Cardiology
Opinion
A plane crash interrupts a doctor’s vacation
‘My oldest brother-in-law jumped into his ski boat and we sped out to the scene.’
Conference Coverage
Is there a doctor on the plane? Tips for providing in-flight assistance
Tools in a physician’s in-flight toolbox start with the first-aid kit.
From the Journals
OSA raises risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke
Silent atrial fibrillation was common in patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, compared with controls.
Conference Coverage
No benefit of rivaroxaban in COVID outpatients: PREVENT-HD
PREVENT-HD joins a long list of smaller trials also showing no benefit of anticoagulation in nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Conference Coverage
EHR-based thromboembolism risk tool boosted prophylaxis
A thromboembolism risk calculator in a hospital’s EHR led to a significant rise in appropriate thromboprophylaxis and a drop in thromboembolic...
Conference Coverage
New trial suggests CV benefit with EPA: RESPECT-EPA
The open-label trial could add some support to findings from the REDUCE-IT study, which showed a reduction in cardiovascular events with high-dose...
Conference Coverage
Chinese herbal medicine may offer benefits in STEMI: CTS-AMI
Treatment with tongxinluo was tied to better outcomes out to 1 year, but observers say further data are needed to see how it may fit into STEMI...
Conference Coverage
Avoid routine early ECMO in severe cardiogenic shock: ECMO-CS
Early ECMO in this setting is increasingly common, but it didn’t seem to improve outcomes in the trial, compared with a more conservative approach...
From the Journals
Best anticoagulant for minimizing bleeding risk identified
“Apixaban stood out as having lower risk of gastrointestinal bleeding.”
From the Journals
Metabolites may distinguish severe subtypes of PAH
Patients with the systemic sclerosis subtype of pulmonary arterial hypertension showed a distinctive bioactive lipid signature