AFib patients underestimate their bleeding risk | Keto diet linked to potential nutritional, cardiovascular issues

Researchers aimed to see how many AFib patients on OACs truly understood their risk of a major bleeding event. 

Is following a keto-like diet good for a person's health? The team behind this latest analysis reviewed years of research, sharing their findings in Frontiers in Nutrition.

The screening, carried out with handheld ultrasound devices, can lead to quicker diagnoses and better patient care. 

Conflicts of interest and undisclosed financial associations may pose a problem for many medical journals.

The FDA’s decision was based largely on results from a clinical trial that included more than 3,700 heart failure patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or less.

Researchers tracked data from more than 49,000 patients who underwent LAAO from January 2016 to June 2019.

“Measuring healthcare spending by race and ethnicity is important for understanding patterns in utilization and treatment,” researchers said.

Device manufacturer Sirtex Medical paid the highest total to IR physicians at more than $5.1 million, Johns Hopkins researchers reported.