Laboratory - Cardiovascular Update

Study Highlights Laboratory Parameters in 4 Years of Psoriasis Treatment with Deucravacitinib

HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

These poster data presented at the Maui Derm Fall 2024 conference highlight changes in laboratory parameters for patients using the TYK2 inhibitor deucravacitinib.

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Patient-specific in silico 3D coronary model in cardiac catheterisation laboratories

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JULY 5, 2024

However, their interpretation in cardiac catheterisation laboratories presently relies on sequentially evaluating multiple 2D image projections, which limits measuring lesion severity, identifying the true shape of vessels, and analysing quantitative data.

Laboratory

Laboratory Coronary Artery Disease Interventional Cardiology Plaque

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Management of the Comatose Adult Patient With an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The cardiac catheterization laboratory plays an important role in the coordinated Chain of Survival for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Over the past few years, numerous trials have clarified the role of the cardiac catheterization laboratory in the management of resuscitated patients or those with ongoing cardiac arrest.

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Association between Postprocedural Echocardiographic and Laboratory Data and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction after Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

HeartRhythm

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The HFA–PEFF score comprising echocardiographic and laboratory data is designed to diagnose heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and holds prognostic value in patients who underwent catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the incorporation of many variables into this score limits its practical use.

Preserved Ejection Fraction

Preserved Ejection Fraction Laboratory Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Case Report: Laboratory detection of a thrombotic tendency in a family with hypodysfibrinogenemia and a novel FGG mutation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 14, 2024

They all carried the same heterozygous c.1124A>G 1124A>G mutation in FGG resulting in p.Tyr375Cys amino acid substitution, which was confirmed by protein variant analysis from plasma.

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Laboratory Congenital

Best practices for vascular arterial access and closure: a contemporary guide for the cardiac catheterization laboratory

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 14, 2024

With an increasing recognition of the potential merits to standardized approaches to vascular access and closure, cardiovascular societies have put forth recommendations around best practices for performing these procedures in the cardiac catheterization laboratories.

Catheterization Laboratory

Catheterization Laboratory Best Practices Laboratory Interventional Cardiology

Outside the Laboratory Assessment of Upper Limb Laterality in Patients With Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study

Stroke Journal

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It needs to be answered, how laboratory-based assessments and everyday behavior are connected, which dimension of metrics, that is, volume, intensity, or quality, is most sensitive to reduced function, and what sensor, that is, gyroscope or accelerometer, is best suited to gather such data.METHODS:Performance in laboratory-based sensorimotor tests, (..)

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Laboratory Strokes Stroke Inpatient

Devising and delivering the UK’s first nurse-led cardiac catheter laboratory radial access programme

The British Journal of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Traditionally, radial artery access (RAA) has been an exclusively ‘physician-delivered’ service, but with adequate training, nurse-led arterial cannulation can become widely adopted. In this clinical audit, senior nursing practitioners with at least two years of catheter lab experience, were offered RAA training.

Nursing

Nursing Laboratory Document Article

Do Lipid Values in Adolescence Improve CVD Risk Prediction?

Med Page Today

OCTOBER 14, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Non-laboratory-based risk factors and lipids measured in adolescence independently predicted adult cardiovascular events, according to data from seven longitudinal cohort studies. In a multivariable model using non-laboratory.

Laboratory

Laboratory Risk Factors

Elevated remnant cholesterol and non-HDL cholesterol concentrations from real-world laboratory results: a cross-sectional study in Southeast Asians

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Results The study included a total of 21,605 consecutive patients with plasma lipid profiles analyzed in our hospital laboratory. Methods A 2-year retrospective study was conducted at a single centre, analyzing lipid blood tests of all patients, including directly measured LDL-C. Fasting for blood tests was not mandatory. mmol/L, 11.3%

Cholesterol

Cholesterol Laboratory Hospital Cardiovascular Disease

High platelet adrenergic activity and concomitant activation of the pituitary/medullar axis as alarming laboratory parameters in ACS survivors—the STRESS-AMI study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Introduction Kinetics of stress-related biological parameters were determined in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients undergoing complex cardiovascular rehabilitation.

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Laboratory Pharmacology Biomarkers

Researchers succeed in creating two interconnected vascular networks

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The blood vessels in these networks are equivalent to human capillaries in size and structure, facilitating the study of human capillary networks in a laboratory setting.

Research

Research Laboratory Technology

Study finds fat cells influence heart health in Chagas disease

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MAY 20, 2024

and her laboratory at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) have identified what may be the main mechanism for how chronic Chagas disease, a parasitic infection affecting millions of people worldwide, can cause irreversible and potentially fatal heart damage. Jyothi Nagajyothi, Ph.D.

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Laboratory Innovation

Cardiac Events Common in Older, Hospitalized RSV Patients

Med Page Today

APRIL 15, 2024

Among 6,248 hospitalized patients 50 or older with laboratory. (MedPage Today) -- More than one in five older adults hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection experienced an acute cardiac event, an observational study found.

Hospital

Hospital Laboratory

Presentation and Diagnosis of PBC

HCPLive

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The panelists discuss the typical presentation of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), covering common and uncommon symptoms, the diagnostic journey, and key clinical and laboratory assessments used to identify disease markers.

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Role of coronary computed tomography angiography to optimise percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes

Heart BMJ

JULY 25, 2024

To learn how coronary CTA can help to select patients for revascularisation, plan PCI and guide procedures in the catheterisation laboratory. 1 As a result, a significant proportion of patients referred to the catheterisation laboratory now undergo coronary CTA assessment before the invasive procedure.

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Laboratory Chest Pain Outcomes

Researchers discover new blood group system

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Researchers from NHS Blood and Transplant (Bristol), NHSBT's International Blood Group Reference Laboratory (IBGRL) and the University of Bristol identified the genetic background of the previously known but mysterious AnWj blood group antigen. The discovery of a new blood group, MAL, has solved a 50-year-old mystery.

Research

Research Laboratory Transplant

Prognostic Models for Mortality and Morbidity in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

JAMA Cardiology

MARCH 26, 2024

This prognostic study investigates if models that incorporate routinely collected clinical and laboratory information can predict morbidity and mortality in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction.

Preserved Ejection Fraction

Preserved Ejection Fraction Heart Failure Laboratory

Traditional Chinese Medicine Decoction May be Effective Alterative Therapy for Gout

HCPLive

JANUARY 11, 2024

Compared to routine care, TCMD could better reduce the incidence of adverse events and the level of laboratory indicators.

Laboratory

Shielding for Radiation Safety in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print.

Catheterization Laboratory

Catheterization Laboratory Laboratory Cardiovascular Interventions Circulation

New replacement heart valve combines mechanical and tissue technologies

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Dr. Hadi Mohammadi and his fellow researchers in the Heart Valve Performance Laboratory at UBC Okanagan are focused on developing the mechanical heart valves of the future.

Heart Valves

Heart Valves Technology Laboratory Research

Typical dyspnoea and oedema with special ECG changes

Heart BMJ

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Echocardiography and laboratory cardiac injury markers were normal. Clinical introduction The patient is in their 60s and has described experiencing intermittent chest tightness and dyspnoea over the prior 6 months. At that time, coronary angiography revealed 60% stenosis of the anterior descending artery.

Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure Laboratory Stenosis

Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks: Reducing Radiation Exposure in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print.

Catheterization Laboratory

Catheterization Laboratory Laboratory Cardiovascular Interventions Circulation

Abstract 4148010: Evaluation of Echocardiography and Biomarkers for Prognostication of RV Failure in COVID-19 Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In this study, we report associations between echocardiographic findings and laboratory markers that portend RV failure in patients with ARDS secondary to COVID-19 infection on ECMO.Methods:A single-center study was conducted in the cardiovascular ICU of our institute. 0.4cm vs 1.3±0.6 cm, P< 0.05).

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COVID-19 Laboratory Biomarkers Echocardiogram

FFR/iFR: Are the Published Cutoffs Applicable in Athletes?

American College of Cardiology

JUNE 20, 2024

Invasive assessments of coronary physiology have revolutionized the approach to coronary revascularization in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Catheterization Laboratory

Catheterization Laboratory Laboratory Physiology Article

HBV Viral Load, Surface Antigen Positivity Not Independently Associated with NAFLD

HCPLive

APRIL 10, 2024

HBV DNA and HBsAg were not significantly associated with NAFLD in patients with treatment-naïve HBV, but age, BMI, comorbidities, and certain metabolic laboratory parameters were.

BMI

BMI Laboratory

Clinical Quiz: Diagnosing Epidermolysis Bullosa

HCPLive

MARCH 8, 2024

Take our latest 5-question quiz based on the recommended strategies of laboratory-based diagnosis of epidermolysis bullosa.

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Impact of Deucravacitinib on Plaque Psoriasis Treatment Landscape

HCPLive

MARCH 20, 2024

An expert in dermatologic conditions examines laboratory requirements for initiating deucravacitinib in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis and the impact of deucravacitinib on the treatment landscape.

Plaque

Plaque Laboratory

Lab Requirements and Monitoring of Deucravacitinib Treatment

HCPLive

APRIL 12, 2024

Dermatology physician assistants review the laboratory and monitoring requirements for TYK2 inhibitors deucravacitinib.

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An Update of Invasive Implanted Hemodynamic Monitoring in Patients With Fontan Circulation

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

What are the safety, utility, and prognostic implications of invasive implanted hemodynamic monitoring (IHM) using the CardioMEMS™ HF System (Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois) in patients with Fontan circulation (FC)?

Circulation

Circulation Laboratory Article

Safety and possible anti-inflammatory effect of paclitaxel associated with LDL-like nanoparticles (LDE) in patients with chronic coronary artery disease: a double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Clinical and laboratory safety evaluations were made at baseline and every 3 weeks until the end of the study. Baseline demographics, risk factors, and laboratory results were not different between groups. In all patients, no clinical or laboratory toxicities were observed.

Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary Artery Disease Laboratory Plaque Biomarkers

Abstract 4121816: Viral Venture: A Case of Myocarditis and IgA Vasculitis from Adenovirus Infection

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Laboratory workup notable for markedly elevated high-sensitivity troponin to 3398 ng/L, and elevated CRP. Our case highlights rarely reported cardiac involvement of IgA vasculitis secondary to adenovirus infection based on laboratory and imaging diagnosis with cardiac MRI.

Laboratory

Laboratory Tachycardia Circulation

RCES Scope of Practice

Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals

JUNE 24, 2024

The Electrophysiology Laboratory (EPL) is one of the most unique medical environments in existence today. RCES-Scope-of-Practice-ACVP-2017 Available for download!

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Cardiac Electrophysiology (RCES) Scope of Practice

Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals

JULY 26, 2024

RCES-Scope-of-Practice-ACVP-2017 The Electrophysiology Laboratory (EPL) is one of the most unique medical environments in existence today.

Electrophysiology

Electrophysiology Laboratory Education

A Conversation on Lifestyle Factors for Optimizing Cardiovascular Health with Dr. Joseph Watso

Physiologically Speaking

JANUARY 29, 2024

Joe directs the Cardiovascular & Applied Physiology (CAP) Laboratory which has the mission to advance knowledge on cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment strategies. Joseph Watso, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology at Florida State University.

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Laboratory Physiology Cardiovascular Disease Research

Abstract 4141868: Circulating immune cells, inflammatory risk, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: an analysis across 5 cohorts of 17,971 diverse adults

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Results:We first examined the prognostic value of CBC features compared with laboratory assessments (lipid panel, HbA1c, hs-CRP, and basic metabolic panel) in NHANES and found that CBC features were significantly associated with all-cause and CV mortality (data not shown).

Circulation

Circulation Cardiovascular Disease Laboratory Myocardial Infarction

Artificial intelligence may speed heart attack diagnosis and treatment

American Heart News - Heart News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Research Highlights: In a study of patients in a hospital in Taiwan, artificial intelligence technology paired with electrocardiogram testing reduced the time to diagnose and transfer people with heart attacks to the cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Heart Attack

Heart Attack Heart attacks Catheterization Laboratory Laboratory

A retrospective study of infantile-onset Takayasu arteritis: experience from a tertiary referral center in China

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 31, 2024

A comprehensive evaluation of clinical, laboratory, radiographic features, disease activity, treatment and outcomes was carried out. All patients had aberrant laboratory parameters. We aimed to summarize the clinical features of infant TA (I-TA) in a tertiary care center. 36) months. 51, and 5.6/54, 54, respectively.

Laboratory

Laboratory Pediatrics Hypertension Outcomes

Spectrum of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis due to T60A(p.Thr80Ala) variant in an Irish Amyloidosis Network

Open Heart

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Methods In this observational study design, the medical, laboratory and radiological records of patients enrolled in our amyloidosis registry with a confirmed genotype diagnosis of T60A ATTRv were reviewed. Results A cohort of 24 patients (12 female) met criteria for inclusion.

Heart Failure

Heart Failure Bradycardia Laboratory Cardiomyopathy

ID: 4122034 Successful Software-Guided Antiarrhythmic Drug Initiation and Extended QTc Monitoring: A Case Series on Atrial Fibrillation Treatment

HeartRhythm

AUGUST 31, 2024

Commonly prescribed AADs require close physician monitoring of QT prolongation utilizing 12L ECGs, and laboratory testing to monitor for electrolyte disturbances to minimize the risk of serious adverse events, including Torsades de Pointes (TdP).

Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Fibrillation Laboratory

Harnessing skin cancer genes to heal hearts

Science Daily - Heart Disease

JANUARY 24, 2024

In a new study, researchers show that introducing this mutation to rat heart tissue grown in a laboratory can induce growth. The genetic mutation in the protein BRAF, a part of the MAPK signaling pathway that can promote cell division, is one of the most common and most aggressive found in melanoma patients.

Cancer

Cancer Laboratory Research

Management of Comatose Adults With OHCA: Key Points

American College of Cardiology

JANUARY 11, 2024

The following are key points to remember from an AHA Scientific Statement on cardiac catheterization laboratory management of the comatose adult patient with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

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Catheterization Laboratory Cardiac Arrest Laboratory Hospital

Case Report: Acute cerebral infarction caused by left atrial and right ventricular myxoma received emergency operation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 11, 2024

No significant abnormalities were detected in the patient's preoperative laboratory examination. We report a case of multiple myxomas in left atrium and right ventricle inducing acute cerebral infarction.

Laboratory

Laboratory Strokes Stroke

Electrophysiological Diagnosis of Narrow and Wide Complex Tachyarrhythmias

HeartRhythm

MAY 8, 2024

Establishing the precise mechanism of cardiac arrhythmias in the electrophysiology laboratory is one of the main requisites for a successful and safe ablation.

Electrophysiology

Electrophysiology Laboratory Article Tachycardia

Study Highlights Laboratory Parameters in 4 Years of Psoriasis Treatment with Deucravacitinib

Patient-specific in silico 3D coronary model in cardiac catheterisation laboratories

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Management of the Comatose Adult Patient With an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Association between Postprocedural Echocardiographic and Laboratory Data and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction after Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Case Report: Laboratory detection of a thrombotic tendency in a family with hypodysfibrinogenemia and a novel FGG mutation

Best practices for vascular arterial access and closure: a contemporary guide for the cardiac catheterization laboratory

Outside the Laboratory Assessment of Upper Limb Laterality in Patients With Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study

Devising and delivering the UK’s first nurse-led cardiac catheter laboratory radial access programme

Do Lipid Values in Adolescence Improve CVD Risk Prediction?

Elevated remnant cholesterol and non-HDL cholesterol concentrations from real-world laboratory results: a cross-sectional study in Southeast Asians

High platelet adrenergic activity and concomitant activation of the pituitary/medullar axis as alarming laboratory parameters in ACS survivors—the STRESS-AMI study

Researchers succeed in creating two interconnected vascular networks

Study finds fat cells influence heart health in Chagas disease

Cardiac Events Common in Older, Hospitalized RSV Patients

Presentation and Diagnosis of PBC

Role of coronary computed tomography angiography to optimise percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes

Researchers discover new blood group system

Prognostic Models for Mortality and Morbidity in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Traditional Chinese Medicine Decoction May be Effective Alterative Therapy for Gout

Shielding for Radiation Safety in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

New replacement heart valve combines mechanical and tissue technologies

Typical dyspnoea and oedema with special ECG changes

Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks: Reducing Radiation Exposure in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Abstract 4148010: Evaluation of Echocardiography and Biomarkers for Prognostication of RV Failure in COVID-19 Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

FFR/iFR: Are the Published Cutoffs Applicable in Athletes?

HBV Viral Load, Surface Antigen Positivity Not Independently Associated with NAFLD

Clinical Quiz: Diagnosing Epidermolysis Bullosa

Impact of Deucravacitinib on Plaque Psoriasis Treatment Landscape

Lab Requirements and Monitoring of Deucravacitinib Treatment

An Update of Invasive Implanted Hemodynamic Monitoring in Patients With Fontan Circulation

Safety and possible anti-inflammatory effect of paclitaxel associated with LDL-like nanoparticles (LDE) in patients with chronic coronary artery disease: a double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study

Abstract 4121816: Viral Venture: A Case of Myocarditis and IgA Vasculitis from Adenovirus Infection

RCES Scope of Practice

Cardiac Electrophysiology (RCES) Scope of Practice

A Conversation on Lifestyle Factors for Optimizing Cardiovascular Health with Dr. Joseph Watso

Abstract 4141868: Circulating immune cells, inflammatory risk, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: an analysis across 5 cohorts of 17,971 diverse adults

Artificial intelligence may speed heart attack diagnosis and treatment

A retrospective study of infantile-onset Takayasu arteritis: experience from a tertiary referral center in China

Spectrum of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis due to T60A(p.Thr80Ala) variant in an Irish Amyloidosis Network

ID: 4122034 Successful Software-Guided Antiarrhythmic Drug Initiation and Extended QTc Monitoring: A Case Series on Atrial Fibrillation Treatment

Harnessing skin cancer genes to heal hearts

Management of Comatose Adults With OHCA: Key Points

Case Report: Acute cerebral infarction caused by left atrial and right ventricular myxoma received emergency operation

Electrophysiological Diagnosis of Narrow and Wide Complex Tachyarrhythmias

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