Ken Grauer, MD

AUGUST 29, 2024

The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from an 80-year old woman — who presented to the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) — with a several hour history of "palpitations" and CP ( C hest P ain ). She was hemodynamically stable at the time ECG #1 was recorded. QUESTIONS: The ECG in Figure-1 was seen by a number of physicians — the majority of whom thought the rhythm was some form of SVT ( S upra V entricular T achycardia ) with LBBB ( L eft B undle B ranch B lock ) aberration.

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Blog Chest Pain Tachycardia Heart Disease 157

Med Page Today

AUGUST 30, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- The clinical benefits of semaglutide (Wegovy) went beyond expectations in the SELECT trial, given the reductions in non-cardiovascular and infectious disease deaths observed. Among people with overweight or obesity.

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Obesity 143

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 26, 2024

High-poverty rural regions in the Southern U.S. have the highest cardiovascular disease-associated death rate, according to a report published Aug. 16 in the Journal of Rural Health.

Cardiovascular Disease 119

Cardiovascular Disease 119

American Heart News - Heart News

AUGUST 26, 2024

Research Highlights: People diagnosed with unruptured cerebral aneurysms (weakened areas in brain blood vessels) who are being monitored without treatment have a higher risk of developing mental illness compared to those who have not been diagnosed.

Aneurysm 119

Aneurysm Research 119

Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 27, 2024

A new project has found that people living in neighborhoods where the number of trees and shrubs was more than doubled showed lower levels of a blood marker of inflammation than those living outside the planted areas. General inflammation is an important risk indicator for heart disease and other chronic diseases.

Chronic Disease 120

Chronic Disease Heart Disease 120

Med Page Today

AUGUST 26, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- People with postvaccine myocarditis did not share the typical mid-term complications associated with conventional myocarditis, based on a population-based study from France. With 18-month follow-up of people who had been hospitalized.

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Hospital 143

HCPLive

AUGUST 24, 2024

In this systematic review and meta-analysis, the investigators highlighted topical roflumilast’s success in clinical milestones such as IGA and PASI score success.

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Plaque 122

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 27, 2024

GLP-1s reduced mortality and complications from cardiovascular events, according to a study published Aug. 22 in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism: A Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

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Pharmacology Obesity Diabetes 113

Med Page Today

AUGUST 29, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Some terms commonly used to describe observations seen on ultrasound during first-trimester pregnancies are outdated and should be replaced with more descriptive language, a multisociety panel of ob/gyns, radiologists, and emergency.

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Ultrasound 141

Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 30, 2024

The appropriate duration of beta-blocker treatment after a heart attack (a myocardial infarction [MI]) is unknown in patients who do not need to take beta-blockers for another reason. In the ABYSS trial, the cardiovascular safety of interrupting beta-blocker could not be shown in comparison with beta-blocker continuation and beta-blocker interruption did not improve quality of life.

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Heart attacks Heart Attack Quality of Life Myocardial Infarction 115

Science Daily - Stroke

AUGUST 29, 2024

Researchers used real-world clinical data to attempt to emulate a randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of two blood thinners, apixaban and warfarin, to prevent stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. The study provides a method to explore the effects of treatments in patients who are underrepresented or excluded from clinical trials.

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Research Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Strokes 103

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 26, 2024

A 60-something woman with no cardiac history presented with epigastric and right upper quadrant pain after eating spicy food. She had an ECG recorded at triage: What do you think? This was sent to me without any info while I was out and about, and I looked at it on my phone. I responded: "That is a tough one. V2 is very worrisome. But no other leads are.

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Myocardial Infarction Critical Care Echocardiogram Ischemia 105

Med Page Today

AUGUST 26, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) in one spouse was followed by the other developing dementia more often than expected in a large Japanese cohort study. In the study's predominantly male cohort of seniors, the dementia diagnosis.

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Dementia Cardiovascular Disease 119

Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 29, 2024

Modern lifestyles mean many people are sleep deprived on work or school days, and try to 'catch-up' with compensatory sleep on weekends. A new study of more than 90,000 individuals showed that those who had the most catch-up sleep on weekends had a 20% lower risk of developing heart disease than those with the least.

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Heart Disease 110

HCPLive

AUGUST 29, 2024

Prefilled pens and fewer injections improve satisfaction in psoriasis patients with needle phobia, enhancing adherence and treatment effectiveness, a study finds.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 30, 2024

Most people do not know that sleep is a key factor when it comes to good cardiovascular health. Because of this, sleep is pushed to the bottom of the list of priorities for addressing cardiovascular health. In my view, this is a terrible idea. Here is why. Get Sleep Right. Get Everything Else Right. There is a multitude of factors that will determine your cardiovascular risk.

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Heart Disease Dementia Obesity Heart attacks 103

Med Page Today

AUGUST 30, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- Vutrisiran (Amvuttra) improved functional and disease outcomes as well as survival in transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), according to findings from the HELIOS-B phase III trial. And the benefits.

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Outcomes Cardiomyopathy 105

Cardiomatics

AUGUST 28, 2024

When choosing a Holter software, it’s crucial to consider the specific needs of your practice. The right software can streamline your workflow, enhance diagnostic accuracy, and improve patient outcomes. Two key dimensions to consider from a product perspective are how the algorithm used for analysis was developed and how the software is deployed.

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Arrhythmia Outcomes 98

HCPLive

AUGUST 26, 2024

A study found that women with trauma history have reduced liver transplant access compared to men, with gender disparities not driven by psychiatric symptoms.

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Transplant 105

DAIC

AUGUST 27, 2024

tim.hodson Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:22 Aug. 22, 2024 – AISAP has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for its first-of-a-kind, AI-powered AISAP CARDIO point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) software platform. The cloud-based platform combines four computer-assisted diagnosis (CADx) modules of valvular pathologies and eight key measurements into a single, comprehensive, cardiac ultrasound software package that automatically generates analyses, interpreta

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Ultrasound Tricuspid Bicuspid/Mitral Aortic 98

Med Page Today

AUGUST 30, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- Heart attack survivors who were expected to be fine after going off their beta-blockers fared worse clinically compared with those who continued them, a randomized trial showed. After years of taking these relatively.

Heart attacks 111

Heart attacks Heart Attack 111

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 29, 2024

Discover the top hospitals with the lowest and highest death rates for heart attack patients, according to CMS data.

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Heart attacks Heart Attack Hospital CMS 114

HCPLive

AUGUST 30, 2024

These data suggest that there are a subset of individuals with complete skin clearance of their psoriasis who report residual effects of their condition.

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Heart Sisters

AUGUST 25, 2024

Learning to accept reality may often seem counter-intuitive, but could accepting reality be the strategy that can protect against the more dangerous response of DENIAL?

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Exercise Heart Disease 92

Med Page Today

AUGUST 27, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA cleared the first automated insulin dosing device for adults with type 2 diabetes, the agency announced on Monday. An interoperable automated glycemic controller, Insulet's SmartAdjust technology is software that automatically.

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Diabetes Technology 105

JAMA Cardiology

AUGUST 29, 2024

This randomized clinical trial investigates if prehospital pulse-dose glucocorticoid treatment has a cardioprotective effect in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

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STEMI Myocardial Infarction 86

HCPLive

AUGUST 26, 2024

Findings suggest a heterogeneous makeup of seronegative enteropathies, presenting difficulty in diagnosing patients with villous atrophy and negative celiac serologic testing.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 29, 2024

Researchers report the discovery of a novel mechanism of cardiac inflammation that may expand therapeutic opportunities to prevent heart attacks from becoming heart failure.

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Heart attacks Heart Attack Heart Failure Research 85

Cardiovascular Diabetology

AUGUST 27, 2024

Objective We aimed to summarize the association between gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and its intergenerational cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) impacts in both mothers and offspring post-delivery in existing literature. Methods PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus were utilized for searching publications between January 1980 and June 2024, with data extraction and meta-analysis continuing until 31 July 2024.

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Cardiovascular Disease Diabetes Cerebrovascular Disease Coronary Artery Disease 85

Circulation

AUGUST 25, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 9 , Page 724-735, August 27, 2024. Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disease that leads to elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and risk of coronary heart disease. Current therapeutic options for FH remain relatively limited and only partially effective in both lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and modifying coronary heart disease risk.

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Cholesterol Heart Disease Circulation 85

HCPLive

AUGUST 30, 2024

Findings from a recent national registry study suggest perioperative mortality after living kidney donation significantly declined in 2013-2022 compared with 1993-2002 and 2003-2012.

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HeartRhythm

AUGUST 25, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an age-related disorder closely linked to autonomic nervous system dysfunction. Neurofilament light chain (NFL) protein is a biomarker for neurodegenerative diseases.

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Atrial Fibrillation Biomarkers Ablation Outcomes 81

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

AUGUST 27, 2024

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 28 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01067-1 The pathophysiology of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) remains poorly understood. In this Review, Redfield and colleagues highlight the importance of studying human cardiac tissue in HFpEF, discuss sources, challenges and methods for studying human myocardial samples, summarize pathophysiological insights derived from studies of human myocardium in HFpEF and outline knowledge gaps t

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Preserved Ejection Fraction Heart Failure Research 72

The New England Journal of Medicine

AUGUST 30, 2024

Measurement of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and lipoprotein(a) predicted the 30-year cardiovascular disease risk among women enrolled in the Women’s Health Study.

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Cholesterol Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes 76

HCPLive

AUGUST 25, 2024

Moderate to severe anemia was linked to an increase in cardiac arrest or stroke compared with normal hemoglobin levels in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

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COVID-19 Cardiac Arrest Stroke Strokes 105

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 30, 2024

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health completed its first fully endoscopic heart-valve surgery through the smallest incision possible — putting it on the forefront of cardiac care, it said in an Aug. 29 news release.

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Heart Valves 64

Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 28, 2024

A new study used data from the UK Biobank to analyze the genes of 469,789 people in the UK and found that one in 1,000 possessed genetic variants with a likely link to cardiac transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis.

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Heart Disease 66