Med Page Today
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
American College of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Taylor receiving ACC's 2024 Pamela S. Douglas Award for Diversity and Inclusion at ACC.24 in Atlanta, GA. Herman A. Taylor's, MD, FACC, pioneering career in cardiovascular medicine has been characterized by a lot of change, but his commitment to improving the health of all patients has remained constant, thanks in part to his grandmother who reminded him early in his career that health is one of life's greatest blessings.
Med Page Today
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
(MedPage Today) -- AURORA, Colo. -- Pregnant patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) treated with semaglutide (Ozempic) had mixed pregnancy outcomes, an observational study found. Among more than 4 million pregnancies, patients exposed to semaglutide.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
The 2025 American Heart Association statistics were published recently, and heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the US and globally 1. The good news is that heart disease at younger ages is largely preventable. High cholesterol is a core to heart disease development and can usually be easily managed. With this approach, the future risk of heart disease can be significantly reduced.
All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Cardiac Output, Cardiac Power Output and Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring The post Cardiac Output, Cardiac Power Output and Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring appeared first on All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders.
HCPLive
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
This month in review spotlights HCPLives coverage of gastroenterology pipeline news, a feature about gastroparesis and migraine, and recent GI research.
American College of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Transplantation is lifesaving for many of our patients. Yet an ongoing challenge is how to expand this opportunity to all patients who need a heart in our current setting of limited resources.
Cardiovascular Update brings together the best content for cardiovascular medicine professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
American College of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
The ACC has issued new guidance on practical approaches for arrhythmia monitoring after stroke, offering clinicians tailored strategies to improve post-stroke care by identifying and managing atrial fibrillation (AFib) and other arrhythmias linked to recurrent stroke risk.
HeartRhythm
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
The best approach for ablating ventricular tachycardia (VT) targeting right ventricular free wall (RVFW) aneurysms in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) remains undefined.
American College of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
In recent years, numerous health care challenges have been tackled, some making headlines, while others quietly escalate under the radar – like polypharmacy. Cardiovascular medications frequently lead this category, often contributing to adverse clinical outcomes, including emergency department visits and hospitalizations. As clinicians, we're caught between evidence-based guidelines and the need for individualized care, a balance that's even more delicate with older adults.
Ken Grauer, MD
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
I was sent the ECG in Figure-1 obtained from a previously healthy man his 60s, who contacted EMS ( E mergency M edical S ervices ) for new-onset severe burning CP ( C hest P ain ) that radiated to the jaw and throat. On seeing the ECG in Figure-1 the EMS crew activated the cath lab. QUESTION: Do you agree with this decision by the EMS crew to activate the cath lab?
American College of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Pulmonary embolism (PE) continues to challenge clinicians with its complex presentation and potential for rapid deterioration. As the third leading cause of cardiovascular mortality in the U.S.
American College of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
The number of people in the U.S. who suffered from substance use disorder (SUD) in 2022 hit 48.7 million, of whom 17.3% were >12 years old. The economic burden of opioid use disorder alone was estimated at $1.02 trillion in 2017.
American College of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
A new multi-society Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) document focuses on cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), specifically implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and pacing.
American College of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Pulmonary embolism (PE) mortality has increased over the past decade and racial and geographic disparities persist. Black women and men have an approximately two-fold higher age-adjusted mortality rate compared with White women and men, respectively.
American College of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Read the Health Equity Action Plan ACC's Diversity and Inclusion Hub, including the Heath Equity Resource Center Disparities in life expectancy, driven by race, geography, socioeconomic status and systemic inequities, have widened alarmingly from a 12.6-year gap in 2000 to a staggering 20.4 years by 2021 in the U.S.1 This finding and more come from a new analysis of data from the last two decades.
American College of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
When a young woman from an affluent Chicago neighborhood came to Annabelle Volgman, MD, FACC, complaining of palpitations before a ski trip, Volgman was shocked to learn the woman had never received an EKG despite months of symptoms. The simple test revealed Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, an easily diagnosable and treatable arrhythmia. "I could not believe that anyone would be treated that way," Volgman says.
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