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FDA Looks Closer at Myocarditis; Cognition and DOACs; Silver Lining of Lockdowns?

The American Heart Association warns that progress is slowing in national care for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. (Circulation)

FDA’s internal deliberations on myocarditis risk will delay its decision on authorizing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents. (Wall Street Journal)

Takotsubo syndrome disproportionately affects older women in the U.S., though its incidence is rising in all age groups. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

Nearly half of cardiology fellowship program directors expressed feeling a great deal of stress from their job in a survey. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Cognition was better for patients with atrial fibrillation prescribed direct oral anticoagulants instead of vitamin K antagonists, according to a cohort study from the U.K. (Heart)

Did reduced aircraft noise exposure during coronavirus lockdowns help people with hypertension? (Hypertension)

In Germany, pregnant women with adult congenital heart disease experienced no excess mortality but fared worse in some cardiovascular outcomes during pregnancy. Compared with a control group, their newborns were more likely to die or be born premature. (European Heart Journal)

There was no excess cardiovascular risk accompanying tirzepatide’s reduction of HbA1c and hypoglycemia among adults with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk, according to phase III trial SURPASS-4. (The Lancet)

Women who developed longer menstrual cycles during early menopause appeared to be at particularly high risk of atherosclerosis. (Menopause)

Mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement may be predicted with the left atrial emptying fraction calculated on the cardiac CT angiogram. (American Journal of Roentgenology)

Advanced right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, marked by an uncoupling of RV performance and the pulmonary arteries, was a strong predictor of 2-year adverse outcomes among people with secondary mitral regurgitation in the COAPT trial. (JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Deep learning technology on ECGs made it possible to quickly flag right and left ventricular dysfunction at the same time. (JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging)

Early testing showed mixed results for stellate ganglion phototherapy — a type of low-level laser treatment — in suppressing electrical storm refractory to antiarrhythmic drugs and catheter ablation. (JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology)

North Carolina is the latest state to adopt an emergency stroke protocol that prioritizes timely transport to a Level 1 stroke center for patients with large vessel occlusions, the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery announced.

People who chose to sign up for a mobile health app after percutaneous coronary intervention had better cardiac rehab enrollment rates but no reduction in 30-day readmissions compared with historical controls, investigators at two Boston hospitals found. (EBioMedicine)

Might memory activation during sleep help stroke survivors with motor rehabilitation? (Journal of Neuroscience)

When ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring is not available, how about home BP measurements three times a day for a week instead? A preprint on medRxiv suggests it may be reasonable.

A doctor on giving CPR in the stands during a soccer game: “It was all very difficult. He was trapped in between some seats. It was quite noisy. I couldn’t hear what the defibrillator was telling me.” (Sky News)

  • Nicole Lou is a reporter for MedPage Today, where she covers cardiology news and other developments in medicine. Follow

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