Guidelines recommend routine imaging for relatives of patients with non-syndromic thoracic aortic disease
New guidelines: Should your family get screened for hidden aortic disease?
New co-produced guidelines for non-syndromic thoracic aortic disease (NS-TAD) make a strong recommendation for routine imaging of first-degr…
New guidelines say if you have non-syndromic thoracic aortic disease, your parents, siblings, and children should get routine imaging to che…
ECG abnormalities associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk in REGARDS cohort analysis
Can a simple heart test spot hidden risk in people considered low risk?
A prospective cohort analysis of 19,173 participants without baseline CVD found ECG abnormalities were associated with incident CVD events.
A routine heart test can spot hidden risks in people considered low risk, as those with major ECG abnormalities faced a 53% higher chance of…
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in cancer patients shows non-significant bleeding trend
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation shows similar outcomes in cancer and non-cancer patients
A meta-analysis of 69,819 patients from eight observational studies compared catheter ablation outcomes in atrial fibrillation patients with…
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation works similarly in cancer and non-cancer patients, with a trend toward more bleeding in cancer sur…
GLP-1 receptor agonists reduce new-onset heart failure risk in patients with diabetes or obesity
Could diabetes drugs also help protect the heart from failure?
A meta-analysis of 6 RCTs involving 52,752 participants without heart failure found GLP-1 receptor agonists decreased new-onset HF risk (HR=…
Diabetes drugs like semaglutide lower the risk of new heart failure by 23% in people with Type 2 diabetes or obesity, offering heart protect…
Covariate adjustment method for hierarchical outcomes improves statistical power in win ratio analyses
New statistical method may improve analysis of complex clinical trial outcomes
Methodological research using simulation studies and EMPEROR-Preserved trial data found that covariate adjustment for prognostic variables c…
A new statistical method boosts trial power when analyzing complex outcomes like hospitalizations and deaths by adjusting for patient charac…
RAS Inhibitors After TAVR Associated With Reduced Mortality in Meta-Analysis of 36,000 Patients
Heart medication after TAVR valve procedure linked to lower death risk in analysis
A Bayesian meta-analysis of 12 observational studies in 35,988 patients undergoing TAVR for aortic stenosis found RAS inhibitor therapy was …
Taking certain heart medications after a TAVR valve procedure is linked to a lower risk of death and fewer hospitalizations for heart failur…
Meta-analysis finds no outcome differences between free versus in situ right internal mammary artery in CABG
Study finds no major outcome differences between two coronary artery bypass graft techniques
A meta-analysis of 13 studies involving 9899 CABG patients found no statistically significant differences in mortality, graft occlusion, MAC…
Two coronary artery bypass techniques using the right internal mammary artery show no difference in survival or heart complications after 1 …
Black participants less represented in US heart failure registries than in clinical trials
Heart failure registries included fewer Black participants than clinical trials in US study
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 62 US heart failure trials and 15 registries (2010-2019) found Black participants were significantl…
Heart failure registries in the US included fewer Black participants than clinical trials, revealing a gap in real-world research representa…
COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2021
COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2021
A 2021 U.S. mortality data report indicates COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death, following heart disease and cancer.
In 2021, COVID-19 remained the third leading cause of death in the United States, trailing only heart disease and cancer.
Robotic PCI system shows feasibility in small study of complex coronary lesions
Can a robot help fix complex heart blockages? An early test shows promise
A prospective single-center single-arm trial of 20 patients with unstable angina and complex coronary anatomy evaluated the ETcath200 roboti…
A new robot system helped doctors successfully clear complex heart blockages in 16 out of 20 patients without major complications during an …
Observational study finds 49% AKI incidence in fulminant myocarditis patients, identifies risk factors
Nearly half of patients with severe heart inflammation develop kidney injury
A single-center observational cohort of 408 fulminant myocarditis patients found 201 (49.2%) developed AKI.
Nearly half of patients with severe heart inflammation develop kidney injury, a risk linked to male gender and weaker heart pumping ability.
Review suggests TWEAK-Fn14 axis contributes to brain injury and cardiac dysfunction pathology
Review explores protein link between brain and heart diseases
A systematic review summarizes evidence on the TWEAK-Fn14 signaling pathway in cardio-cerebrovascular diseases.
High levels of two specific proteins linked to brain swelling and heart scarring may offer a future target for treating brain-heart syndrome…