Cardiology
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Direct oral anticoagulants: Competition brought no cost relief
Medicare Part D spending since 2011 has far outpaced growth in the use of oral anticoagulants.
Article
Rising meth-related heart failure admissions a ‘crisis,’ costly for society
‘They’re not going to die from it overnight, but it will damage the heart slowly,’ a researcher said. Meth-related HF admissions exploded in the...
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Statins again linked to lower COVID-19 mortality
Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 who had been taking statins had a substantially lower risk of death and severe outcomes than those who weren’t...
Clinical
Pharmacologic and electrical cardioversion of acute Afib reduces hospital admissions
Is pharmacologic cardioversion and/or electrical cardioversion an appropriate initial management strategy for acute atrial fibrillation?
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DOACs linked to lower mortality than vitamin K antagonist: 3-year TAVR registry
Mortality and bleeding advantage favors DOACs over VKA in TAVR patients who are candidates for anticoagulation.
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Long-term outcome data suggest optimism for MIS-C patients
Most inflammatory and cardiac manifestations of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children resolved by 9 months.
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New details of myocarditis linked to COVID vaccines
Further details from multiple cases of myocarditis linked to the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA COVID vaccines have been described in recent papers in...
Clinical
Abnormal exercise EKG in the setting of normal stress echo linked with increased CV risk
What is the significance of an abnormal exercise EKG with a normal stress echo?
News
FDA to add myocarditis warning to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
But a CDC advisory panel, where the FDA made the announcement, still strongly backs the vaccines’ benefits, which outweigh the rare risk for heart...
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Sotagliflozin use in T2D patients linked with posthospitalization benefits in analysis
The paper’s outcome measure may be a meaningful, patient-centered way of capturing disease burden, according to the authors.