Science Daily - Heart Disease

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Researchers used an electrophysiological computer model of the heart's electrical circuits to examine the effect of the applied voltage field in multiple fibrillation-defibrillation scenarios. They discovered far less energy is needed than is currently used in state-of-the-art defibrillation techniques. The authors applied an adjoint optimization method and discovered adjusting the duration and the smooth variation in time of the voltage supplied by defibrillation devices is a more efficient mec

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HCPLive

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Survey data show pharmacists are integral to HCV screening and treatment across healthcare settings, highlighting their contributions to HCV elimination efforts.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

California and Florida have the most top-ranked hospitals for pacemaker or defibrillator placement in the U. S. , according to the WebMD Choice Awards.

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Science Daily - Stroke

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Slightly overweight stroke survivors have a lower risk of sustaining disabilities. New research adds another aspect to the obesity paradox but also highlights the importance of considering the population's normal when recommending best practices.

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Best Practices Strokes Stroke Obesity 96

HCPLive

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Normothermic machine perfusion in liver transplants improves preservation, reduces early complications, and shows promise in complex cases.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A team led by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill have developed an innovative computer model of blood flow in the human heart that promises to transform how we understand, diagnose, and treat heart conditions. This new model, grounded in realistic mathematical descriptions of the heart's anatomy and physiology, successfully captures normal heart function and can predict how the heart responds to different levels of blood flow.

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Anatomy Physiology Innovation Research 96

HCPLive

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Alcohol relapses were detected more frequently after the introduction of phosphatidylethanol in orthotopic liver transplant recipients.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The following are key points to remember from a state-of-the art review on antithrombotic therapy in patients with high bleeding risk (HBR) noncardiac percutaneous interventions from the Working Group of Thrombosis of the Italian Society of Cardiology.

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Thrombosis Article 74

HCPLive

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Despite the number of individuals with MASLD-related HCC without cirrhosis who report a low FIB-4, current care pathways may not identify such patients for additional assessments.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The goal of the OPTIMAS trial was to evaluate early compared with late initiation of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) among patients with acute ischemic stroke associated with atrial fibrillation.

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Strokes Stroke Atrial Fibrillation Article 66

HCPLive

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Phase 3, 3b, and 4 clinical trials will provide long-term insight into the use of elafibranor in different PBC patient populations and real-world settings.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Cardiovascular disease (CVD), specifically ischemic heart disease, stroke, and heart failure, is the leading cause of death worldwide.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

An elevated heart rate could provide an important clue to which Black adults often have a dangerous heart rhythm disorder, a new study finds. Higher resting heart rate is associated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation, researchers found.

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Atrial Fibrillation Heart Rhythm Research 61

American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The 19th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) was held in July 2024 in Washington, DC.

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HCPLive

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This hepatology month in review spotlights hepatic pipeline news, research on treating and eliminating viral hepatitis, and HCPLive’s coverage of ACG 2024.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Fungal endocarditis following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a rare and serious complication of this procedure. We describe a case of a 75-year-old patient who developed fungal endocarditis.

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Nature Reviews - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 06 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01096-w A review of Robin Choudhury’s book The Beating Heart: The Art & Science of Our Most Vital Organ, which explores depictions and perceptions of the heart across millennia.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Pectus excavatum (PE) is the most common chest wall deformity. Surgical treatment with minimally invasive repair (MIRPE) is the most preferred surgical procedure. In the presence of additional pulmonary pathol.

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Med Page Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Continuing GLP-1 receptor agonist medications when undergoing an endoscopic procedure appeared safe in a meta-analysis. In pooled findings from nine studies, patients undergoing endoscopy while taking GLP-1 receptor agonists.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

BackgroundIn hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) patients, neo-aortic valve regurgitation can negatively impact right ventricular (RV) function. We assessed neo-aortic valve function and RV volumetric parameters by analysing serial cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) studies in HLHS patients after completion of total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC).MethodsConsecutive CMR examinations of 80 patients (female: 22) with two (n = 80) or three (n = 45) examinations each were retrospectively ana

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Patients can benefit from better healthcare access and outcomes by services that are enabled by artificial intelligence (AI). The current state of technology is evolving to now allow diagnosis of advanced conditions from simple diagnostic testing, broadening the scope of early diagnosis and treatment.

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Technology Outcomes Article 56

HCPLive

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Investigators highlighted the long-term cost-effectiveness of routine HCV screening as well as linkage-to-care for high-risk patients in emergency departments.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

What are outcomes among patients younger than 65 years who received transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) using a balloon-expandable valve compared to patients aged 65-80 years?

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HCPLive

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Chronic hepatitis B patients with HBsAg <100 IU/mL and HBcrAg <3 log U/mL at nucleot(s)ide analog therapy had lower relapse risk.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

What is the real-world effectiveness and safety comparing rosuvastatin and atorvastatin?

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HCPLive

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

MASEF score seemed to be sensitive and effective in detecting at-risk MASH in 2 abstracts presented at the ACG 2024 Meeting.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A small proportion of patients with STEMI treated via primary PCI experienced late ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF), occurring one or more days following the procedure, but late VT or VF with cardiac arrest occurred rarely, especially among patients with uncomplicated STEMI, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Over the past century, heart operations that once were unthinkable have become commonplace. Thousands of times a day, surgeons graft arteries, fix structural defects or transplant entire hearts.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

What is the efficacy of a multicomponent sedentary behavior reduction intervention in reducing resting blood pressure (BP), 24-hour ambulatory BP, and pulse wave velocity (PWV)?

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Blood Pressure Article 44

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

"Study reveals how sociocultural pressures of masculinity impact men's likelihood of seeking cardiac care.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Patients younger than 65 years who received balloon-expandable valve TAVR for severe aortic stenosis during the low-surgical risk era were more likely to have comorbidities and exhibited higher rates of death and readmission at one year vs. patients aged 65 to 80 years, according to a study presented at TCT 2024 and simultaneously published in JAMA Cardiology.

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HCPLive

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Direct-acting antiviral agents have enabled more availability for organ transplant.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Cardiac amyloidosis is becoming increasingly recognized as an etiology for heart failure (HF). Most cases of amyloid cardiomyopathy will fall into one of two categories: light-chain amyloid (AL) amyloidosis resulting from misfolding of monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains or transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), due to misfolding of the transthyretin protein.

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JAMA Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This genomewide association study examined specific genetic variants, pathways, and tissues associated with aortic stenosis independent of coronary artery disease in a meta-analysis of participants from 3 European cohorts.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The idea that obesity increases the risk of heart failure seems like an obvious conclusion. After all, as the Framingham Heart Study clearly showed, obesity and overweight are significantly associated with a higher risk of hypertension, angina and coronary heart disease.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

For patients with symptomatic and severe or greater tricuspid regurgitation (TR), transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) plus optimal medical therapy (OMT) yields substantial improvement in symptoms, function, and quality of life, according to a study published online Oct. 30 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The research was published to coincide with the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference, held from Oct. 27 to 30 in Washington, D.C.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In recent years, patients with heart failure (HF) are benefiting more and more from a rapidly evolving management landscape, driven by advances in understanding its pathophysiology along with diagnosis, treatment and personalized care.

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