Cardiology
From the Journals
Add AFib to noncardiac surgery risk evaluation: New support
Preexisting atrial fibrillation should again be part of pre–noncardiac surgery cardiac risk assessment, argues a new report.
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Cause of death in pig heart recipient: New clues
New details on efforts to identify the mechanism of David Bennett’s death tentatively rule out a few possible suspects that had been at the top of...
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Harmony pulmonary valve update: Regurgitation resolved 1 year out
The Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve has been shown to largely resolve severe pulmonary regurgitation without endocarditis after a year.
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Very high HDL-C: Too much of a good thing?
“Very high HDL levels are associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes, not lower risk, as previously thought.”
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Paradigm-challenging heart failure treatment strategy hopeful in early trial
A proposed nerve-ablation technique that questions dogma in heart failure management yielded promising short-term results in a small observational...
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No-implant interatrial shunt remains patent at a year
A no-implant interatrial shunting procedure showed improved wedge pressure and quality of life for up to 3 months in heart failure recipients.
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Myositis guidelines aim to standardize adult and pediatric care
These are the first guidelines on how to manage adult and pediatric patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM).
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ED staff speak out about workplace violence, ask for mitigation
How much is workplace violence contributing to the great resignation in health care and what might be done to make clinicians feel more supported...
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Medical education programs tell how climate change affects health
Medical schools are educating the next generation of doctors on one of the most widespread, insidious health threats of our time.
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Porcine virus a suspect in man’s death after pig heart transplant
That PCMV escaped detection before the operation “could now factor into some people’s questions over whether the experiment should have taken...