Cardiology
Conference Coverage
Home BP now a class Ia recommendation, with good reason
SNOWMASS, COLO. – Home blood pressure monitoring helps empower hypertensive patients to take control of their disease.
News
Statin, antihypertensive treatment don’t guarantee healthier lifestyles
Data from 41,000 Finns showed that people put on a primary CVD-prevention regimen don’t always turn healthier.
News
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in SLE contribute to later CV outcomes
Study confirms impact of such disorders, including preeclampsia, on incident hypertension and cardiovascular outcomes later in life.
Conference Coverage
Who’ll get SAVR in 2020?
SNOWMASS, COLO. – Surgical aortic valve replacement, anyone?
Outcomes Research in Review
Nonculprit Lesion PCI Strategies in Patients With STEMI Without Cardiogenic Shock
Conference Coverage
What 2019’s top five CAD trials tell us
SNOWMASS, COLO. – Triple therapy as a triple threat – a three-pronged threat to patient safety, Dr. Malcolm R. Bell says.
Conference Coverage
Opioid deaths boost donor heart supply
SNOWMASS, COLO. – The size of the donor heart pool for transplantation, flat for decades, is growing significantly.
Conference Coverage
Vigilance safely keeps AFib patients off anticoagulants post ablation
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – One U.S. center uses frequent monitoring to allow selected AFib patients to safely stop anticoagulation after catheter...
Conference Coverage
Catheter cryoablation effective for persistent AFib in pivotal trial
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Cryoballoon becomes the first catheter ablating device to show efficacy and safety for persistent AFib in an FDA-approved...
FDA/CDC
FDA: Cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified in GE Healthcare monitoring devices
The Safety Communication said that patches to address the vulnerabilities will be issued by GE Healthcare.