| Today's News and Trends | There was a significant reduction in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. There was a significant reduction in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. | | |
| The study's authors reviewed data from more than 1.8 million patients, confirming that PCI is still safe and effective when a patient has cancer. The study's authors reviewed data from more than 1.8 million patients, confirming that PCI is still safe and effective when a patient has cancer. | | |
| “To our knowledge, this is the first report of prosthetic aortic valve thrombosis associated with COVID-19 infection,” the authors wrote. “To our knowledge, this is the first report of prosthetic aortic valve thrombosis associated with COVID-19 infection,” the authors wrote. | | |
| | "We were all stunned," one cardiologist said after discovering the problem. "We were all stunned," one cardiologist said after discovering the problem. | | |
| The Mediterranean diet, meanwhile, was associated with a more significant drop in systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The Mediterranean diet, meanwhile, was associated with a more significant drop in systolic and diastolic blood pressure. | | |
| Sudden cardiac arrest, both in and outside of the hospital, is much more fatal for patients who already have COVID-19. Sudden cardiac arrest, both in and outside of the hospital, is much more fatal for patients who already have COVID-19. | | |
| | Some cardiologists vow to go out with their scrubs on, says St. Vincent Heart Center’s Mary Norine Walsh, MD, as she recalls an interventional cardiologist who declared that when he left the cath lab, he’d be gone for good, not doing “office work.” Some cardiologists vow to go out with their scrubs on, says St. Vincent Heart Center’s Mary Norine Walsh, MD, as she recalls an interventional cardiologist who declared that when he left the cath lab, he’d be gone for good, not doing “office work.” | | |
| | Emulating finance’s use of satellite parking-lot imagery to guide investments in retail, researchers have tapped Google search patterns to helpfully predict ebbs and flows of COVID cases across the U.S. Emulating finance’s use of satellite parking-lot imagery to guide investments in retail, researchers have tapped Google search patterns to helpfully predict ebbs and flows of COVID cases across the U.S. | | |
| SNMMI said it is working with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the manufacturer of Cerianna to remedy the problem. SNMMI said it is working with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the manufacturer of Cerianna to remedy the problem. | | |
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![Following a plant-based diet can significantly lower a person’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) or dying from cardiovascular causes, according to new research published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health.[1] The study’s authors emphasized that a person can still occasionally eat meat, fish or dairy products and still see substantial benefits—the key is to keep such things to a minimum and embrace fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, teas and coffees.](https://cardiovascularbusiness.com/sites/default/files/styles/media_thumbnail/public/2019-06/fruit-2305192_960_720.jpg?itok=t1XncPcI)
