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Long Delays in Amyloidosis Dx, Even With Established Cardiac Care
The underrecognized disease is rare and diagnosis complicated by a lack of awareness and heterogeneity of symptoms at presentation. Medscape Medical News
6 hours ago - Medscape
ACC Mitral Regurgitation Decision Pathway Updated
An update to 2017 expert consensus on treatment of mitral regurgitation was needed after the COAPT and MITRA-FR trials changed the game in secondary mitral...
7 hours ago - Medscape
ISAACC: No Effect of CPAP On CV Outcomes in OSA
Patients with previous acute coronary syndrome treated with CPAP for obstructive sleep apnea showed no significant reduction in subsequent cardiovascular events, in a...
8 hours ago - Medscape
Long-term Changes in Gut Metabolite Predict CHD Risk
Temporal changes in dietary habits - for better or worse - were also found to modulate the harmful effects of the gut microbial metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide. Medscape...
13 hours ago - Medscape
Cardiology Still Not Solving Case of the Missing Women
]]> - Everywhere researchers looked in a series of studies, women were still substantially underrepresented in cardiology. In particular, despite recent progress, women still...
19 hours ago - MedPageToday
Revascularization Volumes Halved Over 13 Years
New administrative data on revascularization in the United States offers an interesting glimpse into a field adjusting to new data on the benefits of medical therapy. Medscape...
1 day ago - Medscape
'Evidence That e-Cigs Cause Heart Attacks' Retracted
The Journal of the American Heart Association retracted a study that found an association between e-cigarette use and increased risk of having had a myocardial...
1 day ago - Medscape
Declining Physical Activity May Herald HF Hospitalization, Death
It can be difficult to predict impending HF hospitalization or death, but analyzing device-measured physical activity may provide some insight. Medscape Medical News
1 day ago - Medscape
Clinical utility of polygenic risk scores for CHD, CAD questioned
Two polygenic risk scores, one for predicting CHD and one for predicting CAD, did not meaningfully improve risk prediction beyond conventional risk factors, according to...
2 days ago - Healio - 2 articles
Anita W. Asgar, MD, MSc, navigates paradigm shifts in transcatheter valve therapy
For this issue, Cardiology Today spoke with Editorial Board Member Anita W. Asgar, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACC, director of transcatheter valve therapy research at Institute...
3 days ago - Healio
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Silent COVID-19 Cases May Stymie Screening Efforts
As countries work to slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, a new study shows why the methods they are currently using to screen international travelers may not be...
Scientists discover new antibiotic that kills bacteria resistant to all...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology team used an AI to identify a new compound that kills at least four kinds of bacteria that are resistant to all other known antibiotics.
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Another 90 evacuees released from quarantine in Texas where one is in...
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'Stranger Things' Sheds Light on a Rare Disorder
The disorder, called cleidocranial dysplasia , affects only about one in a million people, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Caused by a mutated gene, CCD...
Brain Stent Could Cut Odds for a Second Stroke
In a new study, the self-expanding, intracranial Wingspan brain stent seems effective over the long term in reducing stroke patients' risk of a subsequent stroke and death.
Wearable 'Brain Stimulator' May Boost Stroke Recovery
The device, which is controlled with a smartphone, looks like a swim cap with multiple magnetic microstimulators attached. Study volunteers wore it for 40 minutes per session...
Another HIV Hazard: Higher Risk for COPD
Compared to those without the AIDS-causing virus, people with HIV had a 34% higher rate of COPD and were diagnosed with the lung disease about 12 years earlier - average age 50...
Woman Plays Violin During Brain Surgery
Midway through the surgery, Turner was wakened and asked to her play her violin to "ensure the surgeons did not damage any crucial areas of the brain that controlled Dagmar's...
9 Best Punching Bags For Kids - And Maybe Parents, Too, Once The Kids Are Asleep
We've been told over and over that fighting doesn't solve anything. We certainly understand that point of view when it comes to people. But then again, hitting something can...