Cardiology
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All NSAIDs raise post-MI risk but some are safer than others: Next chapter
A new cohort analysis extends NSAID cautions in high-CV-risk patients to a Korean population. Some question whether the steep climbs in risk seen...
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ACC panel defines, advises on heart failure with ‘recovered’ EF
An American College of Cardiology expert panel has issued a definition of heart failure with recovered ejection fraction and recommendations for...
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Early palliative care fails to improve QOL in advanced heart failure
“My first reaction is disappointment. We had hoped to see the ENABLE program, which had been successful in cancer, translate to the heart failure...
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Heart damage even after COVID-19 ‘recovery’ evokes specter of later heart failure
Recovery from acute COVID-19 isn’t necessarily the end of it, clearly. Two reports aim to clarify how SARS-CoV-2 can directly invade the heart and...
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Real-world data show SGLT2 inhibitors for diabetes triple DKA risk
The findings are based on the use of three different SGLT2 inhibitors in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Clinical
MIS-C is a serious immune-mediated response to COVID-19 infection
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is still a moving target because there is much still to learn about it.
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COVID-19 fears would keep most Hispanics with stroke, MI symptoms home
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Cleaner data confirm severe COVID-19 link to diabetes, hypertension
Initial reports that tied more severe COVID-19 disease to diabetes or hypertension used confounded data, but more refined data show similar links...
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Ultrasound, cardiac CT valuable in COVID-19 assessment
An expert panel of the American College of Cardiology offers evidence-based guidance for evaluating cardiac complications of COVID-19 infections...
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Low-dose prasugrel preserves efficacy but lowers bleeding in elderly
In an ISAR-REACT 5 substudy of elderly ACS patients, low-dose prasugrel was favored over ticagrelor.