Cardiology

The TMIOA Medical Director highlights the best sessions, new topics, and growing discussion around the 18th annual congress.

An analysis of the Look AHEAD study by investigators at Johns Hopkins details associations between long-term variability of glycemic markers and increased risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.

Data from more than 37k patients in the UK Biobank study suggests hypertension in midlife was linked to an increased risk of white matter hyperintensities later in life.

2020 was the year when regulators, clinicians, and patients had no choice but to embrace the concept of wearable monitoring devices. But it’s been a long time coming for the technology class.

A recent analysis of more than 45k patients from Canada suggests women were 20% more likely to die or develop heart failure in the first 5 years after an incident myocardial infarction.

Pediatric patients who initiated insulin pump therapy within 6 months of diagnosis demonstrated better cardiovascular risk profiles than those who delayed treatment.

Check out the latest ImageIQ Quiz from VisualDx. This month's quiz features a 78 y/o man presenting to the ED with recent vomiting after being found in a state of confusion.

Check out the latest case report from Dr. Brady Pregerson, which features a man in his 60s presenting with 16 hours of chest pain.

Largest study of multiple health indicators over time finds widening disparities in health by race, despite increased targeted funding.

With the prevalence of diabetes continuing to grow, Gregory Weiss, MD, reflects on his experience treating patients with diabetes as a cardiologist and how recent advances have impacted cardiology.

Dr. Gregory Weiss details how the expectations of clinicians, and cardiologists specifically, has changed since he began practicing.

An analysis of data from the Women's Health Initiative suggests spending more than 6.5 hours engaged in sedentary behaviors each day was linked to a 42% increase in risk of heart failure in older women.

Dr. Paul D. Thompson tackles the topic of whether use of fenofibrate helps or harms kidney function.

Liquidia Technologies plans on addressing FDA concerns regarding treprostinil.

In this 3-part feature series, an endocrinologist, a cardiologist, and an internist tackle the topic of who should be in charge of treating patients with diabetes and whether the creation of a cardiometabolic specialty is a worthwhile endeavor.

Literature is scarce in identifying and characterizing risk of post-operative diabetes mellitus among patients with pancreatic cystic lesions.

More studies are planned testing the impact of finerenone.

Finerenone could be another option to SGLT2 inhibitors for this patient population.

Researchers present new data from the SUSTAIN 6 and PIONEER 6 trials during the virtual AHA 2020 conference.

AliveCor announced the US FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to Kardia AI V2 algorithm suite.

The rates of ALT normalization maintained in both arms of the 96 week study.

An analysis of data from a pair of major trials indicates use of semaglutide was associated with a reduction in MACE regardless of a patient's baseline triglyceride levels.

The lipid profile changes were not significant after 6 months, while the changes in the lipid profile are due to other factors and not the drugs.

The AI-based technology is expected to augment telehealth and remote services for a vast majority of cardiological cases.

An analysis of cardiovascular outcomes from FIDELIO-DKD suggest finerenone use was associated with a 14% reduction in negative cardiovascular outcomes.