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October 2018

Intermittent fasting reverses insulin dependence in 3 diabetics (10/11/2018)

Alternate addiction: 1.9 million US e-cig users have never smoked cigarettes (10/10/2018)

Mother’s education, insurance status impact Hispanic infants’ odds of surviving CHD (10/10/2018)

Carotid artery MRI boosts risk assessment for CVD, stroke (10/10/2018)

Meta-analysis: DOACs should be ‘default approach’ after AFib cardioversion (10/10/2018)

Statins found ineffective—and possibly dangerous—in non-CVD patients (10/10/2018)

WHO adds personal listening habits to guidelines on how noise affects health (10/10/2018)

Cardialen Closes $17 Million Series B Financing for Heart Rhythm Therapy (10/10/2018)

Genomic risk predictor identifies likely CAD candidates before birth (10/10/2018)

AFib patients with cancer less likely to see cardiologist, receive anticoagulants (10/09/2018)

Obesity, diabetes could make for the worst flu pandemic we’ve ever seen (10/09/2018)

Trial halted amid safety concerns for rivaroxaban after TAVR (10/09/2018)

Faith-based health education lowers systolic BP in black patients (10/09/2018)

Treatment delays could be most costly for posterior circulation strokes (10/09/2018)

Meta-analysis confirms digoxin is major threat to AF, HF patients (10/09/2018)

Half of women will experience stroke, dementia in their lifetime (10/09/2018)

Radial artery use for CABG doesn’t impact blood flow 20 years later (10/09/2018)

Drugmakers, insurers collaborate to boost access to PCSK9 inhibitors (10/08/2018)

Edwards Announces Start Of U.S. Study Of Self-Expanding Transcatheter Heart Valve (10/08/2018)

Liraglutide reduces CV events in diabetics with and without CKD (10/08/2018)

Study links early onset menopause, type 2 diabetes (10/08/2018)

NY cardiologists target population health by merging tech, traditional approaches (10/08/2018)

After 3 years of increases, cardiologists’ salaries drop 4% (10/08/2018)

Base excess trumps lactate levels in predicting mortality after heart surgery (10/08/2018)

Cardiologist highlights potential harms of Apple Watch’s EKG function (10/08/2018)

Study debunks sudden cardiac arrest being more common during the workweek (10/08/2018)

Study IDs predictors of mortality in asymptomatic aortic stenosis (10/05/2018)

Gender gap observed in early TAVI era closing (10/05/2018)

Appetite suppressant lorcaserin shrinks probability of incident diabetes (10/05/2018)

3 days of home BP monitoring enough to confirm hypertension diagnosis (10/05/2018)

TCT.18: Cardiologists mull TAVR volume thresholds, access concerns (10/05/2018)

Southern diet singled out as top factor for racial gap in hypertension (10/04/2018)

‘Only the beginning’: AI algorithm shows promise for predicting CVD on a budget (10/04/2018)

Top OHSU cardiologist resigns from leadership role after transplant program crumbles (10/04/2018)

TAVR, SAVR linked to equal survival in patients at intermediate surgical risk (10/04/2018)

Peripartum cardiomyopathy decreases diastolic function, exercise capacity in long run (10/04/2018)

Angiography-derived FFR accurately diagnoses normal, abnormal vessel function (10/04/2018)

Report: Sexual assault, harassment raises women’s risk for hypertension (10/04/2018)

Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly present full results from EASE Phase III program for empagliflozin as adjunct to insulin in type 1 diabetes (10/04/2018)

Did the HRRP lower readmissions at the cost of patient safety? The debate continues (10/03/2018)

AHA, Joint Commission merge cardiac accreditation programs (10/03/2018)

Smoking cessation efforts fall short for PAD patients (10/03/2018)

Novel imaging approach tracks atherosclerotic plaque buildup in vivo (10/03/2018)

‘Twitter doesn’t require peer review’: The benefits, risks of cardiology chatter on social media (10/03/2018)

DAPT plus DOAC cuts bleeding risk in AFib patients with history of MI, PCI (10/03/2018)

Detroit Medical Center cardiologists say demotions were act of retaliation (10/03/2018)

Emergency department visits for CHD becoming safer but more costly (10/02/2018)

Delayed transvenous lead removal may boost risk of tricuspid regurgitation (10/02/2018)

How CV risk factors influence future CHD, stroke rates in women (10/02/2018)

OHCA survival varies 1.5-fold from one EMS agency to next (10/02/2018)

CT-based measurements beat Framingham risk score in predicting future CVD events (10/02/2018)

Coronary stents cost 6 times more in US than some European countries (10/02/2018)

Arena Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Long-Term Data from the Ongoing Open-Label Extension of the Phase 2 Trial Evaluating Ralinepag for Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (10/02/2018)

GE names new CEO; GE Healthcare still plans to split from parent company (10/01/2018)

Study: Same-day discharge saves $5K per elective PCI (10/01/2018)

PAD patients with previous revascularization at elevated risk for future CVD events (10/01/2018)

Edwards Lifesciences' Philanthropy Exceeds Every Heartbeat Matters Goal To Impact One Million Underserved People Ahead Of Schedule (10/01/2018)

'Delicate' hemostasis puts newborns at heightened risk for thrombosis (10/01/2018)

Swings in metabolic measures linked to cardiovascular events (10/01/2018)

How vitamin B protects kidney health in kids with T1D (10/01/2018)

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