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Ticking all the right boxes for same-day discharge PCI
New guidance from the American College of Cardiology provides a checklist for same-day discharge for elective percutaneous coronary interventions...
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FDA panel puts spironolactone in play for HF with preserved EF
Most FDA advisers agreed data from TOPCAT were flawed but could support a new indication for the decades-old generic drug.
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Ambulatory BP monitoring reliability questioned for HTN diagnosis
Data suggest home BP monitoring is actually more reliable and more closely tied to left ventricular mass index, but experts say outside...
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Fracking sites tied to increased heart failure hospitalizations
The results were consistent and robust among more than 9,000 patients with heart failure in Pennsylvania, a state steeped in controversy over...
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Colchicine a case study for what’s wrong with U.S. drug pricing
A Medicare/Medicaid analysis shows a prolonged public-spending burden, despite generics available outside the U.S. for pennies a pill. Meanwhile,...
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Boston Scientific bails on Lotus Edge aortic valve system
Challenges with the delivery system lead to a short but bumpy time for the transcatheter aortic valve, first approved in the United States in 2019...
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Combined OCT, cardiac MRI unravels root cause in most MINOCA
The multimodal imaging strategy has the potential to provide reassurance and clarity for women who present with an MI without a major artery...
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Intravenous iron reduces HF readmissions: AFFIRM-AHF
The results are likely to change heart failure guidelines, which currently give a lukewarm recommendation for intravenous iron in the US, experts...
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HF an added risk in COVID-19, regardless of ejection fraction
A history of HF was associated with a near doubling risk of in-hospital mortality and ICU care.
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COMPARE CRUSH: Crushed prehospital prasugrel misses mark in STEMI
The findings add to earlier work suggesting no safety issues when giving crushed P2Y12 inhibitor tablets in the ambulance, but also no clear...
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NACMI: Clear benefit with PCI in STEMI COVID-19 patients
Angiography fell off but door-to-balloon times haven’t suffered, even with the pandemic, according to initial results from the North American...
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Female cardiac advantage essentially lost after MI
The protective effect against coronary heart disease that women have for an initial event was not maintained for recurrent CHD events including...
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The earlier the better for colchicine post-MI: COLCOT
One substudy supported in-hospital initiation of colchicine and a second offered clues as to who may respond or experience tell-tale GI events.