Some of Last Year's Deferred Cardiac Surgeries Likely Still in Backlog Report describes effect of COVID on surgical case volumes, outcomes Jan 31, 2021
Combined Cath Approach No Match for Surgery for Aortic Stenosis, CAD Pacemakers increasingly an issue in TAVR plus PCI Jan 30, 2021
JAK Inhibitor Misses Endpoint in Safety Study. Now What? Major blow to popular class of oral rheumatology drugs Jan 27, 2021
In STEMI PCI, Symptom-to-Balloon Time Is What Counts Study authors urge greater efforts to reduce pre-hospital delays Jan 14, 2021
Growth Hormones in Childhood Tied to Heart Problems Later On Women, those who were small for gestational age at highest risk Dec 21, 2020
Colchicine Approval Took a Huge Toll on CMS As centuries-old drug is explored for COVID-19, study details the price of approval Nov 30, 2020
Will Vascepa Train Roll Past Negative Omega-3 Results? STRENGTH, OMEMI temper enthusiasm but may not change much Nov 24, 2020
COVID's Heart Complications Modest in Large Registry Obese and minority groups at higher risk, though, analyses affirm Nov 18, 2020
AHA: Highlighting Effective 'Real-World' Heart Tx Strategies Studies on overcoming GDMT underuse, improving self-care education, creating new settings for care delivery Nov 17, 2020
Omega-3s Humbled by Corn Oil Placebo in Two Trials Implications for REDUCE-IT's icosapent ethyl unclear Nov 15, 2020
Polypill, Aspirin Together Make a Difference in Large Outcomes Trial Aspirin proves mettle in primary prevention, TIPS-3 trial shows Nov 13, 2020
SPRINT: African Ancestry Not an Innate CVD Risk in Blacks Study refutes genetic basis for racial disparities in hypertension, CVD Nov 13, 2020
Heart Group Takes Aim at Structural Racism AHA advocates for policies to root out economic, health disparities Nov 10, 2020
Cardiac ICU: AHA Drafts Guidance for Best Practices Scientific statement aims to optimize specialized critical care, pending more rigorous evidence Oct 29, 2020
No Aspirin Post-STEMI Stent; Sapien 3 Stroke Risk; and More It's a TICO-STEMI, SOLVE-TAVI, FLASH, and IREMMI trial data round-up Oct 19, 2020
COVID Heart Autopsies Point More to Clot Damage Than Myocarditis Results bolster case for anticoagulation in hospitalized patients Oct 15, 2020
ACS Patients Benefit From Bivalirudin During PCI, Pooled Data Show Risks can be mitigated with infusion strategy, patient-level meta-analysis finds Oct 14, 2020
Registry: Door-to-Balloon Times No Slower in COVID-19 Patients North American registry shows worse outcomes even so Oct 14, 2020
Is PCI the Answer to Vulnerable Plaques That Don't Limit Flow? Some success with BVS placement in PROSPECT ABSORB Oct 14, 2020
Stress Tests: A Waning Practice Before Knee, Hip Replacement Yet one surprising group actually saw an increase Sep 30, 2020
Angiography for Cardiac Arrest Survivors: No Need to Rush Findings from 1-year follow-up of the COACT trial Sep 02, 2020
REALITY Check: Stricter RBC Transfusion Safe for Anemic MI Patients Restrictive strategy makes sense for clinical outcomes, costs Sep 01, 2020
Colchicine Scores for CV Secondary Prevention LoDoCo2 trial finds substantial benefit, but questions linger Aug 31, 2020
Antianginal Tx Fails to Make a Difference After Coronary Stenting Prophylactic trimetazidine doesn't enhance optimal medical therapy Aug 30, 2020
Healthy People 2030: HHS Prioritizes Socioeconomic Disparities, Overall Well-Being New national health goals for the next decade Aug 20, 2020
Low-Dose Aspirin Prophylaxis in Elderly Ups Risk of Serious GI Bleeds Overall increase of about 60%, large study shows Aug 06, 2020
Jardiance Wins for HFrEF, Farxiga for CKD; COVID Carditis Lingers Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Aug 04, 2020
COVID-19 Linked to Late Stent Thrombosis? Case report bolsters case for antithrombotic therapy Jul 08, 2020
Ertugliflozin Tx: Safe for the Heart in Patients With T2D Phase III VERTIS-CV trial meets primary endpoint of MACE non-inferiority Jun 17, 2020
CT Angiography Helpful in Suspected Stable Angina, but Not Needed for All CTA better at detecting CAD than exercise stress tests, analysis suggests Jun 03, 2020
Study: STEMI Often Not What It Appears in COVID-19 Nonobstructive disease dominates but mortality is high, New York hospitals report Apr 17, 2020
TWILIGHT Findings Hold Strong in Diabetes, Complex PCI Ticagrelor monotherapy after brief DAPT also worked following newer-gen stent implantation Mar 30, 2020
Favorable Results for DOAC After Peripheral Intervention But the devil's in the details of the VOYAGER PAD trial, expert opines Mar 28, 2020
What Does Elevated Troponin Mean in COVID-19? Roughly one in five admitted in Wuhan had apparent cardiac injury Mar 25, 2020
New Guidelines on CPR When COVID-19 Is Known or Suspected Avoiding infection during aerosol-generating procedures Mar 23, 2020
Interference in Troponin Assays: What's Going On? Heterophile antibodies, biotin, and more with Robert Christenson, PhD Mar 13, 2020 podcast
Eliquis vs Xarelto: Which Is Better in Afib? One DOAC shows better safety, efficacy in U.S. cohort study Mar 09, 2020
Substituting Olive Oil for Animal Fats Does a Body Good, Study Suggests Benefits observed in non-Mediterranean population Mar 05, 2020
Workplace Wellness Program Triumphs for Hypertension Two-thirds meet blood pressure target after 2 years Mar 04, 2020
