Top stories from the American Heart Association scientific sessions
ISCHEMIA trial hailed as practice changing The largest-ever RCT of initial invasive versus conservative management of stable ischemic heart disease m...
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Vascepa gains event-reduction nod; diabetes ups ischemic risks
Vascepa approved for cardiovascular risk reduction The FDA’s decision on cutting events in high-risk patients was based primarily on the REDUCE-IT tr...
Post-STEMI events less likely in women; bariatric surgery may lower stroke risk
Women have fewer cardiovascular events after non–ST-segment elevation ACS But they also remain undertreated with guideline-directed therapies. * * ...
New trick for old drug; Vascepa cost effective for CV reduction
Icosapent ethyl cost effective in REDUCE-IT analysis Treatment with the fish-derived drug Vascepa for CV event reduction is more effective and less c...
Card Talk: TAVR and glass ceilings
This week’s Cardiocast is devoted entirely to Card Talk with cardiologist brothers Jim and Jerry Dwyer. They welcome two structural interventionalists...
ISCHEMIA trial, DAPA-HF, and valsartan recall: AHA Special
In this special meeting edition of the Cardiocast, MDedge Cardiology editor Catherine Hackett is joined by MDedge reporters Mitchel L. Zoler, Bruce Ja...
Long-awaited ISCHEMIA results to change practice, DAPA-HF elevates dapagliflozin for HFrEF
ISCHEMIA trial hailed as practice changing The largest-ever RCT of initial invasive versus conservative management of stable ischemic heart disease m...
Pot heightens stroke, arrhythmia risks; keeping low LDL and BP slashes lifetime heart risk
Getting high heightens stroke, arrhythmia risks Cannabis use or abuse among the young was associated with adverse cardiovascular consequences in two ...
How risk factors in childhood translate to CV outcomes in adulthood
Closing the missing link between childhood risk factors and adult cardiovascular outcomes Prescient childhood cohort studies launched in the 1970s ar...
Driving while defibrillating; hypertension holds greater risk in black patients
Patients frequently drive too soon after ICD implantation Many patients didn’t recall ever receiving instruction about when to drive again. * * * Hel...