Cardiology

A podcast featuring an interview with Prof. Kausik Ray centered around the latest inclisiran data presented at ESC Congress 2020.

A study from ESC Congress 2020 details the effects of initiating rhythm control within the first year of an atrial fibrillation diagnosis.

For patients without diabetes, low serum bicarbonate and higher high sensitivity troponin T, NTproBNP, and urine NGAL were linked to a higher risk of the composite outcome.

Lead investigator of IMPACT-AFib discusses the results of the study and how they inform clinicians on strategies to improve oral anticoagulant use.

A podcast featuring the lead investigator of a recent study examining impact of metabolic syndrome on COVID-19 outcomes in a pair of New Orleans-based hospitals.

Investigators report on a post-hoc analysis of the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial that assesses the efficacy of the SGLT-2 inhibitor in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

These guidelines set by ESC and EAS 2019 established treatment goals for LDL-C, non-HDL-C, and Apo-B in patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease.

Investigators found no benefit from the discontinuation of ACE inhibitors/ARBs in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in a prospective, randomized, phase 4 trial.

The new equation model has shown to be more accurate than the Framingham Lifetime Risk equation and Pooled Cohort Equation.

How good are your diagnostic skills? Test them with this month's Visual Dx quiz!

Post hoc analysis of REAL-CAD shows the cholesterol metric does not serve to inform statin treatment control of coronary artery disease.

The congress president shares her favorite sessions, and ideas to integrate virtual setting successes into next year's meeting.

The largest and most comprehensive look at blood pressure therapies and cardiovascular disease risk to date is providing an overview of the effects of antihypertensive therapy at varying levels of baseline blood pressure.

Results of HOME-PE suggest an approach using HESTIA was noninferior to sPESI for patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

New data shows that high BMI individuals who were in the lowest polygenic score quintile had a 5-fold greater risk of diabetes than those with low BMI and a high polygenic score.

According to late breaking data, younger women exhibit a decreased risk for heart attack mortality due to estrogen’s protective effect

Analysis of the UK Biobank cohort details associations between increased HbA1c levels and risk of myocardial infarction in patients regardless of sex.

What ESC has learned about the benefits and difficulties of online-only forums.

Evolocumab and alirocumab produced LDL-C reduction in patients regardless of underlying mutations, investigators reported.

This underscores a need to reinvent cities and address environmental risk factors that are associated with increased risk for cardiovascular diseases.

Myocardial infarction patients were provided ECG readings as reliable as those provided by standard devices.

Studies have shown that heat-related cardiovascular events have increased over recent years.

New cohort data shows that at least 40% of COVID-19 positive patients had CV risk factors, such as diabetes and hypertension.

Dapagliflozin and empagliflozin are shown to minimize CV events in patients with heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction.

A look at how a major international cardiovascular meeting changed its structure in 4 months.