Cardiology General
May 14, 2014
Recent studies suggest that obese patients may be vulnerable to poorer physician–patient communication because some doctors may hold negative attitudes toward these individuals. “Prior studies hav...
May 13, 2014
New research is being presented at the 2014 annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Hypertension, or ASH, from May 16 to 20 in New York. Meeting Highlights Hypertension Program Im...
May 12, 2014
The Particulars: Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly being used to treat advanced heart failure, according to previous studies. The risks for ventricular arrhythmias and ICD shock...
May 12, 2014
The Particulars: Programming long arrhythmia detection times has been shown to reduce the incidence of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shock therapy. However, data are lacking on the impa...
May 12, 2014
The Particulars: Previous studies have suggested that the rates of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) lead fractures are high among young patients. This patient population has also been foun...
May 12, 2014
The Particulars: Research has shown that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) appears to predict the onset of atrial fibrillation (AF). Few studies have evaluated whether treating OSA has an effect on AF rec...
May 12, 2014
The Particulars: Data indicate that emergency healthcare use is common among patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds)....
May 08, 2014
The Particulars: Little is known about trends on cardiac catheterizations and inpatient mortality following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the general population and how this compares with psych...
May 08, 2014
New research is being presented at ATS 2014, the American Thoracic Society's annual meeting, from May 16 to 21 in San Diego. Meeting Highlights Risk Factors for Near-Fatal Asthma Matern...
May 02, 2014
New research is being presented at Hearth Rhythm 2014, the Heart Rhythm Society's Annual Scientific Sessions, from May 7-10 in San Francisco. Meeting Highlights Remote Monitoring of ICDs O...
Apr 28, 2014
Current performance measures for heart failure (HF) from CMS target patients with a principal diagnosis of the disease. HF performance measures include evaluating left ventricular (LV) systolic functi...
Apr 24, 2014
About a decade ago, the American Heart Association (AHA) released an initial scientific statement on secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) for older patients, but ther...
Apr 16, 2014
What happens when a hospital provides unnecessary care? Does your hospital sound like the one in this parody? Source: adamoppe. [Elite_video_player id="2"]...
Apr 15, 2014
About 2% to 6% of Americans have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a condition that is largely underdiagnosed but has been associated with multiple cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including coronary hear...
Apr 05, 2014
Studies have shown that recent influenza-like infection is a non-traditional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor that has been linked to fatal and non-fatal atherothrombotic events. “There is i...
Apr 04, 2014
Source: BestMedicalDegrees.com Modern medicine has helped lead to a surge in average life expectancy, which was only about 36 in the late 1800s. With humans routinely living into their 100s, advanc...
Apr 04, 2014
The Particulars: Previous studies indicate that perioperative administration of aspirin varies substantially among patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery, both in patients already on an aspirin regim...
Apr 04, 2014
The Particulars: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) can utilize either balloon-expandable valves or self-expandable valves. A randomized comparison of the two methods has yet to be performe...
Apr 04, 2014
The Particulars: Data indicate that the Global SYMPLICITY Registry is the largest dataset of patients with uncontrolled hypertension who have been treated with renal denervation. Research has yet to u...
Apr 04, 2014
The Particulars: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with or without an ICD (CRT-D) is indicated for symptom improvement in patients with chronic systolic heart failure, with prolonged intraventri...