Nature Reviews - Cardiology

JANUARY 29, 2024

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 30 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-00990-7 In this Comment, we critically examine the association between the increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods and their negative effect on cardiovascular health. We explore the historical evolution of food processing, the Nova food classification and the epidemiological evidence, and highlight the need for urgent public health interventions.

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Cardiovascular Disease Public Health 144

American Heart News - Heart News

JANUARY 31, 2024

DALLAS, Feb. 1, 2024 – From news desks to iconic buildings, scores of people and landmarks across the U.S. will once again “go red” on National Wear Red Day, Feb. 2, to raise awareness that cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women and support.

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Cardiovascular Disease 143

American Heart News - Stroke News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Research Highlights: In a large population study conducted in Canada, the risk of dementia was nearly 3 times higher in the first year after a stroke, then fell to a 1.5-times increased risk by the 5-year mark and remained elevated 20 years later.

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Dementia Stroke Strokes Research 138

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

While the poor prognosis of glioblastoma arises from the invasion of a subset of tumor cells, little is known of the metabolic alterations within these cells that fuel invasion. We integrated spatially addressable hydrogel biomaterial platforms, patient site–directed biopsies, and multiomics analyses to define metabolic drivers of invasive glioblastoma cells.

Pharmacology 137

Pharmacology 137

Med Page Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- The early experience of patients needing cardiac surgery after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has surgeons raising the alarm about the excess risks of these challenging procedures, based on data.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Written by Pendell Meyers First try to interpret this ECG with no clinical context: The ECG shows an irregularly irregular rhythm, therefore almost certainly atrial fibrillation. After an initially narrow QRS, there is a very large abnormal extra wave at the end of the QRS complex. These are Osborn waves usually associated with hypothermia. There is also large T wave inversion and long QT.

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Cardiac Arrest Blog Atrial Fibrillation AFIB 132

American Heart News - Stroke News

JANUARY 29, 2024

DALLAS, January 29, 2024 — A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association emphasizes the need to increase patients’ and physicians’ awareness of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) to improve the recognition of this condition and initiate.

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Risk Factors Thrombosis Stroke Strokes 128

Med Page Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Getting clinicians to commit to the Choosing Wisely recommendations somewhat reduced low-value care for older adults in common scenarios, a cluster randomized trial found. After primary care clinicians committed in writing to.

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HCPLive

JANUARY 29, 2024

This new research may require additional follow up studies on potential harms, as 63% of those in this study’s electronic cigarette arm continue to use the product at 6 months.

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Research 122

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As opposed to the sensory perception of the external world, interoception is the sensing of internal body signals, which informs the brain about the state of the body. Rhythmic bodily processes such as breathing, the heartbeat, or the pulsing of the gut may help keep brain activity organized. Indeed, it seems that how we think and see the world is affected by our heartbeat.

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Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This study investigates a mechanistic link of bacterial biofilm–mediated host-pathogen interaction leading to immunological complications associated with breast implant illness (BII). Over 10 million women worldwide have breast implants. In recent years, women have described a constellation of immunological symptoms believed to be related to their breast implants.

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Med Page Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- One class of glucose-lowering agent may help lower the risk of kidney stones in adults with type 2 diabetes, a cohort study suggested. Adults who newly started on an SGLT2 inhibitor had a 31% lower risk of nephrolithiasis compared.

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Diabetes 129

HCPLive

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In the wake of Vera Therapeutics announcing positive 72-week data from the phase 2b ORIGIN trial, we sat down with lead investigator Richard Lafayette, MD, to learn more about how he interprets the latest data from the atacicept program in IgA nephropathy.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JANUARY 31, 2024

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer. Now a new study has found exposure to this invisible, odorless gas is also linked to an increased risk of stroke. The study, which examined exposures in middle age to older female participants, found an increased risk of stroke among those exposed to high and even moderate concentrations of the gas compared to those exposed to the lowest concentrations.

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Stroke Strokes Cancer 116

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) presents a pressing medical need in that it is largely resistant to standard chemotherapy as well as modern therapeutics, such as targeted therapy and immunotherapy, including anti–programmed cell death protein (anti-PD) therapy. We demonstrate that programmed death-1 homolog (PD-1H), an immune coinhibitory molecule, is highly expressed in blasts from the bone marrow of AML patients, while normal myeloid cell subsets and T cells express PD-1H.

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Ablation 124

Med Page Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- In response to the opioid epidemic, a primer to treating infective endocarditis (IE) specifically related to drug use was released by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). A workforce on the surgical management.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Chemotherapy can be toxic to heart cells. To help protect the hearts of cancer patients, Cedars-Sinai investigators have created a three-dimensional "heart-on-a-chip" to evaluate drug safety. In a study published in the journal Lab on a Chip, they show that the heart-on-a-chip, created using stem cells, accurately predicts the effects of drugs on human heart cells.

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Cancer 115

DAIC

JANUARY 29, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 01/29/2024 - 14:26 January 29, 2024 — In patients who undergo pulmonary resection for lung cancer, a major potential postoperative complication is venous thromboembolism (VTE)—a condition that develops when a blood clot forms in a vein—which can lead to part of the clot breaking off and lodging in the lung, resulting in a pulmonary embolism (PE).

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Cancer Pulmonary Research Blood Clot 116

Cardiology Update

JANUARY 28, 2024

The optimal management of concomitant chronic obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) recipients remains a debated topic. While some advocate for pre-TAVR percutaneous coronary intervention, others adopt an expectant approach. In a recent study published in the European Heart Journal, researchers investigated the influence of varying degrees and extent of untreated chronic obstructive CAD on TAVR outcomes and longer-term results.

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TAVR Aortic valve Outcomes Coronary Artery Disease 115

Cardiovascular Diabetology

JANUARY 27, 2024

Underweight imposes significant burden on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with diabetes mellitus. However, less is known about the impact of serial change in body weight status measured as body mass index.

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Cardiac Arrest Diabetes Outcomes Research 116

HCPLive

JANUARY 29, 2024

In recognition of 60 years since the historic contribution to modern understanding of the harmful effects of cigarette smoking, Albert Rizzo, MD, meets with the preventive cardiology expert to discuss the myriad of cascading effects delivered by the 1964 report.

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Med Page Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are independently harmful to the human body, but together their impact on cardiovascular and respiratory systems is more dangerous and affects some communities more than others. A study published.

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DAIC

JANUARY 31, 2024

milla1cf Wed, 01/31/2024 - 17:10 January 31, 2024 — Royal Philips , a global leader in health technology, announced that its latest TEE transducer, designed to serve more patients with improved overall comfort, has received FDA 510(k) clearance. Cardiovascular ultrasound has played a key role in the evolution of early diagnosis of structural heart disease, led by a technology pioneered by Philips: the ‘transesophageal echocardiography’ (TEE) ultrasound transducer.

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Ultrasound Technology Innovation Heart Valves 111

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is prevalent in the majority of individuals with obesity, but in a subset of these individuals, it progresses to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (0NASH) and fibrosis. The mechanisms that prevent NASH and fibrosis in the majority of patients with NAFLD remain unclear. Here, we report that NAD(P)H oxidase 4 (NOX4) and nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2 (NFE2L2) were elevated in hepatocytes early in disease progression to prevent NASH and fibrosis.

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Obesity Diet 107

HCPLive

JANUARY 30, 2024

Although there was a greater prevalence of ALD and MetALD among male study participants, females had a greater risk of mortality from both SLD phenotypes, highlighting a potentially greater impact of alcohol consumption on women with liver disease than men.

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Med Page Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the Evoque tricuspid valve replacement system as the first transcatheter treatment for tricuspid regurgitation (TR), Edwards Lifesciences announced. Evoque gained an indication for severe TR that is symptomatic.

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DAIC

JANUARY 31, 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has granted approval to Boston Scientific for its FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System. A company statement reported that its PFA System is indicated for the isolation of pulmonary veins in the treatment of drug-refractory, recurrent, symptomatic, paroxysmal (i.e., intermittent) atrial fibrillation (AF) and is a unique new alternative to standard-of-care thermal ablation treatment.

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Ablation Atrial Fibrillation Anatomy Pulmonary 111

American Heart News - Stroke News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Research Highlights: In a study conducted in China, adults treated with 14 days of intravenous injections of ginkgo diterpene lactone meglumine (GDLM) — a combination of biologically active components of ginkgo biloba — after an ischemic (clot-caused).

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Stroke Strokes Research 105

Science Daily - Heart Disease

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Scientists have developed a new approach to machine learning -- a form of artificial intelligence -- to identify drugs that help minimize harmful scarring after a heart attack or other injuries.

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Heart Attack Heart attacks 107

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The profound link between the heart and mind has been the subject of much research for some time, with newer studies reinforcing the existing evidence as well as offering deeper insights. A large number of studies have shown that individuals coping with conditions like depression, anxiety, or stress face an elevated risk of cardiovascular problems. Past studies have often attributed this association to behavioral aspects, such as a person coping with emotional distress through smoking or drinkin

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Cardiovascular Disease Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Heart Disease Risk Factors 105

DAIC

JANUARY 31, 2024

GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis milla1cf Wed, 01/31/2024 - 17:04 January 31, 2024 — As part of efforts to continuously improve medical solutions for patients with complex vascular disease, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) announced recent FDA approval of a lower profile GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis ( VBX Stent Graft ).

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Stents Stent Innovation Aortic 111

HCPLive

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Obesity was linked to an increased risk of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and hypertensive nephropathy, with further analysis revealing its impact on the risk of developing end-stage kidney disease.

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Kidney Disease Obesity Hypertension 105

American Heart News - Stroke News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Research Highlights: Stimulating a nerve that runs between various organs and the brain with intense physical rehabilitation improved arm and hand function in people with stroke. The improved motor function remained at the end of the one-year.

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Stroke Strokes Research 104

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In a new study published in iScience, Mayo Clinic researchers found that a novel 4D echo imaging method that measures cardiac strain may detect subtle changes in the heart's dysfunction during acute myocarditis, a deadly heart disease.

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Heart Disease Heart Dysfunction Research 105

DAIC

JANUARY 29, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:00 January 29, 2024 — The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has released late-breaking research scheduled for presentation at the 2024 Annual Meeting taking place January 27 - 29 in San Antonio. The conference, healthcare’s leading scientific and educational convening specializing in cardiothoracic surgery, has a rich history of showcasing clinical trials with a strong foundation of detailed methodology and trusted data collection governed by ethical clinical principles.

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HCPLive

JANUARY 31, 2024

Of the 135 laser flare photometry readings to identify uveitis among patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, only 3% were characterized as a false positive.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JANUARY 30, 2024

A recent study utilized a machine learning-based approach to identify, understand, and predict diuretic responsiveness in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF).

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Heart Failure 105