Time to Stop Routine Anesthesia for Stroke Thrombectomy? Neurologists debate pandemic-related guidelines Mar 17, 2021
Immediate Angiography Feasible for Large Vessel Stroke Patients Not stopping patients in the ED improved hospital workflow and patient outcomes Mar 17, 2021
Multi-City Study Bolsters Case for Mobile Stroke Units But reimbursement woes, balkanized EMS agencies block path to broader use Mar 17, 2021
Uneven Progress Closing Race Gap in Heart Health Urban areas more successful at narrowing disparities Mar 15, 2021
Holding tPA for All DOAC Users Not the Way to Go, Stroke Docs Say Clinical conundrum could be solved by a point-of-care DOAC test Mar 15, 2021
DOAC After Heart Valve Procedure? Registry defines prevalent use with mechanical and bioprosthetic valves Mar 08, 2021
And the Magic Number for Daily Fruit, Vegetable Intake Is... No benefit to peas, corn, potatoes observed in cohort studies Mar 01, 2021
White Bread or White Rice? Glycemic Index Telling of CVD Risk Across Borders Observational study suggests role of diet in primary, secondary prevention alike Feb 24, 2021
ECG Patch Boosts Afib Diagnoses in Older Folks But unclear if it's clinically beneficial Feb 24, 2021
ACC Report: Cardiac Care Better Woman-to-Woman Group suggests rethink of cardiology culture and medical education Feb 22, 2021
USPSTF: Still a Hard Pass on Carotid Artery Stenosis Screening Science hasn't improved, task force says Feb 02, 2021
Altered Mental State Tied to COVID-19 Mortality In-hospital deaths higher, even when pulmonary problems were not severe Dec 21, 2020
Will Vascepa Train Roll Past Negative Omega-3 Results? STRENGTH, OMEMI temper enthusiasm but may not change much Nov 24, 2020
COVID's Heart Complications Modest in Large Registry Obese and minority groups at higher risk, though, analyses affirm Nov 18, 2020
AHA: Highlighting Effective 'Real-World' Heart Tx Strategies Studies on overcoming GDMT underuse, improving self-care education, creating new settings for care delivery Nov 17, 2020
Post-Surgery Monitoring Finds Afib in Discharged Patients About 20% of patients had episodes recorded on devices, study showed Nov 17, 2020
VITAL-AF, mSToPS: Mixed Results in Afib Screening A signal that screening by continuous ECG monitoring leads to better outcomes Nov 16, 2020
Omega-3s Humbled by Corn Oil Placebo in Two Trials Implications for REDUCE-IT's icosapent ethyl unclear Nov 15, 2020
Xarelto Works for Prevention in Valvular Afib RIVER trial may open the door to use in broader populations Nov 14, 2020
Heart Group Takes Aim at Structural Racism AHA advocates for policies to root out economic, health disparities Nov 10, 2020
Brilinta Wins Indication in Recurrent Stroke Prevention FDA approval based on THALES give the drug a foothold beyond CVD Nov 06, 2020
tPA Stroke Benefit Consistent Up to 9 Hours Better functional outcomes with treatment for perfusion mismatch beyond the typical window Nov 04, 2020
Cardiac ICU: AHA Drafts Guidance for Best Practices Scientific statement aims to optimize specialized critical care, pending more rigorous evidence Oct 29, 2020
No Aspirin Post-STEMI Stent; Sapien 3 Stroke Risk; and More It's a TICO-STEMI, SOLVE-TAVI, FLASH, and IREMMI trial data round-up Oct 19, 2020
Sobering Efficacy Data for TriGuard 3 Deflector in TAVR Randomized trials on embolic protection devices are ongoing Oct 16, 2020
Bedside MRI Feasible in ICU, for COVID-19 Study showed abnormalities found without any complications from the device Sep 09, 2020
Low-Dose DOAC Valuable in Afib After Age 80 Randomized trial suggests benefit on par with warfarin in younger groups Aug 30, 2020
Healthy People 2030: HHS Prioritizes Socioeconomic Disparities, Overall Well-Being New national health goals for the next decade Aug 20, 2020
Brilinta Boosts Secondary Stroke Prevention THALES trial supports addition to aspirin but comparison with clopidogrel now needed Jul 15, 2020
Study: Afib Persistence Shouldn't Be Based on 7-Day Cutoff Is the current definition of "paroxysmal Afib" clinically relevant? Jul 02, 2020
Legendary Gymnast Dies of Basilar Artery Stroke A look at world-champion Kurt Thomas's fatal condition Jun 23, 2020
A Diabetes Drug That Slows Cognitive Decline? Trulicity analysis hints at dementia prevention Jun 22, 2020
DOACs More Risky With Common Antibiotic Study affirms concomitant use associated with major hemorrhage Jun 08, 2020
Asymptomatic Intracranial Stenosis: No Cause for Alarm Common finding on imaging not associated with worse prognosis May 26, 2020
Residual Shunt Size Matters After PFO Closure Incomplete seal was not uncommon in a cohort study May 11, 2020
Silent Infarcts Often Defy Anticoagulation in Seniors With Afib Swiss study found surprising link to cognition from these clinically 'invisible' events May 09, 2020
Next-Gen Watchman Poised to Make LAA Occlusion Less Scary? Study suggests good device performance, procedural safety May 09, 2020
An Unsafe Interaction Between Pradaxa and Common Meds Study suggests drug-drug interaction regardless of kidney function Apr 24, 2020
Study: Off-Label Use of DOACs Worrisome for LV Thrombi DOACs linked to more events than with warfarin for such blood clots Apr 22, 2020
More 'Convincing' Data on BP Drop After Renal Denervation Full results reported from SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Mar 29, 2020