Cardiology
Guidelines
Renal denervation proceeds as U.S. trial’s flaws emerge
Guidelines
Upcoming ESC revascularization guidelines cement heart team’s role
Conference Coverage
ECG predictors of cardiac events mandate troponin level testing in drug overdoses
Roughly 15% of adult ED patients with an acute drug overdose will experience a major cardiac event during their hospital stay. The ED admission...
Conference Coverage
Olmesartan can cause celiac disease mimicker
Key clinical point: When patients on olmesartan develop severe intestinal malabsorption with villous atrophy in the absence of positive serology...
Conference Coverage
LDL cholesterol not a good marker of CVD in type 1 diabetes
Key clinical point: In type 1 diabetes, the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL better predicted CVD than did LDL cholesterol level.Major finding:...
Conference Coverage
ZS-9 may be a safer hyperkalemia therapy
Key clinical point: ZS-9 may become a safer treatment alternative to sodium polystyrene sulfate.
Conference Coverage
Resuming aspirin for cardioprotection after GI bleed tied to 38% cut in CV risk
Key clinical point: What’s the risk/benefit balance in restarting low-dose aspirin for secondary cardioprevention following a lower GI bleed? New...
News
AHRQ report examines interventions for lowering readmissions in heart failure patients
News
Thrombolysis may offer benefit in stable pulmonary embolism
Key clinical point: Thrombolysis may be a therapeutic alternative to anticoagulation in some patients with stable, intermediate-risk pulmonary...
Conference Coverage
Fatty heart may bring on diabetes
Key clinical point: The greater the volume of pericardial adipose tissue, the greater the risk of diabetes.Major finding: In a logistic regression...
Conference Coverage
Diabetes found in 17% of MI patients in registry
Key clinical point: Nearly one-fifth of MI patients have undiagnosed diabetes, and their 3-year mortality was similar whether they had a STEMI or...