Tue.Sep 03, 2024

article thumbnail

20 hospitals with highest, lowest heart failure death rates

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital and VA Boston Healthcare System-Jamaica Plain (Mass.) have the lowest death rate for heart failure patients in the country, according to CMS data.

article thumbnail

GLP-1R–positive neurons in the lateral septum mediate the anorectic and weight-lowering effects of liraglutide in mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog, is approved for obesity treatment, but the specific neuronal sites that contribute to its therapeutic effects remain elusive. Here, we show that GLP-1 receptor–positive (GLP-1R–positive) neurons in the lateral septum (LSGLP-1R) play a critical role in mediating the anorectic and weight-loss effects of liraglutide.

article thumbnail

European Commission Revokes Obeticholic Acid (Ocaliva) CMA for Primary Biliary Cholangitis

HCPLive

The decision to revoke the conditional marketing authorization is based on a June 2024 CHMP recommendation from the EMA suggesting the benefits of Ocaliva do not outweigh its risks.

111
111
article thumbnail

Research shows regular mobile phone is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A new study has found that regular mobile phone use was positively associated with incident cardiovascular disease risk, especially in current smokers and individuals with diabetes. In addition, this association was partly attributed to poor sleep, psychological distress, and neuroticism.

article thumbnail

Brain Aging Trajectories Identified in Post-Mortem Tissue

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Two trajectories of brain aging were identified in a cellular analysis of post-mortem brain tissue: one leading to Alzheimer's disease, the other to an alternative brain aging pathway. The study involved participants in the.

98
article thumbnail

Pregnancy-related heart failure is under-detected; AI-enabled stethoscope helped doctors diagnose twice as many cases

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Heart failure during pregnancy is a dangerous and often under-detected condition because common symptoms -- shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and trouble breathing while lying down -- are easily mistaken for typical pregnancy discomforts. A new study showed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled digital stethoscope helped doctors identify twice as many cases of heart failure compared to a control group that received usual obstetric care and screening.

article thumbnail

The Widowmaker: Clarifying the Record for Our Patients

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- I'm a retired doctor who walks about 8 miles on some rural roads each morning. People sometimes stop to ask me medical questions. Some call me, "The Street Doctor." Last week, a 72-year-old man stopped to tell me about his heart.

98

More Trending

article thumbnail

Study looks deeper into olive oil's health benefits

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Olive oil has long been touted for its ability to lower heart disease risk. So University of Florida researchers set out to dig deeper to learn how much olive oil is beneficial.

article thumbnail

Invasive Strategy for NSTEMI in the Elderly: Fears Don't Pan Out in SENIOR-RITA

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- Routine coronary intervention was safe and somewhat beneficial for older people with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) in the SENIOR-RITA trial, unique for being designed to be broadly representative.

article thumbnail

Novel point-of-care heart attack test leads to shorter emergency department stays for some patients

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A new, rapid blood test that spots whether people are having a heart attack could improve the treatment of people presenting with chest pain at emergency departments, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line Session Sept. 2 at this year's ESC Congress 2024.

article thumbnail

Cassling Scholarship Supports Radiologic Technologists’ Career Growth

Cassling

The ASRT Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, has announced the recipients of this year’s Bob Cassling Memorial Scholarship, which provides $4,000 to rural healthcare professionals pursuing higher education in the field of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

article thumbnail

Dedicated trial in women demonstrates the superiority of transcatheter vs. surgical aortic valve replacement

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was superior to surgical aortic valve replacement for reducing death, stroke or rehospitalization in women with severe aortic stenosis, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2024.

article thumbnail

New Studies Fuel Debate Over GLP-1 Drugs and Suicide Risk

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Two new studies published in JAMA Internal Medicine do not support a previously reported association between GLP-1 receptor agonists and a signal for suicidal ideation. In an analysis of nearly 300,000 new users of a GLP-1 agonist.

62
article thumbnail

Ophthalmology Month in Review: August 2024

HCPLive

This August 2024 month in review highlights updates to the ophthalmic pipeline, metformin for geographic atrophy, and decreasing rates of postoperative endophthalmitis in the US.

59
article thumbnail

Women, Black people and disadvantaged less likely to get heart surgery in England, suggests research

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Women, people of Black ethnicity and those from low income households in England are less likely to be offered heart surgery than men, white people, and those who are affluent, finds research published online in the journal Heart.

article thumbnail

Non-Invasive Tests Predict Liver Cancer Risk in Hepatitis C Patients After SVR

HCPLive

A study suggests transient elastography and fibrosis-4 index may be effective in predicting hepatocellular carcinoma risk in hepatitis C patients.

Cancer 64
article thumbnail

Hot flushes are associated with cardiovascular risk: Study

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Severe, lasting hot flushes during menopause are associated with atherosclerosis in the coronary artery, new research from Karolinska Institutet and Linköping University and published in the Journal of the American Heart Association reveals.

article thumbnail

Sleep Month in Review: August 2024

HCPLive

This month in review highlights the top sleep stories in August, from sleep health in patients undergoing dialysis to the benefits of catching up on sleep.

59
article thumbnail

Recruitment of CXCR4+ type 1 innate lymphoid cells distinguishes sarcoidosis from other skin granulomatous diseases

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

Sarcoidosis is a multiorgan granulomatous disease that lacks diagnostic biomarkers and targeted treatments. Using blood and skin from patients with sarcoid and non-sarcoid skin granulomas, we discovered that skin granulomas from different diseases exhibit unique immune cell recruitment and molecular signatures. Sarcoid skin granulomas were specifically enriched for type 1 innate lymphoid cells (ILC1s) and B cells and exhibited molecular programs associated with formation of mature tertiary lymph

article thumbnail

Dermatology Month in Review: August 2024

HCPLive

In this review of August 2024, the editorial team highlighted major stories from the previous month related to FDA approvals and medications for atopic dermatitis and psoriasis.

52
article thumbnail

Adeno-associated virus–based gene therapy treats inflammatory kidney disease in mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a promising in vivo gene delivery platform showing advantages in delivering therapeutic molecules to difficult or undruggable cells. However, natural AAV serotypes have insufficient transduction specificity and efficiency in kidney cells. Here, we developed an evolution-directed selection protocol for renal glomeruli and identified what we believe to be a new vector termed AAV2-GEC that specifically and efficiently targets the glomerular endothelial cells (GEC) af

article thumbnail

Trial finds coronary bioadaptor offers a significant reduction in adverse clinical events

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for narrowed arteries with a novel bioadaptor is at least as effective as a contemporary drug-eluting stent (DES) with regard to target lesion and target vessel failure outcomes at one year in a large, broad clinical population. This late breaking research was presented in a Hot Line session Sept. 2 at this year's ESC Congress 2024.

Stents 52
article thumbnail

Unhealthy visceral fat is associated with improved efficacy of immunotherapy in endometrial cancer

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

Obesity is a known driver of endometrial cancer. In this issue of the JCI, Gómez-Banoy and colleagues investigated a cohort of patients with advanced endometrial cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting the interaction between programmed cell death receptor-1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1). Notably, a BMI in the overweight or obese range was paradoxically associated with improved progression-free and overall survival.

Cancer 75
article thumbnail

Transcatheter valve repair better than medical therapy in patients with heart failure and mitral regurgitation: Study

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) reduced cardiovascular death and heart failure (HF)-related hospitalizations with improved health status in patients with HF and moderate to severe functional mitral regurgitation (FMR), according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2024. The paper is published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

article thumbnail

Can we differentiate “Sarcomeric vs non Sarcomeric HCM” by Echocardiography ?

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Echocardiography, the ultrasonic vision, with which we are able to directly visualize the heart is a monumental discovery ,gifted to us by Edler & Hertz in the 1950s. These high frequency sound interacts with myocytes in a variety of ways like penetration ,reflection, ab & adsorption, back scattering etc. It has further evolved , at the tissue level diagnostic like 3D speckle ,and strain etc.

article thumbnail

AI study identifies alternative treatment plans for heart failure patients

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A team from the University's School of Medicine, working with Red Star AI, were able to identify alternative treatment plans for patients who may currently be on outdated or less effective treatment plans.

article thumbnail

Oral Anticoagulation and TAVR Together: A Recipe for Trouble

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- It was best that people interrupt their oral anticoagulation (OAC) therapy around the time they get transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR, also TAVI), the POPular PAUSE TAVI trial found. The question of periprocedural.

TAVR 52
article thumbnail

Pharmacologic LDH inhibition redirects intratumoral glucose uptake and improves antitumor immunity in solid tumor models

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

Tumor reliance on glycolysis is a hallmark of cancer. Immunotherapy is more effective in controlling glycolysis-low tumors lacking lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) due to reduced tumor lactate efflux and enhanced glucose availability within the tumor microenvironment (TME). LDH inhibitors (LDHi) reduce glucose uptake and tumor growth in preclinical models, but their impact on tumor-infiltrating T cells is not fully elucidated.

article thumbnail

TAVR's Win in Women; Chest Pressure During Cardioversion; Doc Goes to Space

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- The RHEIA trial, which found transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) superior to surgery for women, was among the highlights of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress. Also at ESC was OCCUPI, which showed that.

TAVR 52
article thumbnail

Inflammation primes the murine kidney for recovery by activating AZIN1 adenosine-to-inosine editing

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

The progression of kidney disease varies among individuals, but a general methodology to quantify disease timelines is lacking. Particularly challenging is the task of determining the potential for recovery from acute kidney injury following various insults. Here, we report that quantitation of post-transcriptional adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing offers a distinct genome-wide signature, enabling the delineation of disease trajectories in the kidney.

article thumbnail

Novel Drug Reduced Triglycerides, Risk of Pancreatitis in Persistent Chylomicronemia

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Patients with the genetic recessive disorder persistent chylomicronemia who received the investigational drug plozasiran had significantly lower triglyceride levels and a reduced risk of acute pancreatitis compared with a placebo.

52
article thumbnail

Alylam’s Vutrisiran Shines in HELIOS-B Trial

CardiacWire

Alylam’s vutrisiran dominated early ESC 2024 headlines and conversations, after full results from the Phase 3 HELIOS-B trial highlighted its significant impact on transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). ATTR-CM is a rare, progressive heart disease caused by the buildup of amyloid protein in the heart, and is currently only treated with Pfizer’s ATTR-CM “stabilizer” tafamidis.

article thumbnail

ESC Streamlines Cardiovascular Guidelines

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- A set of new European guidelines streamlined recommendations for atrial fibrillation (Afib), chronic coronary disease, peripheral artery disease (PAD) and aortic disease, and hypertension, with an emphasis on shared.

article thumbnail

Machine Learning Effectively Characterizes Rheumatoid Arthritis Subtypes

HCPLive

Investigators noted that a formal independent validation cohort needs to be developed in order to realize the full potential of the human model.

59
article thumbnail

Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair found non-inferior to surgery in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

There was no difference in efficacy between transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) and surgery in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (MR), according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2024. The findings are published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

article thumbnail

ESC Congress Study Highlights Safety of Aficamten in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

HCPLive

Ahmad Masri, MD, MS, discusses an integrated safety analysis of aficamten using data from 3 clinical trials.

article thumbnail

Type 1 innate lymphoid cells: a biomarker and therapeutic candidate in sarcoidosis

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease characterized by immune cell–rich granulomas that form in multiple organs. In this issue of the JCI, Sati and colleagues used scRNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics of skin samples from patients with sarcoidosis and non-sarcoidosis granulomatous disease to identify upregulation of a stromal-immune CXCL12/CXCR4 axis and accumulation of type 1 innate lymphoid cells (ILC1s) in sarcoidosis.