Nurses News

• ACC 2021 Novel Rehab Program Fights Frailty, Boosts Capacity in Advanced HF The program, started in the hospital, worked on capabilities such as mobility, balance, and strength that would be necessary if exercises meant to build exercise capacity were to succeed.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2021
• ACC 2021 Nasal Spray Resurrected After Showing Clinical Benefits for PVST Significant improvement in the control of symptoms related to paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PVST) is resurrecting etripamil as a self-administered nasal spray.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2021
• ACC 2021 Follow-up Sinks Candesartan as Cardioprotection in Breast Cancer The new PRADA findings suggest cardioprotective drugs may not be necessary for all patients during adjuvant breast cancer therapy, the authors say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2021
• ACC 2021 TRISCEND: Tricuspid Valve Replacement System Shows Early Promise Based on favorable 30-day technical, safety, and efficacy results from this feasibility study, researchers have started a randomized pivotal trial of the EVOQUE valve replacement system in TRISCEND II.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2021
• ACC 2021 New STRENGTH Analysis Reignites Debate on Omega-3 CV Benefits The new analysis showing no benefits linked to higher achieved levels of EPA casts doubt over the use of high-dose omega-3 fatty acid products for preventing cardiovascular events, the authors say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2021
• ACC 2021 PARADISE-MI: Sacubitril/Valsartan Can’t Beat Ramipril in Acute MI Sacubitril/valsartan came suggestively close to showing efficacy for preventing cardiovascular death or heart failure events in patients with acute MI but no history of heart failure.
  Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2021
• ACC 2021 Watchman Registry: 1-Year Stroke Estimates Reassuringly Low The findings were parsed from more than 36,000 patients with atrial fibrillation in the NCDR LAAO Registry implanted early in the rollout of the device.
  Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2021
• ACC 2021 Disadvantaged Patients With CVD Face Barriers to COVID Prevention The findings add to growing evidence that socially disadvantaged populations face multiple barriers to healthy living, including a 'limited capacity' to engage in COVID-19 risk mitigation.
  Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2021
• ACC 2021 LAAOS III: Surgical LAA Closure Cuts AF Stroke Risk by One Third The finding 'opens a new paradigm' for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and should change clinical guidelines, experts say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2021
• ACC 2021 ADAPTABLE: Low-Dose Aspirin as Good as High-Dose in CHD? A large randomized trial specifically designed to investigate the optimum dose of aspirin in patients with established coronary disease has found similar efficacy and safety with 81 mg and 325 mg.
  Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2021
• Is the CDC Leading on COVID or Leading From Behind? Public health experts weigh in on the CDC's latest mask guidance, how they think the agency is doing, and where it should go next.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2021
• ACC Survey: 44% of Cardiologists Report a Hostile Work Environment The first-of-its-kind survey from the American College of Cardiology shows emotional and sexual harassment and discrimination are common in the global cardiology workforce, more often reported by women.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2021
• ACC 2021 Cardiac Events Doubled Among Distressed Younger Survivors of MI In addition to medical therapy and cardiac rehab, cardiologists should consider psychological assessment after MI, especially among younger patients, to prevent recurrent events, a new study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2021
• ISC 2021 Racial Disparities in Endovascular Therapy for Stroke Persist Although the use of this beneficial treatment for ischemic stroke has increased in all racial and ethnic groups, Black and ethnic minority patients are still less likely to receive it.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2021
• Top 'Normal' Temperature May Be Lower Than Current Standard The normal range of temperatures in uninfected hospitalized patients lies between 95.8 and 99.9 degrees Fahrenheit, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Neonatal Outcomes After Uterine Transplant Reflect Gestational Age Infants delivered via cesarean section after uterus transplantation appear to have outcomes similar to what's expected for newborns of the same gestational age, a small study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Topical Corticosteroids in Pregnancy Have No Impact on Birth Weight Use of topical corticosteroids does not appear to increase the risk of newborns being small for gestational age or having low birth weight, according to a large cohort study from Denmark.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Atypical MI Symptoms Tied to Higher Mortality, Poorer Emergency Response Patients having a myocardial infarction with atypical symptoms had less chance of receiving an emergency dispatch when they called for help, and higher 30-day mortality, compared to those presenting with chest pain, an observational study in Denmark found.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Appears Not to Affect Sperm The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech does not damage sperm, according to a study by Israeli researchers.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021
• Indian, South African Coronavirus Variants Found in Americas, WHO Expert Says The four most worrying coronavirus variants have been detected in virtually all countries and territories of the Americas, but although they are more transmissible there is no evidence they are more lethal, a WHO expert said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, May 13, 2021