Cardiology News

• TRILUMINATE in Print: TriClip's Promise Awaits Further Validation Single-center results look promising, but observers say randomized data are needed to firmly establish transcatheter tricuspid repair and to clarify those most likely to benefit.
  Medscape Medical News, January 18, 2021
• Further Warning on SGLT2 Inhibitor Use and DKA Risk in COVID-19 A cluster of cases of diabetic ketoacidosis in which there was no hyperglycemia supports recommendations that SGLT2 inhibitors be discontinued in patients with type 2 diabetes who become ill with COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, January 18, 2021
• New Trump Administration Policies for FDA Under Fire The Trump administration's attempts in its final days to revise FDA policies have drawn criticism from watchdog groups and former commissioner Scott Gottlieb.
  Medscape Medical News, January 15, 2021
• FDA Welcomes Sotagliflozin Data for Heart Failure in Diabetes The FDA says data from two pivotal trials can be used to help support a new drug application for the dual SGLT1/2 inhibitor, according to a statement by Lexicon Pharmaceuticals.
  Medscape Medical News, January 15, 2021
• Race Modifier Means Black Patients Miss Out on Kidney Transplants Data from Black patients documents that use of the race coefficient for calculating eGFR systematically excludes more than a third from kidney transplant listing.
  Medscape Medical News, January 15, 2021
• Score Aids Treatment Decision in Mild Large-Vessel Stroke Location and length of thrombus can identify those at highest risk for early neurologic deterioration, flagging those who may be the best candidates for thrombectomy.
  Medscape Medical News, January 14, 2021
• Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion, DOAC Comparable for AFib Left atrial appendage occlusion for high-risk atrial fibrillation prevents stroke as well as direct oral anticoagulation, with a lower risk of major bleeding, according to a European study.
  Medscape Medical News, January 14, 2021
• Long-COVID Cases Rise as Stigma of Chronic Fatigue Taunts An estimated 5 million people could be headed toward a long-COVID diagnosis and their care is unclear. Investigators studying viral infection and chronic fatigue have ideas for rehabilitation.
  Medscape Medical News, January 14, 2021
• Calcium-Induced Autonomic Denervation Linked to Lower Post-op AF Intraoperative injection of calcium chloride into the four major atrial ganglionated plexi reduced the incidence of early postoperative atrial fibrillation in a proof-of-concept study.
  Medscape Medical News, January 14, 2021
• CES 2021 Pandemic or Not, Hypertension Management Can Stay at Home Two new tools facilitate communication flow: a kit for linking home blood pressure readings to clinical records, and an app that consolidates consumer health information from multiple sources.
  Medscape Medical News, January 13, 2021
• Biomarker HF Risk Score in Diabetes Seen as SGLT2i Lodestar Together, 4 'easily measured' biomarkers predicted 5-year heart failure risk in patients with diabetes or prediabetes, potentially identifying best candidates for SGLT2 inhibitor therapy, some say.
  Medscape Medical News, January 13, 2021
• Valve-in-Valve TAVR Outcomes Better in Failed TAVR vs SAVR In a small, propensity-matched cohort, transcatheter valve-in-valve replacement of transcatheter or surgical valves offered similar safety, but there was higher procedural success with the all TAVR option.
  Medscape Medical News, January 13, 2021
• Endocrine Society Call for Action to Reduce Insulin Costs in US New position statement is issued in year of 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, and as a new US presidential administration is set to tackle healthcare.
  Medscape Medical News, January 13, 2021
• Averting COVID Hospitalizations With Monoclonal Antibodies The US has designated more than 641,000 monoclonal antibody treatments for outpatients to ease pressure on strained hospitals, but more than half sit unused as clinicians grapple with best practices.
  Medscape Medical News, January 12, 2021
• To Fast or Not? The New Dieting Dilemma A number of small studies have shown that adopting some kind of 'fast' as part of a diet can more easily help people lose weight, but a recent randomized controlled trial threw a spanner in the works.
  Medscape Medical News, January 12, 2021
• Updated ACC Decision Pathways Embrace New HF Treatments A newly updated expert consensus from ACC for management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction includes several new guideline-directed medical therapies among other substantial changes.
  Medscape Medical News, January 11, 2021
• Need for Speed in Vaccines Heaps Pressure on Health Teams The race to complete COVID-19 vaccinations to help stop the pandemic is adding to the burden of already overloaded clinicians.
  Medscape Medical News, January 11, 2021
• CVD Deaths Increased, Imaging Decreased During Pandemic Two new papers quantify the impact of COVID-19 on patients with heart disease: more deaths, less disease testing or diagnosis. Experts suggest shutdowns may have been too complete.
  Medscape Medical News, January 11, 2021
• Left-handed Cardiology Trainees Face Unique Challenges Left-handed cardiologists in training face significantly more barriers than right-handed peers when learning to perform common procedures in the exam room and echo and cath labs, a new report suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, January 11, 2021
• Large Study Links Brown Fat With Lower Rates of Cardiometabolic Disease Research in over 50,000 individuals shows those with brown fat seemed to have lower risks of diabetes and cardiovascular disease than those with none; effects were particularly pronounced in those with obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, January 11, 2021