Happier, more optimistic teens stood a better chance of good cardiometabolic health approaching middle age. (Journal of the American Heart Association)
Black Americans did not lose weight or improve lipid levels after switching to vegan soul food, a randomized trial showed. (JAMA Network Open)
Emotional eating, such as overeating when one is sad, was associated with arterial stiffness in a longitudinal study spanning 13 years. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)
FDA approved the self-expanding Navitor transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device for high-risk individuals with aortic stenosis, Abbott announced.
Cardiac tamponade from getting a temporary pacemaker after TAVR was eliminated with right ventricular pacing via a permanent, passive, soft-tip pacemaker lead in one registry study. (International Journal of Cardiology)
For cardiology fellows, simulation-based transesophageal echocardiography training triumphed over traditional teaching methods. (JAMA Cardiology)
Could a hemodynamic measure during submaximal exercise echocardiography be sufficient to diagnose heart failure with preserved ejection fraction? (JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging)
Women who have given birth to more children tend to be at greater risk of cardiac dysfunction in the long-term. (Journal of Cardiac Failure)
Low-dose sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) didn’t measure up for outcomes in a meta-analysis of heart failure studies. (Clinical Cardiology)
Both very high and very low left ventricular ejection fractions spelled trouble for survival in sepsis and septic shock. (CHEST)
Longitudinal data from implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients suggested better survival with remote device monitoring compared with traditional office visits. (EP Europace)
Persistent atrial fibrillation with anterior scarring resolved better with an anterior mitral line added to conventional ablation, an observational study showed. (Heart Rhythm)
The American Heart Association laid out the gaps in training and research in palliative care in pediatric cardiology. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes)
National registry data showed that hospitals using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays remained in the minority as recently as late 2021. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
Stop or continue extended anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism? The VTE-PREDICT risk score could help. (European Heart Journal)
Scientists find promise for a potential gene editing therapy to protect heart tissue from ischemia-reperfusion injury after a heart attack. (Science)
Amid the ongoing war with Russia, an unexploded grenade had to be surgically removed from just beneath a Ukrainian soldier’s heart. (The Guardian)
In Finland, people who visited green spaces more frequently needed less antihypertensive treatment. (Occupational & Environmental Medicine)
A timer-based bin system helped one center to better comply with expiration date rules for open ECG electrodes. (Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety)
Following FDA approval for an ECG app, Garmin is poised to enter the wearable home ECG monitoring market. (Gadgets & Wearables)
Source: MedicalNewsToday.com
