Search results for "Cardiology"
ACC pathway supports neprilysin inhibitor, SGLT-2 inhibitors for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) offered this update to their expert consensus decision pathway from 2017 as interim guidance to physicians while comprehensive updates to heart failure guidelines remain in development.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/01/26/4.htm
26 Jan 2021
NSAIDs associated with increased risk of bleeding, cardiovascular events after MI
Compared to other NSAIDs, celecoxib and meloxicam were associated with a lower risk of bleeding or cardiovascular events among Korean patients who had a myocardial infarction (MI).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/28/5.htm
28 Jul 2020
ICD detection, treatment of arrhythmias not impacted by MRI
Evidence is accumulating that MRIs do not induce clinically significant functional changes in non-MRI-conditional implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), according to the authors of a recent study that followed the devices' performance for about two years after an MRI.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/01/31/1.htm
31 Jan 2023
Task Force finds insufficient evidence on screening for afib
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reviewed trials published since 2017 but did not deem them strong enough to show evidence of benefit or harm.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/02/01/3.htm
1 Feb 2022
After PCI, 5-year revascularization, MACE rates higher in women than men
Researchers pooled patient-level data from 21 randomized trials of bare-metal and drug-eluting stents.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/07/5.htm
7 Apr 2020
Intensive hypertension treatment associated with lower risk for orthostatic hypotension
Orthostatic hypotension should not be viewed as a reason to avoid or de-escalate hypertension treatments, according to the authors of a new systematic review of hypertension treatment trials.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/15/2.htm
15 Sep 2020
MKSAP Quiz: Midsystolic ejection click and systolic murmur
A 54-year-old man is evaluated during a routine examination. He is asymptomatic, and he exercises regularly without any limitations. Cardiac examination reveals a midsystolic ejection click and a grade 2/6 crescendo-decrescendo systolic murmur at the second right intercostal space. Following a transthoracic echocardiogram, what is the most appropriate management?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/15/3.htm
15 Sep 2020
Statin uptake suboptimal in PAD, industry-funded study finds
Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) were less likely to be taking statins than those with cerebrovascular disease or coronary heart disease, despite a high risk for atherosclerotic events.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/14/4.htm
14 Jul 2020
Risk of re-infection, benefits of anticoagulation, cause of sex differences among COVID-19 research
Researchers published evidence of re-infection with SARS-CoV-2, anticoagulation was associated with halved inpatient mortality, recommendations were made on pulmonary embolism in COVID-19, and a study attributed differences in men's and women's outcomes to T cells.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/01/2.htm
1 Sep 2020
New research analyzes COVID-19 outcomes, testing, and experimental treatments
A retrospective report looked at serologic antibody testing, while two case series reports described use of convalescent plasma in critically ill patients with COVID-19 in China.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/07/2.htm
7 Apr 2020