Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Cleveland Clinic researchers have made a significant discovery about how the gut microbiome interacts with cells to cause cardiovascular disease. The study published in Nature Communications found that phenylacetylglutamine (PAG), produced by gut bacteria as a waste product, then absorbed and formed in the liver, interacts with previously undiscovered locations on beta-2 adrenergic receptors on heart cells once it enters the circulation.

Heart Disease 131

Heart Disease Cardiovascular Disease Circulation Research 131

Med Page Today

AUGUST 20, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- A disproportionality analysis based on reports in a World Health Organization (WHO) database suggested a suicidal ideation signal with the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic, Rybelsus, Wegovy). Between 2000 and 2023.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital have used artificial intelligence tools to accelerate the understanding of the risk of specific cardiac arrhythmias when various parts of the heart are exposed to different thresholds of radiation as part of a treatment plan for lung cancer.

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Cancer Arrhythmia Hospital Research 108

HCPLive

AUGUST 20, 2024

Estimates based on NHANES data suggest 15.6 million US adults have used a potentially hepatotoxic botanical herbal and dietary supplement product within the past 30 days.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients suffering from lupus, an autoimmune disease in which our immune system attacks our own tissues and organs, the heart, blood, lung, joints, brain, and skin. Lupus myocarditis—inflammation of the heart muscle—can be very serious because the inflammation alters the regularity of the rhythm and strength of the heartbeat.

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Cardiovascular Disease 102

HCPLive

AUGUST 20, 2024

A phase 2 trial shows tofacitinib improves autoimmune conditions in Down syndrome, with notable skin health benefits and a good safety profile.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Platelets are circulating cell fragments known to clump up and form blood clots that stop bleeding in injured vessels. Cardiologists have long known that platelets can become "hyperreactive" to cause abnormal clotting that blocks arteries and contributes to heart attack, stroke, and poor blood flow (peripheral artery disease) in the legs of millions of Americans.

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Heart Attack Heart attacks Peripheral Arterial Disease Blood Clot 95

JAMA Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

This cohort study analyzes data for 560 patients newly diagnosed with systemic AL amyloidosis to assess the differences between biomarkers, echocardiography, and cardiovascular magnetic resonance with extracellular volume mapping in characterizing cardiac amyloid infiltration.

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Biomarkers 87

Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 20, 2024

Researchers have used artificial intelligence tools to accelerate the understanding of the risk of specific cardiac arrhythmias when various parts of the heart are exposed to different thresholds of radiation as part of a treatment plan for lung cancer.

Cancer 80

Cancer Research Arrhythmia 80

JAMA Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

A woman in her mid-20s presented with acute fever, chest pain, and exertional dyspnea. Electrocardiogram results showed sinus tachycardia, QRS widening, low-voltage complexes, and ST-segment elevation. What would you do next?

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Electrocardiogram Chest Pain Tachycardia 87

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

In 2016, medical device giant Abbott issued a recall for its MitraClip cardiac device—"a Class I recall, the most serious type," the FDA said.

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Med Page Today

AUGUST 20, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- In a highly publicized case, a former Denver cardiologist was found guilty of 35 out of 38 counts of sexual assault related to women he met on dating apps, continuing as recently as 2023. Google announced that Loss of Pulse.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 20, 2024

Researchers have made a significant discovery about how the gut microbiome interacts with cells to cause cardiovascular disease. The study found phenylacetylglutamine (PAG), produced by gut bacteria as a waste product, then absorbed and formed in the liver, interacts with previously undiscovered locations on beta-2 adrenergic receptors on heart cells once it enters the circulation.

Heart Disease 73

Heart Disease Cardiovascular Disease Circulation Research 73

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Researchers have uncovered a genetic link between heart disease and Alzheimer's, according to a study published Aug. 13 in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Heart Disease 64

Heart Disease Research 64

EMS 12-Lead

AUGUST 20, 2024

A 50 y/o Male presented to the ED with new-onset chest discomfort. He reported no pertinent history (eg, HTN, HLD, DM, Smoking, etc). The initial Trop I returned <0.012 ng/mL. Here is the time-zero ECG. The critical features that immediately caught my attention were both the hyperacute T-wave in aVL, and the reciprocal down-up T-wave in III.

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Stents Stent 59

Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 20, 2024

A team of researchers report that autoantibodies alone directly affect heart function in lupus patients.

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Research 83

HCPLive

AUGUST 20, 2024

A new recommendation statement cites a lack of current evidence to assess the benefits of iron deficiency screening and supplementation in pregnant individuals.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 20, 2024

The risk of early heart failure after heart transplantation is lower if the donor heart is stored in a so-called heart-in-a-box instead of in the usual cooler with ice.

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Heart Transplant Transplant Heart Failure 58

HCPLive

AUGUST 20, 2024

Results suggest paternal hepatitis B virus infection prior to pregnancy is associated with a 40% increased risk of congenital heart diseases in their children.

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Congenital Congenital Heart Disease Heart Disease 59

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Patients who overdose on opioids and have a pulse are often given naloxone (Narcan) by first responders, a common life-saving measure.

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Cardiac Arrest 63

HCPLive

AUGUST 20, 2024

In this Lungcast episode, Mora and Sadeameli highlight Asthma Action Plans as well as Asthma Peak Weak considerations for children in the new school year.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

AUGUST 20, 2024

This research evaluates the effect of balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) on cardiac electrophysiological changes in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).

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Angioplasty Pulmonary Hypertension Electrophysiology 52

HCPLive

AUGUST 20, 2024

Stretching and meditation both reduced cramp severity and improved sleep quality with no significant differences. However, patients preferred stretching.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Atherosclerosis, a major cause of mortality worldwide, involves an overgrowth of vascular smooth muscle cells in the blood vessels, constraining blood flow and potentially causing cardiovascular diseases.

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Atherosclerosis Cardiovascular Disease Research 52

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Guidelines in cardiology continue to evolve as technology and research advance. Cardiologists from two leading health systems in the U.S. spoke to Becker's about their reactions to recent guideline updates.

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Technology Research 52

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Investigators with the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program to detect the presence and severity of mitral valve regurgitation, the most common heart valve disorder.

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Bicuspid/Mitral Heart Valves 52

HCPLive

AUGUST 20, 2024

These data on the efficacy of bimekizumab suggest positive therapeutic effects on nail, scalp, and genital lesions as well as quality of life.

Quality of Life 59

Quality of Life 59

American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Can a 2-hour (0 and 2 hours) point-of-care (POC) high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) strategy be safely applied in emergency patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI)?

Myocardial Infarction 56

Myocardial Infarction Article 56

Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 20, 2024

A new study created a score to identify patients with platelet hyperreactivity and risk of related, future cardiovascular disease.

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Heart Attack Heart attacks Cardiovascular Disease Stroke 58

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Becker's has compiled a list of the hospitals with the highest and lowest payments for heart failure cases, as based on CMS's payment provider database.

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Heart Failure Hospital CMS 52

American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

In this interview, Raul Santos MD, PhD, and Sun Moon Kim MD, FACC discuss strategies to lowering an elevated Lp(a) based on current evidence and available treatments.

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Article 53

HCPLive

AUGUST 20, 2024

Rates of adverse events leading to discontinuation were similar between populations of moderate-to-severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 20, 2024

This ECG was emailed to me by Sam Ghali. (@EM_RESUS) "What do you think, Steve? 69 year old woman with chest pain.” What do you think? I responded: " Suggestion of inferior OMI, but not quite diagnostic." There is an incomplete RBBB. There is minimal STE in lead III with an inverted T-wave, suggesting acute MI with some degree of reperfusion. Same in aVF.

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Chest Pain Blog 64

HCPLive

AUGUST 20, 2024

Higher olpasiran doses sustained a ~50% placebo-adjusted mean reduction in Lp(a) levels nearly 1 year after the final dose.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

AUGUST 20, 2024

To explore the incidence of new-onset erectile dysfunction (ED) in diabetes mellitus (DM) patients with sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2I) use compared to a control group of non-SGLT2I use by propensity matching (PS) matching approach. Cox proportion hazards regression models were used to examine the effect of SGLT2I and risk factors on the risk of developing ED, presented as a hazard ratio (HR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI). 159773 DM patients using SGLT2I and 159773 PS-ma

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Diabetes Risk Factors Article 40

HCPLive

AUGUST 20, 2024

Higher risk associations also included being a current smoker and socioeconomic deprivation.

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Risk Factors Research 59

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

AUGUST 20, 2024

Aortic dissection is a severe cardiovascular condition associated with high mortality rates, particularly in cases of Stanford type A aortic dissection (TAAD). Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive corona.

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Myocardial Infarction Aortic 40