Heart Failure: AI-powered ECGs | Pupil measurements predict all-cause mortality | Genetic testing for heart disease

The study, published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, included data from more than 1,600 patients who presented at the ED with shortness of breath. 

A new commentary in Circulation: Heart Failure offers a first-hand account of how one facility embraced telehealth and faced the pandemic head-on.

The study's authors explored data from 870 acute heart failure patients treated at the same facility from January 2012 to December 2017.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, researchers have been forced to put important projects on hold—and it’s unclear when things will return to normal.

The original software first received FDA clearance back in 2018. This updated version, Caption Health has said, is easier for clinicians to use. 

Such testing typically makes the most sense when patients have a confirmed diagnosis of an inherited cardiovascular disease or an abnormality has already been identified.

Stress cardiomyopathy—often referred to as broken heart syndrome—was up significantly in March and April 2020.

The study's authors emphasized the importance of interventions such as patient communication and education.