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FDA Announces Recall of Heart Pumps Linked to Deaths and Injuries

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- A pair of heart devices linked to hundreds of injuries and at least 14 deaths has received the FDA's most serious recall, the agency announced Monday. The HeartMate 3 is considered the safest mechanical heart pump of its kind.

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Association between diabetes mellitus and primary restenosis following endovascular treatment: a comprehensive meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is thought to be closely related to arterial stenotic or occlusive disease caused by atherosclerosis. However, there is still no definitive clinical evidence to confirm that patients wit.

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Atrial Fibrillation’s Downstream Consequences

CardiacWire

A BMJ study out of Denmark provided alarming new insights into atrial fibrillation’s impact on patients’ future cardiovascular health, while highlighting the need to improve post-AFib heart failure and stroke prevention. The researchers analyzed 2000-2022 data from 3.5M Danish people who didn’t have AFib at baseline (45-95yrs, 48yr avg, 51.7% women), including 362k people who experienced AFib during the study period: Lifetime AFib risk was 27.7% overall, increasing from 24.2% in 2000-2010 to 30.

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“You must go on. I can’t go on. I’ll go on.”

Heart Sisters

“As crazy as this might seem, our research found that life’s stressful turning points do not have to become major crises.” ~ Dr.

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Revolutionizing Medical Imaging: A Riveting Journey Through the CT Complete Experience Training by ADN CoE

ADN Center of Excellence

In the dynamic realm of medical imaging, continuous education and training are essential to honing the skills of healthcare professionals. At ADN CoE, we recently organized a comprehensive CT Complete Experience training, which took place on April 20-21, 2024. Today, we delve into the highlights of this successful event that left an indelible mark on the journey of medical education.

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Longer Emergency Department Boarding Increases Risk of Patient Discrimination, Dissatisfaction

HCPLive

Data presented at ACP 2024 shows non-White patients may be particularly subjected to more risk of discrimination in their care when ED boarding extends past 24 hours.

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Fractional flow reserve for guiding coronary intervention and functional SYNTAX score

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Coronary angiography gives a visual impression about the severity of the stenosis. But it need not imply the actual functional significance of the stenosis in terms of flow physiology. It is often difficult to decide which are the flow limiting lesions when there are multiple stenoses in same or different territories. It is here that the fractional flow reserve estimation helps.

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Apixaban versus vitamin K antagonists in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome: a cohort study

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Current guidelines recommend that direct anticoagulants should not be used in prevention of recurrent thrombosis in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). However, except for triple-positive APS and rivaroxaban use, little evidence supports such recommendation. In a real-life cohort study, we evaluated the risk of thromboembolism and bleeding in APS patients on apixaban versus vitamin K antagonists (VKA).

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Isocaloric Time-Restricted Eating May Not Induce Weight Loss in Patients with Obesity

HCPLive

Contrary to previous research, findings point to similar decreases in weight and improvements in glucose homeostasis between time-restricted eating and usual eating pattern groups.

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Compliance and Complications in Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

HeartRhythm

Based on this robust study, one can conclude that symptomatic pediatric CPVT patients are at high risk for arrhythmic syncope, SCA and SCD even when receiving medical treatment. Compliance and underdosing with medications play a major role in these risks. LCSD may be underutilized in CPVT. ICDs are protective against these risks but at the cost of a high rate of appropriate and inappropriate shocks and other complications.

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Patrick Hemming, MD: Depression, Anxiety Treatment by the Internal Medicine Physician

HCPLive

This discussion with Hemming featured the biggest takeaways from his talk titled ‘Depression and Anxiety Treatment by the Internal Medicine Physician.

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Partial CArdiac Denervation to prevent PostOperative Atrial Fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting (pCAD-POAF): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 20 April 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Ziang Yang, Xieraili Tiemuerniyazi, Shengkang Huang, Yangwu Song, Fei Xu, Wei Feng

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Alayne Markland, DO: Considerations for Treating Urge Incontinence in Older Adults

HCPLive

Markland discusses the use of anticholinergics, beta 3-agonists, and nonpharmacologic treatments for urge urinary incontinence, based on her session at ACP.

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Management of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome after Cardiovascular Interventions. Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 20 April 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Carlo Mannina, Annapoorna Kini, Andreina Carbone, Eric Neibart, Eduardo Bossone, Francesca Romana Prandi, Rami Tadros, Giovanni Esposito, Raimund Erbel, Samin K Sharma, Stamatios Lerakis

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Timothy Wilt, MD, MPH: Discussing Colorectal Cancer Screening Options Recommended by ACP

HCPLive

Wilt discusses the different screening methods recommended by ACP and explains how he talks about screening with his patients.

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Relation Between Stroke and Heart Disease

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Stroke is often due to sudden loss of blood supply to a region of the brain which usually results in paralysis of a part of the body. Stroke could also be due to bleeding into a part of the brain. Strokes and heart disease are linked together in various ways. In general, risk factors for stroke and some forms of heart disease are similar. Strokes due to blocks in blood vessels, can be seen along with blocks in blood vessels of the heart.

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Bruce Leff, MD, MACP: Discussing the ‘Hospital at Home’ Program for Older Adults

HCPLive

At the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Leff described the outcomes and implementation of the ‘Hospital at Home’ program for elderly adults.

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Longer Duration DAPT in Medically Treated MI: What is the Strength of the Evidence?

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 20 April 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Jeffrey L Anderson

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Making House Calls

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 149, Issue 17 , Page 1326-1327, April 23, 2024.

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Cowboys Will Always Be Cowboys – But Not Everyone Should Join The Rodeo

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 20 April 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): James A.

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May 2024 Stroke Highlights

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue 5 , Page 1141-1141, May 1, 2024.

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Spock2 functions as a key time-series gene of endothelial cells in sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

The study aimed to investigate the pathogenesis of sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy (SIC), a leading cause of mortality in septic patients. Transcriptome data from cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced septic mice were analyzed at different time points (24, 48 and 72 h) using GSE171546 data. Through weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), time series, and differential expression analyses, key time-series differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified.

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Stroke Literature Synopsis (Clinical)

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue 5 , Page e138-e139, May 1, 2024.

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