Cardiology News

• 'Be Their Cheerleader': Docs Should Try to Reduce Weight Stigma 'We must prioritize efforts to establish a healthcare culture free of weight stigma and work collaboratively to develop supportive interventions to help people who experience this,' say researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, June 14, 2021
• Alert EMA Seeks More Data on Myocarditis After COVID-19 Shots The agency says it needs more data to determine if there is a causal relationship of myocarditis and COVID-19 vaccines, and will seek additional information from the manufacturers.
  News Alerts, June 11, 2021
• LDCT Lung Cancer Screening May ID Aortic Stenosis Risk Using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) to screen for aortic valve calcification during a lung cancer screening could identify those at risk for aortic stenosis, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2021
• Alert EMA Says Sinus Bradycardia a Possible Risk With Remdesivir A causal relationship between COVID-19 treatment with remdesivir and sinus bradycardia is 'at least a reasonable possibility,' the EMA's safety committee has concluded.
  News Alerts, June 11, 2021
• Alert EMA Warns of New AZ Vaccine Side Effect AstraZeneca's Vaxzevria COVID-19 vaccine is now contraindicated in people with a history of capillary leak syndrome; the condition will be listed as a side effect with an "unknown frequency."
  News Alerts, June 11, 2021
• Attacks on American Agents Leave Baffling Battle Scars The incidents are under investigation as public servants and some members of their families undergo medical care. One theory is agents are caught in the crosshairs of harmful spying devices.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2021
• ASMBS 2021 New Protocol Reduces Opioid Use After Bariatric Surgery Reducing opioid abuse after bariatric surgery could save more lives than eliminating the most common postoperative complications, and a new quality initiative could lead the way, say researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2021
• More Evidence Links COVID Vaccines to Rare Myocarditis in Youth An FDA advisory panel discussed the 'rare, but real' evidence of myocarditis after COVID vaccines, especially in those under age 30.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2021
• Red Meat Intake Tied to Higher Coronary Heart Disease Risk Increased intake of meat was linked to the risk of coronary heart disease, and substituting plant protein for red or processed meat appeared to reduce that risk, in an observational study.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2021
• CVST Risk Still Higher With COVID-19 Than With AZ, J&J Vaccination Another study has suggested that rates of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) are much higher among patients with COVID-19 than after vaccination with either the AstraZeneca or J&J vaccines.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2021
• AHA: Physical Activity Best First-line for High BP, Cholesterol Advice to sit less and move more is a critical component of first-line treatment for patients with mild to moderate hypertension and elevated cholesterol, a new American Heart Association statement says.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2021
• Pandemic Shows Risk of Obesity, and Challenge of Weight Loss Across the country, countless people of all body sizes have either gained or lost weight during the pandemic.
  Associated Press, June 10, 2021
• EAS 2021 Simple Risk Assessment Predicts Post-PCI Ischemic Events Determining if PCI patients have just one or more guideline-based risk features predicts their odds of ischemic events, and can be used to tailor antiplatelet therapy, suggests a real-world analysis.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2021
• Eat Two Fruits a Day, Ward Off Diabetes? Results from an observational Australian study 'support encouragement of the consumption of whole fruits, but not fruit juice, to preserve insulin sensitivity and mitigate type 2 diabetes risk.'
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2021
• 'Silicon Prairie' Ready for Quantum Leap The state of Nebraska has won $20 million to create next-generation quantum technology that will improve the way we diagnose and treat diseases and transfer information securely.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2021
• Blood Sugar Control in Diabetes Is Getting Worse "These trends are a wake-up call, since they mean that millions of Americans with diabetes are at higher risk for major complications," says the author of a study of diabetes control over the past 20 years.
  WebMD Health News, June 09, 2021
• Are Left Atrial Thrombi That Defy Anticoagulation Predictable? Features that predispose to such persistent LA thrombi, which are not very rare, could potentially guide more targeted TEE screening before rhythm-control procedures, researchers propose.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2021
• Evidence Builds for iPhone 12 Interference With Cardiac Devices Greater public awareness is needed, as are further studies to confirm the results, including differences in susceptibility among devices, the authors say.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2021
• Goals, Failures, and Taking Risks: 5 Ways to Improve Your Career Sometimes physicians have a vague -- or clear -- sense that their career isn't going the way they'd prefer, and they're less satisfied than they would like. Here's advice for how to change that.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2021
• ACC 2021 Highlights: Non-Drug Approaches   Surgical left atrial appendage closure, a novel rehab program, and renal denervation are among the nonpharmacologic highlights from the 2021 American College of Cardiology scientific sessions.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 09, 2021