Home BP monitoring best for diagnosing hypertension and estimating CVD risk: Study Medha Baranwal16 Dec 2020 11:45 AM ISTUSA: Monitoring home BP (HBP) for 1 week is the best approach for diagnosing hypertension compared with office blood pressure (OBP), ambulatory BP...
TAVR should not be witheld in patients of AS with cardiac amyloidosis: JACC Medha Baranwal7 Dec 2020 5:00 PM ISTAustria: TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) should not be withheld in AS-CA patients despite the worse clinical presentation, suggests a...
Transcatheter bariatric embolotherapy useful weight loss strategy in obesity: Study Dr Satabdi Saha1 Dec 2020 12:45 PM ISTAccording to a recent study, obese patients lost a substantial amount of weight after transcatheter bariatric embolotherapy (TBE) of the left...
2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Hina Zahid29 Nov 2020 10:30 AM ISTThe American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology have updated their guideline on managing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).New ...
Empagliflozin can treat and reverse heart failure in non-diabetic patients also: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli16 Nov 2020 10:30 AM ISTResearchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found in a new trial known as EMPATROPISM, that diabetes drug Empagliflozin can...
Avoiding pro-inflammatory foods lowers heart disease, stroke risk: JACC study Hina Zahid3 Nov 2020 11:49 AM ISTHigh inflammatory foods or Proinflammatory diets generally include more red, processed, and organ meats; refined carbohydrates; and sweetened drinks....
COVID-19 in Heart Failure patients tied to increased risk of death and intubation Hina Zahid30 Oct 2020 4:00 PM ISTBottom Line: Mount Sinai researchers found that COVID-19 patients with a history of heart failure were associated with a longer duration of...
Artificially sweetened beverages linked to higher CVD risk, finds study Dr Satabdi Saha30 Oct 2020 7:49 AM ISTSugary drinks and artificially sweetened beverages are associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease , suggesting that it may not be a safe...
Echocardiograms confirm extent of Impact of COVID-19 on the Heart in new study Hina Zahid28 Oct 2020 4:30 PM ISTNew York, NY - Cardiac ultrasounds or echocardiograms are providing a view of the heart and the impact of the COVID-19 virus on patients.Researchers...
Elevated LDL cholesterol during childhood linked to CVD risk later: JACC study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 Sept 2020 10:30 AM ISTHigh cholesterol levels are never safe, not even in young people, and physicians should aim for optimal LDL-cholesterol levels early in adulthood if...
ACC's consensus on Management of Bleeding in Patients on Oral Anticoagulants Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli14 Aug 2020 1:30 PM ISTThe American College of Cardiology (ACC) has released new Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Management of Bleeding in Patients on Oral...
Prescribe SGLT2 inhibitors or GLP1 receptor agonists to reduce CV risk in diabetes: Expert Consensus Medha Baranwal6 Aug 2020 4:25 PM ISTThe American College of Cardiology has released the 2020 expert consensus decision pathway (ECDP) on novel therapies for cardiovascular risk reduction...
