February 2020

House OKs bill banning flavored e-cigarette sales ()
Cleveland Clinic cardiologist, 60, dies of flu complications ()
New wearable measures CV vitals through 4 layers of clothing—or fur ()
Intensive BP control could afford patients up to 3 more years of life ()
‘Potentially everything we’ve hoped for’: Pulsed field ablation used for 1st time in U.S. ()
Just 38% of participants in cardiovascular clinical trials are women ()
AI-powered wearable predicts HF rehospitalizations 10 days ahead of time ()
Orsiro stent continues to outperform Xience at 3 years ()
Apple Watch helps ID AFib, Cleveland Clinic says—but there’s still a ways to go ()
Brain stents found to be safe for reducing recurrent stroke risk ()
The ‘narrow scope’ of HIPAA: Protecting patients in an age of digital growth ()
Trulicity approved to reduce MACE in patients with T2D ()
ACC president: Bernie Sanders’ MI records omit measures of LVEF ()
Mount Sinai launches ultra-specialized CHD center ()
Secondary analysis backs safety of apixaban over warfarin ()
FDA approves bempedoic acid to treat familial hypercholesterolemia ()
Barbershop BP intervention lives on in Toledo ()
EKGs may soon screen for cardiomyopathy, thanks to AI ()
Utah Supreme Court paves way for thousands to seek legal action against cardiologist ()
EXCEL: Researchers accused of withholding key mortality data ()
Women dramatically underrepresented on cardiology journal editorial boards ()
JAHA editors retract study linking e-cigarette use to MIs ()
New LDL-C guidelines make optimal treatment unaffordable for many in Europe ()
Heart disease more common in women who have suffered domestic abuse ()
Portable MRIs bring imaging to stroke patients’ bedsides ()
Diabetics turning to discount insulin from unregulated online marketplaces ()
1 in 5 kids estimated to have high blood pressure ()
Optimism reduces stroke severity ()
Most burned-out cardiologists don’t—and won’t—seek help ()
AI predicts MI, stroke, death from blood flow ()
America’s most expensive CV drug needs a 93% price cut ()
Tenet Healthcare agrees to pay $1.4M to settle unnecessary implantation allegations ()
Psychologist uses beta-blockers to ease patients’ emotional pain ()
What every physician should know about coronavirus ()
Philips announces RCT to study patient outcomes after iFR-guided PCI ()
CDC scientists say shingles vaccine protects against stroke, too ()
FDA delayed reporting, recalling faulty HF pacemaker for more than 1 year ()
Cardiologist in legal trouble after failing to diagnose patient’s fatal kidney cancer ()
8 in 10 young adults feel safe vaping despite EVALI outbreak ()
Industry groups slam Trump proposal to eliminate FDA tobacco oversight ()
Diabetes drug rosiglitazone linked—again—to poor CV health ()
CV outcomes underreported in pivotal anticancer trials ()
Long wait times force heart surgery patients in Wales to consider 300-mile trip for treatment ()
Beta-blocker, aspirin combo mitigates CVD brought on by grief ()
FDA greenlights AI-guided CV ultrasound acquisition system ()
New CV digital health journal names founding editor-in-chief ()
GI bleeding often mistaken as side effect of blood thinners when it could indicate cancer ()
More than half of heart patients nonadherent to multi-drug regimens ()
FitBit data reveal major differences in average resting HR ()
Palliative care needs projected to nearly double over next 30 years ()
FDA grants breakthrough status to pulmonary hypertension solution ()
Initiating antihypertensives, statins increases likelihood of obesity ()
LVAD-supported patients suffer from ‘severely impaired’ exercise capacity ()
AHA advisory underlines need for equitable healthcare in the US ()
BP variability in young adulthood linked to CV ills later in life ()
Physician vies for anatomically correct heart, lung emojis ()
Patients find long-term migraine relief after PFO closure ()
Scientist wins $250K to study AI-enabled CV imaging ()
Medtronic receives CE mark approval for next-gen ICDs, CRT-Ds ()
Following controversial guideline, another study connects meat consumption to CVD ()
Child’s odds of surviving CHD contingent on community’s wealth ()
Experts dispute 9 of 17 genes once linked to long QT syndrome ()
Coronary atherectomy is effective in treating severe coronary lesions—but it’s hardly used ()
AI to help ID cardiac arrest from emergency phone calls ()