COVID-19 carries a higher stroke risk than similar infectious conditions, the authors explained, making it especially important to seek out a vaccine as soon as possible.

Dinesh M. Shah, MD, made the payment to resolve allegations that his practice billed the U.S. government for unnecessary diagnostic tests.  

Researchers tracked data from more than 1,000 patients who received care from 2014 to 2020. 

The key appears to be the positive impact these products can make on an individual’s gut microbiota.

Eating unprocessed red meat or poultry, meanwhile, was associated with a lower risk of iron deficiency anemia.

The new analysis, published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, focused on data from more than 600 patients who participated in the COAPT trial. 

Icosapent ethyl is an FDA-approved medication typically prescribed to limit triglycerides in the blood.

The aging population plus increases in hypertension, diabetes and chronic kidney disease have contributed to more patients having severely calcified arterial lesions.

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.”

Researchers have developed an AI-based system that can direct the administering of iron and other red-blood-cell stimulators nearly as well as experienced physicians.