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Arthritis drug may curb myocardial damage in acute STEMI

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: April 13, 2021

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

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: April 12, 2021

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

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: April 7, 2021

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

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: April 2, 2021

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

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: March 29, 2021

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

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: March 29, 2021

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

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: March 26, 2021

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

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: March 24, 2021

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

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: March 11, 2021

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

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: March 8, 2021

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

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: March 3, 2021

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

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: February 19, 2021

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

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Patrice Wendling
Publish date: February 16, 2021

“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

Author:
Patrice Wendling
Publish date: February 11, 2021

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

Author:
Patrice Wendling
Publish date: February 5, 2021

ECG and blood pressure monitoring identified resumption of cardiac activity in 14% of patients, all occurring in the 5 minutes after pulselessness...

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