Novel point-of-care heart attack test tied to shorter emergency department stays for some patients: ESC 2024 Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli10 Sept 2024 5:00 AM ISTA new, rapid blood test that spots whether people are having a heart attack could improve the treatment of people presenting with chest pain at...
Widely performed 'additional' ablation procedure targeting diseased heart muscle not effective in patients with persistent AF: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 Sept 2024 8:30 PM ISTIn patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), standard treatment with pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) ablation resulted in similar outcomes to...
Medical Bulletin 05/ September/2024 MD Bureau Team5 Sept 2024 4:01 PM ISTHere are Top Medical News of the DayBengaluru Reports Highest Dengue Cases in India, Declared Epidemic by Karnataka Govt With dengue fever...
20-fold Higher risk of Sudden Cardiac Death between 30 and 40 years with Type 1 Diabetes: ESC Congress 2024 Dr. Garima Soni5 Sept 2024 8:00 AM ISTData from a Danish study presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2024 reveals that patients with either type of diabetes,...
Two thirds of deaths related to high BMI due to CV causes-ESC Clinical Consensus Statement Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli5 Sept 2024 6:00 AM ISTThe ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease, presented at this year's ESC Congress (London, UK, 30 August to 2...
No difference found in Evening vs. morning dosing of BP medication: ESC 2024 Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli4 Sept 2024 9:00 AM ISTIn two trials, one in frail elderly patients, evening administration of blood pressure (BP)-lowering medications had no clinical benefits over morning...
No difference in ischaemic events if aspirin interrupted or continued among patients with PCI undergoing non-cardiac surgery: ESC 2024 Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli4 Sept 2024 8:30 AM ISTAmong patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery more than 1 year after coronary drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, there was no difference with...
Weight loss drug semaglutide reduced COVID-19 related deaths during pandemic, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli4 Sept 2024 6:15 AM ISTPatients taking semaglutide injections are less likely to die of any cause, including from cardiovascular disease and infections like COVID-19, an...
Finerenone may reduce worsening heart failure and cardiovascular death, finds study, ESC 2024 Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli4 Sept 2024 6:00 AM ISTFinerenone reduced the composite of total first and recurrent heart failure (HF) events (hospitalizations for HF or urgent HF visits) and...
Single tablet with 4 BP lowering drugs can be more effective than taking 3 drugs in separate pills: ESC 2024 Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli4 Sept 2024 5:15 AM ISTA single-pill combination of four blood-pressure (BP)-lowering medications was significantly more effective than a combination of three medications,...
Equal care, patient empowerment, comorbidities, evidence-based management and dynamic re-evaluation, core focus of ESC AF guidelines Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Sept 2024 9:15 PM ISTThe 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation, developed in collaboration with the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery...
SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin safe and effective for treating patients who have suffered MI: EMPACT-MI, ESC 2024 Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Sept 2024 10:30 AM ISTThe SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin confers kidney-protective benefits and can therefore be given safely and effectively to patients when they are...
