Bystander CPR More Likely in States Requiring Teen Training State laws linked with 12% higher rate of bystander CPR May 23, 2022
PFO Closure Guidelines Address Older Adults, Trial-Excluded Groups Document acknowledges skimpy evidence May 19, 2022
Subcutaneous ICDs Take Care of Lead Complications in ATLAS Trial But do they perform as well as standard transvenous ICDs? May 03, 2022
Do Pediatric Electrophysiologists Have It Harder? Clinicians discuss the dilemmas and shortcomings in the field May 02, 2022
Menstrual Cycles Point to Link Between Sex Hormones and Long QT Research suggests new tools for risk stratification and therapy May 01, 2022
Minimally Invasive Procedure Shows Promise for Cutting Burden of Fainting Spells U.S. registry-based study offers early results with cardioneural ablation in younger patients May 01, 2022
Gilbert Gottfried's Myotonic Dystrophy The genetic condition that claimed the life of the acclaimed comedian Apr 15, 2022
Cardiac Monitoring Finds Arrhythmias, but Treatment Did Not Improve Outcomes No differences in mortality, hospitalization between monitored patients and control patients Apr 05, 2022
Don't Wait, Ablate to Prevent VT Episodes After an ICD Shock? Early catheter ablation reduced deaths and ICD shocks in PARTITA trial Apr 03, 2022
Cranberry's Vascular Effects; Cardioprotective Penile Vibrations; EHR Score for CAD Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Mar 22, 2022
Left Atrial Disease Linked to Incident Dementia Echocardiographic findings suggest more therapeutic targets for dementia Mar 22, 2022
AirPods-Pacemaker Risk; Not Enough Valve Interventions; Baby-Shaking Cardiologist Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Mar 01, 2022
Comatose Cardiac Arrest Survivors Don't Need Brain Misfires Suppressed Trial finds seizure meds unwarranted for aberrant EEG patterns in the ICU Feb 23, 2022
Cardiac Arrest Patients Don't Necessarily Do Better With Intubation Debate on prehospital advanced airway management continues Feb 18, 2022
Elderly Man Presents With Bradycardia and Chronic Kidney Dysfunction Consider BRASH syndrome Jan 31, 2022
Cardiologist Who Criticized Affirmative Action Proceeds With Free Speech Battle Norman Wang, MD, claims his employer retaliated in violation of the First Amendment Jan 28, 2022
Signs of Lingering Cardiac Dysfunction After Severe COVID Study included people hospitalized before vaccines were available Jan 20, 2022
Caution: Paxlovid Interacts With Many Heart Meds The Skeptical Cardiologist asks clinicians and patients to take note Jan 17, 2022
Death During Sex: Not Just an Old Man Thing But sudden cardiac death remains rare even for sexually active people with heart conditions Jan 12, 2022
ECG Monitoring for Post-TAVR Delayed Conduction Disturbances Put to the Test How long should monitoring last, and in whom? Dec 20, 2021
AHA Abstract Under Fire; Cardiology Bullies; An Acupuncture Needle Where?! Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Dec 07, 2021
Some Good News for Curious Afib Patients Looking to Find Their Own Triggers Presumed Afib triggers put to the test in n-of-1 studies Nov 14, 2021
PALACS: A Win for Posterior Left Pericardiotomy for Post-Op Afib Trial offers good news for patients getting coronary, aortic valve, and aortic surgeries Nov 14, 2021
Two Anticoagulants -- When Used Correctly -- Similarly Protective Against Dementia GIRAF trial tested warfarin versus dabigatran in older Afib patients Nov 14, 2021
Coffee Causes This One Arrhythmia, Trial Shows Overall mixed results in the CRAVE randomized trial Nov 14, 2021
How to Improve Women's Healthcare? Fix the 'Knowledge' and 'Trust' Gaps Women's health complaints aren't taken as seriously as men's, says author Maya Dusenbery Oct 27, 2021
Antibiotics Used in Dialysis Patients Linked With Sudden Cardiac Death Should floxacins stay or should they go in these patients? Oct 20, 2021
Signs Point to Half-Dose DOAC Route After Watchman Procedure Search continues for best antithrombotic strategy after LAA closure Oct 13, 2021
Post-TAVR Pacemakers Not All Doom and Gloom A bit of reassurance from Swedish cohort study Oct 04, 2021
FDA Probes LAAO; Dairy Fat's Heart Benefit; Repatha OK'd for Pediatric HeFH Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 28, 2021
Myocarditis VAERS Analysis Sparks Social Media Uproar Doctors worry misinterpretation will fuel misinformation campaigns Sep 15, 2021
Continuous Monitoring With Implantable Loop Recorder Finds More Afib But preventing strokes? That's a different story. Aug 30, 2021
LAA Occluder Opens Doors to Patients Who Can't Tolerate Blood Thinners Even Briefly The Amulet IDE trial that led to Amplatzer Amulet's FDA approval Aug 30, 2021
Can Image-Guided Fibrosis Ablation Help in Persistent Afib? Targeting fibrosis in afib with minimal fibrotic disease may improve outcomes, says researcher Aug 30, 2021
Good Results When Giving Flu Shots to MI Survivors Still in the Hospital Vaccination prior to discharge linked to heart benefit Aug 30, 2021
Faster Not Better in Getting Cardiac Arrest Patients to the Cath Lab Brain injury is the bigger worry for most people, trial finds Aug 30, 2021
His Bundle Pacing Stars in European Guidelines Revised edition could signal coming U.S. recommendations too Aug 29, 2021
Ablation, CRT Boost Survival in Permanent Afib With Narrow QRS APAF-CRT trial reinforces the case for expanded CRT indication Aug 28, 2021
Edoxaban: A Mixed Bag for TAVR Patients Needing Anticoagulation Weighing positive efficacy data against excess GI bleeds Aug 28, 2021
Loop Recorder Often Finds Major Arrhythmias in Risky Group Post MI Serious events common in group with an LVEF of 36% to 50% and autonomic dysfunction Aug 27, 2021
