Med Page Today
MARCH 21, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- Medicare will cover the weight-loss drug semaglutide (Wegovy) under its Part D drug program for patients with overweight or obesity who have preexisting heart disease and need the drug to prevent heart attacks or strokes, the.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
MARCH 21, 2024
Cardiac amyloidosis is a serious disease in which abnormal proteins (amyloids) accumulate in the heart muscle and impair heart function. As the disease leads to serious complications such as heart insufficiency and, in many cases, death if left untreated, early diagnosis is essential in order to start treatment in good time.
Med Page Today
MARCH 21, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- In people with heart disease and comorbid anxiety or depression, mental health treatment showed strong links to better clinical outcomes in an observational analysis of the Ohio Medicaid database. Those hospitalized with coronary.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
MARCH 21, 2024
For Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older, there is no evidence of elevated stroke risk immediately after vaccination with either brand of the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine, according to a study published in the March 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Med Page Today
MARCH 21, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- How patients with acute decompensated heart failure (HF) perceived the financial challenges of their healthcare played out in their health outcomes, despite receiving life-prolonging medications, a prospective study from China.
DAIC
MARCH 21, 2024
milla1cf Thu, 03/21/2024 - 11:08 March 21, 2024 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) announced that Abiomed is recalling the Instructions for Use for its Impella Left Sided Blood Pumps because the pump catheter may perforate (cut) the wall of the left ventricle in the heart. During operations, the Impella device could cut through the wall of the left ventricle.
Med Page Today
MARCH 21, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- The labeling for several mechanical circulatory support devices is under a sweeping class I recall due to the risk of left ventricle perforations, the FDA announced Wednesday. While not subject to a product removal, over 66.
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HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
A new study suggests patients with either rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis may be at a higher genetic susceptibility to develop COPD.
American Heart News - Heart News
MARCH 21, 2024
Research Highlights: A study of nearly 4 million young adults under age 40 in South Korea found that those who had ideal cardiovascular health were nearly two-thirds less likely to develop heart disease, stroke and/or kidney disease during a 12-year.
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
In this episode, Neuen talks about the FLOW trial, the concept of 4 pillars of GDMT for CKD in type 2 diabetes, and how to approach sequencing of these therapies.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
MARCH 21, 2024
Most of the health systems and hospitals with the most top heart and vascular care physicians are in New York, according to Castle Connolly's 2024 accolades.
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
A new study evaluated gender differences in physical functioning, sexual dysfunction, depression, fatigue, pain, and loneliness among RA patients using and not using methotrexate.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
MARCH 21, 2024
A study by Allison Appleton, Mark Kuniholm and Elizabeth Vásquez in the School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is the first to establish a connection between physical and sexual abuse and cardiovascular disease among women living with HIV. Their work is published in the journal AIDS.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
MARCH 21, 2024
A recent study suggested that intermittent fasting could be linked to a 91% increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but experts are skeptical of the results.
American College of Cardiology
MARCH 21, 2024
What is the utility and validity of HFA-PEFF and H2FPEF scores for diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF)?
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
An analysis of 3 randomized clinical trials from the evinacumab program suggests the ANGPTL3 inhibitor was associated with reduced triglyceride-rich lipoprotein levels.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 21, 2024
Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare malignant soft-tissue sarcoma derived from vascular endothelial cells or lymphatic endothelial cells, with a high malignancy, poor prognosis, and a lack of effective medical therapy. This article reports on two patients with primary cardiac angiosarcoma who received first-line treatment with multi-targeted anti-angiogenic agent, anlotinib monotherapy.
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
Findings suggest a positive association between valine, leucine, and isoleucine intake with RA risk, although total and individual dietary BCAA intake were not related to disease activity parameters.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 21, 2024
Introduction The progression of coronary atherosclerosis is an active and regulated process. The Wnt signaling pathway is thought to play an active role in the pathogenesis of several cardiovascular diseases; however, a better understanding of this system in atherosclerosis is yet to be unraveled. Methods In this study, real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting were used to quantify the expression of Wnt3a, Wnt5a, and Wnt5b in the human
American Heart News - Heart News
MARCH 21, 2024
Research Highlights: An analysis of health records for almost 110,000 women in the U.K. found that women with poor cardiovascular health after pregnancy or who experienced adverse pregnancy outcomes, including high blood pressure, gestational diabetes.
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
These data highlight the potential window of opportunity for PsA patients’ diagnoses and any patient characteristics of those with longer diagnostic delays.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
MARCH 21, 2024
What is inside the Heart Health Formula? A step-step guide to: - Understanding Heart Disease. - Defining Heart Disease Risk. - Reducing Heart Disease Risk. When I set out on my journey over a decade ago to put together a system to do this comprehensively, it did not exist in a way that I found useful. So, I created a system myself. The Heart Health Formula is made up of 3 main modules.
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
Of 1156 participants with chronic musculoskeletal pain, 1073 participants retired at an earlier age. Participants with chronic pain were 1.25 times more likely to stop working.
All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders
MARCH 21, 2024
Transcript of the video: Chest X-ray PA view. You can see that there is straightening of left border. Normally, the main pulmonary artery segment will be concave and left atrial appendage region also will be not prominent. Here both have enlarged slightly, but not enough to produce gross bulges. So that is why we see straightening of left border, typically heard of in mitral stenosis with left atrial enlargement and mild pulmonary hypertension.
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
The results of this meta-analysis highlight the prevalence of subclinical pulmonary tuberculosis among adult patients, given the poor clinical definition of the condition.
All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders
MARCH 21, 2024
Transcript of the video: TIMI Thrombus Grade is useful for quantification of thrombus which is detected angiographically, mainly for study purposes, but also for day to day use. There are six grades, starting from grade 0 to grade 5. Grade 0 is no thrombus, while grade 5 is total occlusion of the vessel due to thrombus formation. These are the grade, TIMI grades, named after the landmark Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction trial.
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
Retina expert shares his strategy for managing a patient recently diagnosed with nAMD who started on bevacizumab, discussing criteria for transitioning to more efficacious therapy.
The American Journal of Cardiology
MARCH 21, 2024
Publication date: Available online 21 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Dániel Tornyos, Réka Lukács, András Jánosi, András Komócsi
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
Ehsan Rahimy, MD addresses barriers like step edits with bevacizumab and biosimilars in nAMD, emphasizing the impact of insurance-guided choices on treatment outcomes and advocating for a personalized approach.
American College of Cardiology
MARCH 21, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has increased the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) conversion factor by 1.68% – from $32.74 for services rendered Jan. 1 through March 8 to $33.07 for services rendered March 9 through Dec. 31 – in response to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 signed into law on March 9.
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
These data highlight the potential window of opportunity for PsA patients’ diagnoses and any patient characteristics of those with longer diagnostic delays.
Stroke Journal
MARCH 21, 2024
Stroke, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) describe health status from the perspective of the patient. There is growing interest in incorporating PROMs into clinical trials, but the extent that such measures are used in contemporary stroke trials is uncertain. We sought to determine how often acute stroke trials included PROMs as outcome measures and assessed the completeness of methodological reporting.METHODS:We searched MEDLINE for randomized controlled trial
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
Measurement of reticulocyte hemoglobin equivalent is cost-effective and could be a useful marker of iron deficiency in acute decompensated heart failure.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
MARCH 21, 2024
Learn from 10 experienced cardiology leaders as they share their best advice on leadership.
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
Elevated Lp(a) may influence LDL-C levels and prevent LDL-C target achievement in patients at very high cardiovascular risk.
NEJM Journal Watch - Cardiology
MARCH 21, 2024
A paclitaxel-coated balloon reduced target-lesion failure better than an uncoated balloon.
HCPLive
MARCH 21, 2024
Findings underscore the importance of considering both the serum IgA/C3 ratio and glomerular C3 staining in the management and treatment of IgAN.
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