Cardiology
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ADA prioritizes heart failure in patients with diabetes
Patients with diabetes should have annual screening for biomarkers of early-stage heart failure, and treatment should prioritize an SGLT2...
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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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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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Thrombolysis is safe in stroke patients on oral anticoagulants
Is it time to update current guidelines that restrict thrombolysis in patients taking oral anticoagulants?
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Updated AHA/ASA guideline changes care for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
Several “standard care” therapies for ICH are not as effective as once thought and are no longer recommended in updated guidelines.
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ISCHEMIA substudy data don’t add up, cardiac surgeons say
Discrepancies between the paper and supplemental data have been slow to come to light, but the substudy authors say it’s a simple formatting error...
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FDA approves Medtronic’s Onyx Frontier drug-eluting stent
The low-profile stent shares the same platform as the previous-generation Resolute Onyx zotarolimus-eluting stent and features an enhanced...
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Mixing BP meds with NSAID may be ‘triple whammy’ for kidneys
In the absence of additional risk factors, there was no indication of an elevated risk for AKI when an ACE inhibitor and NSAID are combined.
Conference Coverage
Exenatide linked to less hyperglycemia after stroke
The diabetes drug may offer better control than insulin for hyperglycemia, a common condition following stroke that leads to worse outcomes.
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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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Espresso coffee linked to increased total cholesterol
Drinking espresso coffee is linked to higher total cholesterol levels, particularly in men, new observational data show.