New Clinical Practice Guideline on Hypertension by AAFP: Key takes Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli11 April 2023 9:45 AM ISTThe AAFP has issued new clinical practice guideline on appropriate blood pressure treatment targets for adults with hypertension. The guideline...
SPAQI consensus on preoperative management of cardiovascular medications Medha Baranwal6 April 2023 8:00 PM ISTUSA: The Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI) has released a consensus statement on the preoperative management of...
Torsemide and furosemide show no significant difference in all-cause mortality in HF patients: JAMA Dr. Mahalakshmi Sivashankaran28 March 2023 11:00 AM ISTUSA: A recent Clinical Trial called TRANSFORM-HF, published in JAMA, has found that torsemide and furosemide, two commonly used loop diuretics for...
Cardioverter-Defibrillator Reduces Mortality Risk in Patients with Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Study Dr. Mahalakshmi Sivashankaran28 March 2023 10:15 AM ISTUSA: A new study published in Indian Heart Journal found that a cardioverter-defibrillator can reduce mortality risk in ischemic and...
Bempedoic acid reduces cholesterol and inflammation, similar to statin: Study Dr. Mahalakshmi Sivashankaran28 March 2023 9:45 AM ISTUSA: A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology has shown that bempedoic acid (BA), an ATP citrate lyase inhibitor, may...
LAI issues expert consensus statement on management of diabetic dyslipidemia in Indians Medha Baranwal24 March 2023 8:00 PM ISTRajasthan: An article published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology reports an expert consensus statement from the Lipid Association of India...
Myocarditis in Children: IAP Guidelines Ayesha Sadaf2 Feb 2023 10:00 AM ISTMyocarditis is simply known as the inflammation of the myocardium and has a variable clinical presentation. Although autopsy studies have reported the...
Managing diabetes patients at high risk for hypoglycemia: Endocrine Society guidelines Medha Baranwal6 Jan 2023 10:00 AM ISTUSA: Advances in medications and technology should be leveraged to reduce the risk for hypoglycemia for people with diabetes, according to a clinical...
Management of prediabetes to prevent diabetes among Indians: Expert consensus Medha Baranwal28 Dec 2022 8:00 PM ISTDelhi: A recent article featured in the JAPI (Journal of the Association of Physicians of India) has reported an expert group consensus statement on...
AHA issues new scientific statement on managing acute coronary syndrome in elderly Medha Baranwal24 Dec 2022 10:30 AM ISTUSA: The American Heart Association (AHA) has released a new scientific statement for managing acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the older adult...
ADA suggests more aggressive lipid, BP and weight targets for diabetes patients in new guideline Medha Baranwal20 Dec 2022 12:15 PM ISTUSA: The American Diabetes Association (ADA), in a document published as a supplement in Diabetes Care, has suggested new, more aggressive...
Most fetal congenital heart block screening fails to meet guidelines, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli26 Nov 2022 8:00 PM ISTNew research presented at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, found that most echocardiography screening for...
