HCPLive
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Results of a multivariate logistic regression analysis showed previous exposure to occupational noise was positively associated with both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Written by Willy Frick A woman in her 90s with a history of end stage renal disease and complete heart block status post dual chamber pacemaker presented from home with acute onset dyspnea. ECG is shown below. What do you think? The ST and T wave abnormalities jump off the page, but let's set that aside just for a moment to review the tracing systematically.
Heart Sisters
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Don’t miss this Heart Month interview about women’s heart health that I did with pharmacist/science communicator Lindsay Dixon!
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Thoracic aortic disease (TAD) is often silent until a life-threatening complication occurs. However, genetic information can inform both identification and treatment at an early stage. Indeed, a diagnosis is important for personalised surveillance and intervention plans, as well as cascade screening of family members. Currently, only 20% of heritable TAD patients have a causative mutation identified and, consequently, further advances in genetic coverage are required to define the remaining mole
American Heart News - Heart News
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
DALLAS, Feb. 18, 2024 — The American Heart Association wants more people to be confident and capable when faced with a cardiac emergency, adding more people to the Association’s Nation of Lifesavers™ movement, which intends to double sudden cardiac.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Introduction Immune checkpoint inhibitors have advanced the outcomes of many different types of cancer. A rare but extraordinarily severe complication of these agents resembles immune checkpoint inhibitor-related myocarditis, which typically occurs within the first few weeks after treatment initiation with a mortality of 25%–50%. Case report A 57-year-old woman had uneventfully received pembrolizumab for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer for over 2.5 years and was admitted after an out-of-ho
HeartRhythm
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Based on the historical studies of leadless pacemakers (LP), high atrio-ventricular synchrony (AVS) with mechanical sensing-based VDD pacing is largely influenced by A4-amplitude. A limited study investigated the predictors of A4-amplitude using clinical and echocardiographic parameters.
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Nature Reviews - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 19 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01000-6 Two studies indicate that a reduction in body mass index as a result of either bariatric surgery or pharmacological therapy is associated with a blood pressure-lowering effect.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
We report a 42-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and subsequently underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for revascularization. The patient was transferred to the cardiac intensive care unit for intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) due to frequent malignant arrhythmia after PCI. Then the patient experienced the most severe complications of IABP, including multiple organ embolism and intestinal necrosis.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Acupuncture, a traditional Chinese medical treatment, has been gaining popularity over the years. However, it also presents certain risks. We report a case of a patient who discovered a foreign body in their l.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Drug-eluting stents (DES) play a crucial role in treating coronary artery disease (CAD) by preventing restenosis. These stents are coated with drug carriers that release antiproliferative drugs within the vessel. Over the past two decades, DES have been employed in clinical practice using various materials, polymers, and drug types. Despite optimizations in their design and materials to enhance biocompatibility and antithrombotic properties, evaluating their long-term efficacy and safety necessi
All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
What are the potential options for reducing cardiotoxicity of anthracyclines? Anthracyclines are an important group of medications useful in the treatment of solid tumours and hematological malignancies. An important limitation is their potential cardiotoxicity which can cause heart failure at varying time intervals, even decades later. Some methods which have been used to prevent cardiotoxicity are longer infusion times, use of liposomal preparations, dexrazoxane, beta blockers and renin-angiot
The American Journal of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Publication date: Available online 17 February 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Siddharth Agarwal, Usama Qamar, Yu Fujiwara, Avirup Guha, Abdul Rafeh Naqash, Eric H.
HCPLive
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
During this segment of his interview, Bissonnette discussed safety data on JNJ-2113 for patients with plaque psoriasis and later went into future research topics.
The American Journal of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Publication date: Available online 17 February 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Alexander C. Egbe, William R. Miranda, C. Charles Jain, Luke J. Burchill, Maan Jokhadar, Robert D. Brown, Heidi M.
HCPLive
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Hearing loss was more prevalent among children and adults with sickle cell disease and its traits compared to matched controls with normal hemoglobin.
HeartRhythm
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
The tropomyosin-troponin complex (TTC) regulates cardiac contractility by controlling cross-bridge attachments to actin filaments based on intracellular Ca2+ levels. TTC consists of tropomyosin (TPM), cardiac troponin-T (cTnT), cardiac troponin-I (cTnI), and cardiac troponin-C (cTnC). Pathogenic variants (mutations) in genes encoding these proteins (TPM1 [TPM], TNNT2 [cTnT], TNNI3 [cTnI], and TNNC1 [cTnC]) cause different cardiomyopathy types, including hypertrophic (HCM), dilated (DCM), or rest
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Calcified right atrial thrombus is rare and commonly occurs secondary to atrial fibrillation and long-term central venous catheterization which present risk for embolization. Treatment typically involves antic.
HeartRhythm
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
We read with great interest the paper by Tian et al1 on the effects with left bundle branch pacing (LBBP) on RV function. The authors are to be congratulated on their study, which further adds to our understanding of LBBP. However, the authors did not report if the atrioventricular delay (AVD) was optimized for each patient. This is a key detail for interpreting these results.
Nature Reviews - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 19 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-00999-y Heartbeat-induced pressure pulsations within arterial vessels in the brain can directly stimulate central neuronal activity by activating mechanosensitive channels in subsets of neurons, according to a study published in Science.
HeartRhythm
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
To assess the risk of unsuccessful conversion of ventricular fibrillation (VF) during defibrillation testing (DFT) with the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) the PRAETORIAN Score has been proposed.
European Journal of Heart Failure
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Global longitudinal strain (GLS) and clinical outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Almost 47% of patients with HFpEF had evidence of left ventricular (LV) subclinical dysfunction, defined as absolute LV GLS 0.1). Conclusions In a large HFpEF population, impaired LV function was observed even among patients with preserved ejection fraction, and was associated with an increased risk of total HF hospitalizations or cardiovascular death, accounting for clinical confoun
HeartRhythm
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Conduction system pacing (CSP) has emerged as a promising alternative to biventricular pacing (BVP) heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and ventricular dyssynchrony, but its benefits are still uncertain. In this study, we aim to evaluate clinical outcomes of CSP versus BVP for cardiac resynchronization in patients with HFrEF.
HeartRhythm
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
We thank Drs. Strocchi, Niederer, and Rinaldi for their interest in our study1 and allowing us the opportunity to further explain our work.
HeartRhythm
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
The impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on the clinical outcomes of patients admitted to the hospital for atrial fibrillation (AF) is not well described.
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