Med Page Today
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- People who identified as a sexual or gender minority (LGBTQ+) had a higher likelihood of adverse brain health outcomes, cross-sectional data showed. Among nearly 400,000 participants in the All of Us research program, sexual.
Cardiology Update
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Dr. Chadi Alraies discusses some of the important trials presented at the European Society of Cardiology 2024 congress. Read more about the important ESC 2024 highlights. For more cardiology research news join our newsletter or follow us on Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn or Instagram. The post ESC 2024 Highlights appeared first on Cardiology Update.
Ken Grauer, MD
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from a previously healthy man in his early 20s — who initially presented with GI symptoms, that then evolved into CP ( C hest P ain ). The patient was thought to have anxiety. QUESTIONS: Given the above history — How would YOU interpret the initial ECG that is shown in Figure-1 ? Does the patient's age infuence your interpretation?
American Heart News - Heart News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Research Highlights: Body roundness index — a measure to reflect abdominal body fat and height that some health care professionals believe better reflects the proportion of body fat and visceral fat than body mass index — may help to predict a.
Science Daily - Heart Disease
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
With Medicare now covering semaglutide for people with obesity and cardiovascular disease who don't have diabetes, a study looks at who that might include, depending on what cutoffs prescription plans apply.
Nature Reviews - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 25 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01068-0 In this Review, Münzel and colleagues describe the adverse effects of soil and water pollution, including heavy metal, pesticide, and microplastic and nanoplastic pollution, on cardiovascular health and provide an overview of the eco-disruptive causes of this pollution.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Written by Willy Frick with edits by Ken Grauer A woman in her 70s with a history of hypertension presented with acute onset shortness of breath. She was out walking her dog when she developed sudden dizziness and light-headedness. When EMS found her, she was dyspneic and diaphoretic. Her ECG is shown below: What do you think? The conventional machine algorithm interpreted this ECG as STEMI.
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Science Daily - Heart Disease
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
The risk of being born with a major heart defect is 36% higher in babies who were conceived after assisted reproductive technology, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to results of a very large study.
JAMA Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
This prespecified analysis of the Finerenone Trial to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety Superior to Placebo in Patients With Heart Failure (FINEARTS-HF) randomized clinical trial investigates the long-term effects of treatment with the nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, finerenone, in patients with heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
This is another case sent by the undergraduate (who is applying to med school) who works as an EKG tech. The undergraduate is now willing to identify himself: Hans Helseth. A 56 year old male with a history of diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and coronary artery disease presented to the emergency department with sudden onset weakness, fatigue, lethargy, and confusion.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Having a high body roundness index (BRI) over a 6-year period was associated with an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease for adults older than age 45, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Previous research has indicated that BRI, a measure to reflect abdominal fat and body shape, may be helpful to predict CVD risk.
CardiacWire
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
A new HCM competitor emerged last week, after Edgewise Therapeutics’ EDG-7500 showed strong evidence of its safety and efficacy in a pair of early-stage trials. EDG-7500 is an oral cardiac sarcomere modulator designed to slow early contraction velocity and address impaired cardiac relaxation associated with HCM and other diastolic dysfunctions. EDG-7500 is later to the HCM party than BMS’ Camzyos and Cytokinetics’ aficamten, but is differentiated by its potential to improve blood flow without sa
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
This approval by the FDA follows positive findings from the pivotal BOREAS and NOTUS trials on adults with uncontrolled COPD.
Med Page Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- Noninvasive, low‐level tragus stimulation modestly reduced blood pressure (BP) in relatively healthy people with grade 1 hypertension. (Journal of the American Heart Association) The House passed the HEARTS Act, which.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
A team at the Hübner and Diecke Labs at the Max Delbrück Center has shown how human and non-human primate hearts differ genetically. The study, published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, reveals evolutionary adaptations in human hearts and provides new insights into cardiac disease.
Cardiovascular Diabetology
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Prevalence of heart failure (HF) and diabetes are markedly increasing globally. In a population of HF patients, approximately 40% have diabetes which is associated with a more severe HF, poorer cardiovascular.
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Physicians who received pharmaceutical industry payments related to 4 different direct-acting antivirals were more likely to prescribe these medications.
Med Page Today
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- Semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) may help reduce the risk of an opioid overdose in certain people, an emulation target trial suggested. Over a 1-year follow-up, people with comorbid type 2 diabetes and opioid use disorder (OUD.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Women in the UK, and elsewhere, are still missing out on vital treatment for their No 1 killer—cardiovascular disease—despite significant progress in the medical management of heart disease and stroke, concludes a consensus statement published online in the journal Heart.
Open Heart
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Background Heart failure (HF) with improved ejection fraction (HFimpEF) is a recently identified phenotype of HF, which had better cardiovascular outcomes compared with persistent HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). The present study aimed to investigate the predictive value of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 and matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9) in the recovery of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Heplisav-B provided a greater vaccine completion rate and higher HBV seroprotection than the conventional 3-dose Recombivax HB in thoracic organ transplant candidates.
Heart BMJ
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
For patients with heart failure and reduced or mildly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, iron deficiency is common and associated with more severe symptoms, worse quality of life and an increased risk of hospitalisations and death. Iron deficiency can be swiftly, effectively and safely treated by administering intravenous iron, either as ferric carboxymaltose or ferric derisomaltose, which improves patient well-being and reduces the risk of hospitalisations including those for heart fai
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper published today in Nature Reviews Cardiology.
Science Daily - Heart Disease
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
A new observational study suggests the position in which responders initially place the two defibrillator pads on the body may make a significant difference in returning spontaneous blood circulation after shock from a defibrillator.
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Rates of absolute and functional iron deficiency were high among adults in the US, even in those without anemia, heart failure, or chronic kidney disease.
Heart BMJ
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
In the beginning of the 20th century, the first reports of the clinical manifestations of myocardial infarction (MI) appeared, followed around a decade later by reports regarding the electrocardiographic (ECG) changes associated with MI ( figure 1 ). From the middle of the 20th century, the application of assays for muscle enzymes for the diagnosis of MI became widespread, culminating in the WHO definition of MI based on clinical, ECG and cardiac enzyme criteria.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Ultra-processed foods are a modern invention. They are here to stay. But are ultra-processed foods really that bad for you? The answer is yes. Kind of. Let Me Explain. There is a huge body of evidence that points to the harms of ultra-processed foods on health outcomes. For every serving of ultra-processed food, the risk of an early death increases by 18% 1.
Nature Reviews - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 25 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01091-1 The burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) is increasing worldwide; however, most existing data on AF epidemiology are from Western regions. According to our analyses, the estimated absolute prevalence of AF in the Asia–Pacific region in 2023 was approximately 80 million, which is much higher than has been calculated for other global regions.
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
The FDA has set a PDUFA target action date of May 22, 2025, for roflumilast foam 0.3% for individuals aged ≥12 with scalp and body psoriasis.
ECG Guru
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Extract from a Holter ECG, 2 continuous strips, recorded at 25 mm/s. At the top you can see a broad complex tachycardia without recognizable P waves, which ends spontaneously after 2 beats in the lower section. This is a VT. The very first beat in the 1st strip is most probably a fusion beat. After the end of the VT in the 2nd strip, a narrow QRS complex appears, here you can also recognize that atrial fibrillation is present.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Leg pain and leg cramps aren't always an orthopedic issue: Both can be signs of peripheral artery disease, or PAD, a serious blood-flow issue with implications for the heart. In this expert alert, Young Erben, M.D., a vascular surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, explains how the most common form, PAD that affects the legs and feet, is treated.
Med Page Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- Getting onto Medicaid might not improve cardiovascular risk factors universally, but it did for some individuals, as secondary analysis of a randomized trial showed. Previously uninsured, low-income individuals who won a lottery.
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
A new case-control study reported a higher prevalence of precocious puberty in children and adolescents with HS compared with controls.
Cassling
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Like humans, medical imaging equipment shows signs of aging. But instead of creaky joints, wrinkles, or gray hair, the machinery gives other hints that it is wearing out and that it might be time for you to make a change. Here are five signs that your imaging equipment is approaching its last lap, plus tips on what you can do to get a little more usage out of it before it completely gives out.
ECG Guru
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Unfortunately, I can't remember who the author of this ECG is. Perhaps he/she will get in touch with me. However, the ECG is very nice (despite the less than optimal recording quality) and that's why I want to post it. I don't know the history. In the first section of the ECG we see coarse fibrillation waves and QRS complexes with very different RR intervals, which is why this is atrial fibrillation.
Med Page Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- The TESLA trial was unable to support a benefit to thrombectomy for stroke patients with large-core infarcts identified on noncontrast CT within 24 hours. Unlike other studies, endovascular therapy in TESLA conferred no significantly.
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
To date, biosimilars have supported 495 million incremental days of therapy that patients would otherwise not have received.
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