPR on a COVID Patient: Not a Moment to Waste Looking for PPE Updated AHA guidance says resuscitation should not be delayed by mask availability Oct 14, 2021
Anesthesiologists May Edge Out Nurses for Rapid Response Outside the ICU Physician-led teams at Cleveland Clinic tied to declines in cardiac arrests, death Oct 12, 2021
Gender Differences Seen With CV Prevention in Diabetes Clues from post-hoc analysis of the REWIND trial Oct 01, 2021
Better Late Than Never for Revascularization in STEMI Favorable outcomes for latecomers presenting up to 2 days after symptom onset Sep 20, 2021
Another Ivermectin Flop; 'Instant' Lung Cancer Decision Tool; Triple COPD Tx & Death Highlights from the European Respiratory Society virtual meeting Sep 08, 2021
Good Results When Giving Flu Shots to MI Survivors Still in the Hospital Vaccination prior to discharge linked to heart benefit Aug 30, 2021
Faster Not Better in Getting Cardiac Arrest Patients to the Cath Lab Brain injury is the bigger worry for most people, trial finds Aug 30, 2021
Mineral Oil Likely Accounts for Some -- But Not All -- of Vascepa's ASCVD Benefit Danish study fans the flames of REDUCE-IT controversy Aug 29, 2021
Polypills Ready for Prime Time in Large Swaths of People, Researchers Say Question now is how to implement fixed-dose combo therapy in clinical practice Aug 29, 2021
Edoxaban: A Mixed Bag for TAVR Patients Needing Anticoagulation Weighing positive efficacy data against excess GI bleeds Aug 28, 2021
Loop Recorder Often Finds Major Arrhythmias in Risky Group Post MI Serious events common in group with an LVEF of 36% to 50% and autonomic dysfunction Aug 27, 2021
Heart Failure Again Takes Center Stage at ESC EMPEROR-Preserved, new guidelines, and more to come Aug 26, 2021
Inotrope Showdown Leaves No Winner in Cardiogenic Shock Long-awaited head-to-head comparison of milrinone and dobutamine Aug 04, 2021
Scarring on an Otherwise Normal Heart: Reassuring Data Emerge Phenomenon tied to very low burden of major arrhythmic events Jul 14, 2021
Academic Cardiologists Singled Out for Gender Equality Problem Women still poorly represented, paid in procedural internal medicine specialties Jul 12, 2021
A Day in the Life of a Doctor: ICU Night Shift Follow YouTuber Siobhan Deshauer, MD, as she navigates a patient's cardiac arrest. Jul 02, 2021
First TTS Case After mRNA Shot; Fake Fellow Strikes Out; Disappearing Pacemaker Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jun 29, 2021
Early Vax Myocarditis Data; Novel RAAS Inhibitor; Star Athletes Collapse Mid-Game Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jun 14, 2021
Next-Gen Bioresorbable Scaffold Gets Hesitant Enthusiasm Is BRS technology ready for a comeback? May 21, 2021
CPAP May Cut Cardiac Events in Some At-Risk Apnea Patients Greater pulse rate response tied to greater calculated treatment benefit of CPAP May 20, 2021
Falling Through the Cracks on Rapid Troponin Testing Protocols Studies point to potential risks and pitfalls with change to more sensitive, rapid testing May 18, 2021
Plavix Beats Aspirin, Brilinta After Stenting HOST-EXAM and TALOS-AMI studies from South Korea focus on aspects of DAPT May 18, 2021
Pacemaker Interference Warning; Religious Fasting and CVD; Toothpick in the Heart Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 17, 2021
FFR Disappoints as Guide for PCI on Non-Culprit Lesions in STEMI Angiography-guided strategy holds strong in FLOWER-MI trial May 16, 2021
Mixed Results with ARNI Therapy for Post-MI Heart Failure Prevention Sacubitril/valsartan deemed safe, but still can't beat ramipril in PARADISE-MI trial May 15, 2021
ARNI Therapy in the Hot Seat at Another Virtual ACC PARADISE-MI to provide data on Entresto for MI survivors with reduced LVEF May 14, 2021
COVID Vax & Myocarditis; Ejection Fractions on EKG; Southerners Still Unwell Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 10, 2021
Toxic Cardiology Culture Pervasive Worldwide, ACC Survey Finds No group was immune to hostile work conditions, but women and young doctors got the worst of it May 10, 2021
