Advanced CT test simulates blood flow to evaluate risk in patients with angina Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 Sept 2023 11:30 AM ISTDenmark: A normal coronary CT angiography (CTA)-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) test result identified patients with a low 3-year risk of...
Chlorhexidine gluconate pocket lavage prevents infection during high-risk cardiac implantable electronic procedures Dr. Shravani Dali23 Sept 2023 9:45 AM ISTChlorhexidine gluconate pocket lavage prevents infection during high-risk cardiac implantable electronic procedures suggests a new study published in...
Waist-to-Hip Ratio Strongest Predictor of Mortality Regardless of BMI Dr Riya Dave23 Sept 2023 9:30 AM ISTA recent cohort study published in JAMA Network Open by Irfan Khan and colleagues, utilizing data from the UK Biobank (UKB), has shed light on the...
Patients with severe psoriasis are at a higher risk for heart disease, study confirms Isra Zaman23 Sept 2023 9:30 AM ISTIn the largest study to date exploring the relationship between severe psoriasis and coronary microvascular dysfunction, researchers have found...
Hypertension And Stroke Do Not Significantly Modify Association Of Air Pollution With Dementia Dr Riya Dave22 Sept 2023 7:30 PM ISTFine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) has been consistently linked to cardiovascular disease, which is itself associated with a higher risk of...
Carvedilol better at lowering risk of arrhythmias among recipients of ICD compared to metaprolol Medha Baranwal22 Sept 2023 11:45 AM ISTUSA: Carvedilol can significantly reduce the risk of atrial arrhythmias (ATA) when compared to metoprolol in heart failure (HF) patients with...
Is selenium supplementation beneficial for glycemic control? Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli22 Sept 2023 11:30 AM ISTIran: A recent review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) has suggested some benefits of selenium on quantitative insulin sensitivity check index...
Aggressive LDL Cholesterol Lowering Not Linked to Cognitive Impairment or Hemorrhagic Stroke Risk: AHA Medha Baranwal21 Sept 2023 11:45 AM ISTUSA: The American Heart Association (AHA) has released a new scientific statement reinforcing that treating patients to achieve very low levels of LDL...
Lorundrostat shows promise as novel agent for uncontrolled HTN cases dr. Abhimanyu Uppal21 Sept 2023 9:45 AM ISTMineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) have been conventionally used in cases of resistant hypertension but the antiandrogenic- and...
Traumatic brain injury may be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease even decades later Isra Zaman21 Sept 2023 9:30 AM ISTA new review paper by investigators from Mass General Brigham presents key findings on long-term associations between Traumatic brain injury or TBI...
'Overwhelming' bleeding reduction with abelacimab versus rivaroxaban in AF leads to early halting of trial Medha Baranwal20 Sept 2023 11:30 AM ISTUSA: Abelacimab, a novel factor XI/XIa inhibitor being studied in the AZALEA-TIMI 71 trial, was shown to lower a composite of major and clinically...
Three days of home BP monitoring good enough for detecting hypertension Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli20 Sept 2023 11:00 AM ISTUSA: A recent study has revealed that in most people, high home blood pressure (BP) can be excluded or identified with a high degree of confidence in...
