Cardiology
From the Journals
Statins tied to diabetes progression
A real-world study reaffirms the link shown in clinical trials, but the message remains: “No patient should stop taking their statins based on our...
From the Journals
Cardiogenic shock teams again tied to lower mortality
New data suggest centers with a shock team had higher survival and lower resource use in the cardiac ICU.
Conference Coverage
EMPEROR-Preserved: Empagliflozin’s HFpEF efficacy catalyzes a heart failure redefinition
Cardiologists have long defined heart failure as involving reduced or preserved ejection fraction. Results from big empagliflozin trials say...
Conference Coverage
Aspirin and heparin increase bleeding risk during EVT
New data show that aspirin and heparin, alone or in combination, double the risk for symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage when given during...
Feature
COVID vaccine preprint study prompts Twitter outrage
The authors’ conclusions about rates of myocarditis after COVID vaccine in boys aged 12-17 years are attacked for supposedly stoking antivaccine...
From the Journals
Cavernous gender gap in Medicare payments to cardiologists
The differences persisted after adjustment for physician experience and subspecialty, number of charges submitted, unique billing codes used, and...
Conference Coverage
Are ESC’s new heart failure guidelines already outdated?
It was hard not to think of the upcoming presentation on EMPEROR-Preserved, with its potentially profound impact on HF management, when new HF...
Feature
Feds slap UPMC, lead cardiothoracic surgeon with fraud lawsuit
The whistleblower suit alleges fraudulent billing tied to concurrent surgeries and ‘longstanding, knowing, and egregious violations of the public...
Conference Coverage
Growing proportion of cardiac arrests in U.S. considered opioid related
Due to a steep rise, opioid-associated cardiac arrests have become a major public health issue.
Conference Coverage
STOP-DAPT 2 ACS: 1 month of DAPT proves inadequate for patients with recent ACS
Findings from a Japanese trial show 1 month of dual antiplatelet therapy and 11 months of clopidogrel monotherapy is inferior to 12 months of DAPT...
News
Exercising to lose weight is not for every ‘body’
Compensatory mechanisms will compensate, whether you like it or not.