Bariatric surgery lowers risk of heart failure and AF in patients with diabetes and obesity: JAHA Medha Baranwal15 April 2021 8:00 PM ISTSweden: Bariatric surgery may reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity, finds a...
Rapid declines of resting heart rate after childhood predict CVD, finds study Hina Zahid15 April 2021 11:30 AM ISTWhile a slow resting heart rate is generally considered a good thing, investigators have some of the first evidence that if that rate decreases...
Dofetilide comparable to amiodarone for rhythm control in AF patients Medha Baranwal15 April 2021 2:30 AM ISTUSA: The efficacy of dofetilide (DOF) is as good as amiodarone (AMIO) for rhythm control in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients, finds a recent study in...
Anti-Inflammatory Capacity of HDL may predict future CV risk: Study Hina Zahid14 April 2021 5:30 PM ISTDALLAS - Researchers have found in a new study that Anti-inflammatory properties of HDLs could be an even better biomarker for future cardiovascular...
Even very low Diastolic BP not tied to increased risk of MI, finds study Hina Zahid14 April 2021 11:38 AM ISTRecent clinical guidelines support intensive blood pressure treatment targets. However, observational data suggest that excessive diastolic blood...
Radiofrequency vs Cryoablation: both prove equally good in the RACE-AF study. dr. Abhimanyu Uppal14 April 2021 10:15 AM ISTRecurrent paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) after catheter ablation is presumably caused by failure to achieve durable pulmonary vein isolation...
TAVR associated with improved kidney function in aortic stenosis patients: Study Medha Baranwal14 April 2021 5:00 AM ISTUSA: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage is more likely to improve than worsen in severe aortic stenosis patients with renal disease undergoing TAVR,...
Amlodipine, Telmisartan Combination better than Monotherapy: TEAMSTA 5 Study Prem Aggarwal13 April 2021 12:45 PM ISTThe hypertensive pressure continues to mount!Hypertension or high blood pressure (BP) affects 1.39 billion people worldwide. Nearly 25% men and...
New marker to guide decongestion therapy and evade cardiorenal syndrome,JACC dr. Abhimanyu Uppal13 April 2021 9:00 AM ISTHospitalizations for HF are frequently due to symptomatic volume expansion. Strategies to reduce volume overload reduce hospitalizations and improve...
Night-time heart rate variability, a predictor of CV events in diabetics: Study Medha Baranwal12 April 2021 12:00 PM ISTDenmark: Reduced nighttime heart rate variability (HRV) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with...
Levosimendan improves outcomes in heart failure patients with pulmonary hypertension, HELP trial dr. Abhimanyu Uppal12 April 2021 10:15 AM ISTPulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF) is a debilitating form of PH. PH-HFpEF...
Surgery for congenital heart disease tied to adult hypertension risk: JAMA Hina Zahid12 April 2021 10:15 AM ISTIn a medical records study covering thousands of children, a U.S.-Canadian team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine concludes that while...
