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Arthritis drug may curb myocardial damage in acute STEMI
Tocilizumab appears to improve myocardial salvage by helping tamp down the inflammatory overshoot that occurs during infarction and reperfusion....
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OCS heart system earns hard-won backing of FDA panel
The nonbinding vote moves forward the device, which advocates hailed as a potentially transformative step for heart transplantation.
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TAVR feasible, comparable with surgery in rheumatic heart disease
The largest study to date “opens the door to the massive unmet clinical needs in poorer regions as well as emerging economies,” an observer said...
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FDA okays new indication for alirocumab in homozygous FH
The FDA approved use of the PCSK9 inhibitor as an add-on therapy in adults with rare homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
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Cardiologist forks out $2M to resolve unnecessary testing claims
The settlement resolves allegations brought by two whistleblower lawsuits in Michigan; there was no determination of liability.
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FDA okays transcatheter pulmonary valve for congenital heart disease
Medtronic’s Harmony valve is the first minimally invasive option for patients with severe pulmonary valve regurgitation who have a native or...
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Arcalyst gets FDA nod as first therapy for recurrent pericarditis
The agent, rilonacept, is already approved to treat a group of rare inherited inflammatory diseases called cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes...
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ApoB may better predict mortality risk in statin-treated patients
In the study, measures of apoB and non-HDL cholesterol, but not LDL cholesterol, were associated with increased residual mortality and myocardial...
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Obesity: A ‘double hit’ in pregnant women with heart disease
Maternal obesity may prove to be the Achilles’ heel of sustainable national efforts to reduce maternal mortality and improve health equity,...
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RECOVERY trial of COVID-19 treatments stops colchicine arm
Recruitment was halted for lack of efficacy in patients hospitalized with the disease.
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No vascular benefit of testosterone over exercise in aging men
Treatment with the hormone, at therapeutic doses, did not impact vascular endothelial function, nor was it additive to exercise in a randomized...
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Ivabradine knocks down heart rate, symptoms in POTS
The heart failure drug also may be helpful in treating similar symptoms in patients with long-hauler COVID-19, researchers say.
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More Americans hospitalized, readmitted for heart failure
“We should be emphasizing the things we know work to reduce heart failure hospitalization, which is, number one, prevention.”
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ColCORONA: More questions than answers for colchicine in COVID-19
Millions of dollars and thousands of patients later, the phase 3 study highlights the challenges of COVID-19–related preprint studies without peer...
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Cardiac activity not uncommon after lifesaving measures stop
ECG and blood pressure monitoring identified resumption of cardiac activity in 14% of patients, all occurring in the 5 minutes after pulselessness...