Ultra-Long Stroke Transfers; Isotopes Return; Back-to-Back CPR During Half Marathon

Persistent asthma was linked to higher carotid plaque burden and inflammation in the MESA cohort. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

Hospitals can still make endovascular therapy work for stroke patients transferred from over 300 miles away, suggested a retrospective study from New Zealand and Australia. (Stroke)

Good news during the medical radioisotope shortage: the global supply of Mo-99 and I-131 should return to normal following resumed operations at two major nuclear reactors, according to industry consortium Nuclear Medicine Europe.

Meanwhile, the National Nuclear Security Administration announced near completion of a new Mo-99 production facility in Wisconsin.

While participating in a half marathon, cardiologist Steven Lome, MD, encountered two fellow runners in cardiac arrest and provided life-saving CPR. (Washington Post)

An interactive training film improved the ability of high-schoolers to perform bystander CPR, providing a model for similar courses for laypeople in the future. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Major ECG abnormalities and sinus tachycardia were shown to be prognostic markers for hospitalized COVID-19 patients. (Heart)

For survivors who spent the year after a heart attack event-free, the 5-year risk of subsequent mortality, cardiovascular events, and bleeding has dropped off significantly since the early 2000s thanks to secondary prevention therapies, according to a Danish study. (European Heart Journal)

Cardiac surgeons continue to argue that the 2021 American guidelines for coronary artery revascularization mischaracterized the evidence supporting coronary artery bypass grafting. (JAMA Surgery)

Women faced outsized long-term cardiovascular risks if they had concomitant gestational diabetes and a gestational hypertensive disorder during pregnancy. (JAMA Network Open)

Among older patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, geriatric conditions were disproportionately more pronounced in Black patients. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)

Even in people with normal left ventricular geometry and no cardiovascular disease, it is not rare to find aortic valve sclerosis and subclinical diastolic impairment. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

Children and young adults with elevated lipoprotein(a) levels may be especially prone to developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease as older adults. (Circulation)

Mixed results for intensive blood pressure control to avoid adverse cardiac remodeling in children with chronic kidney disease emerged in a small randomized trial. (Lancet Child & Adolescent Health)

Withdrawal of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors did not bode well for people with type 2 diabetes and advanced chronic kidney disease in Hong Kong. (eClinicalMedicine)