|
  
|
SEARCH:
Sponsored by:
|
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|
Cardiology
|
|
|
The Food and Drug Administration’s Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee will be asked at a May 23 meeting whether the advantage seen with Johnson & Johnson/Bayer HealthCare AG’s Xarelto (rivaroxaban) in acute coronary syndromes is undermined by the extent of missing data in the... »
CPAP Linked to Lower Incident Hypertension
Continuous positive airway pressure therapy was linked to a lower rate of incident hypertension in one study but not in another, separate study reported online in the May 23/30 issue of JAMA. However, the investigators in the second study discovered methodologic flaws that called their conclusion... »
Substantial Declines in Excess Mortality Seen in Diabetes Patients
Excess all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality dropped substantially among adults with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, according to a report in Diabetes Care. Data from the National Health Interview Surveys linked to the National Death Index on a nationally representative sample of... »
Conferences
Ablation Safe, Effective for First-Line Atrial Fib Treatment
BOSTON – Ablation bested antiarrhythmic drugs at reducing the incidence of time to first recurrence of atrial arrhythmias in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, results of a randomized, multicenter trial... »
Athletes With ICDs Have a Sporting Chance for Safe Play
BOSTON – Athletes with implantable cardioverter defibrillators may not need to be sidelined when the action gets fast and furious, say investigators in a multicenter study presented at the annual meeting of the Heart Rhythm... »
Obesity Paradox Also Applies to CABG Patients
CHICAGO – The obesity paradox has emerged among coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients in New Jersey. That is, a fat patient undergoing CABG in the state is significantly more likely to be alive several years later... »
BOSTON – Ablation bested antiarrhythmic drugs at reducing the incidence of time to first recurrence of atrial arrhythmias in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, results of a randomized, multicenter trial... »
Athletes With ICDs Have a Sporting Chance for Safe Play
BOSTON – Athletes with implantable cardioverter defibrillators may not need to be sidelined when the action gets fast and furious, say investigators in a multicenter study presented at the annual meeting of the Heart Rhythm... »
Obesity Paradox Also Applies to CABG Patients
CHICAGO – The obesity paradox has emerged among coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients in New Jersey. That is, a fat patient undergoing CABG in the state is significantly more likely to be alive several years later... »
News
Rivaroxaban's ACS Claim Faces Data Quality Hurdle
The Food and Drug Administration’s Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee will be asked at a May 23 meeting whether the advantage seen with Johnson & Johnson/Bayer HealthCare AG’s Xarelto (rivaroxaban) in... »
Substantial Declines in Excess Mortality Seen in Diabetes Patients
Excess all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality dropped substantially among adults with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, according to a report in Diabetes Care. Data from the National Health Interview Surveys linked... »
CPAP Linked to Lower Incident Hypertension
Continuous positive airway pressure therapy was linked to a lower rate of incident hypertension in one study but not in another, separate study reported online in the May 23/30 issue of JAMA. However, the investigators in... »
The Food and Drug Administration’s Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee will be asked at a May 23 meeting whether the advantage seen with Johnson & Johnson/Bayer HealthCare AG’s Xarelto (rivaroxaban) in... »
Substantial Declines in Excess Mortality Seen in Diabetes Patients
Excess all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality dropped substantially among adults with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, according to a report in Diabetes Care. Data from the National Health Interview Surveys linked... »
CPAP Linked to Lower Incident Hypertension
Continuous positive airway pressure therapy was linked to a lower rate of incident hypertension in one study but not in another, separate study reported online in the May 23/30 issue of JAMA. However, the investigators in... »
Video Library
Two More Clopidogrel Resistance Genes Found
CHICAGO – A novel genomic analysis technique known as exome analysis has pinpointed two previously unsuspected genes strongly related to platelet reactivity in patients on clopidogrel. A hoped-for practical outcome from... »
Renal Denervation Outcomes for Resistant Hypertension Persist at 3 Years
CHICAGO – Selective renal denervation for the treatment of resistant hypertension continues to rack up impressively large and durable blood pressure reductions and a solid safety profile 3 years post-procedure, according to... »
Rapid Rise in Systolic BP Midlife Predicts Greater LVMI
CHICAGO – The rate of increase in systolic blood pressure during an adult’s 30s, 40s, and 50s is a stronger predictor of later structural heart damage than is their absolute blood pressure. This finding from the... »
CHICAGO – A novel genomic analysis technique known as exome analysis has pinpointed two previously unsuspected genes strongly related to platelet reactivity in patients on clopidogrel. A hoped-for practical outcome from... »
Renal Denervation Outcomes for Resistant Hypertension Persist at 3 Years
CHICAGO – Selective renal denervation for the treatment of resistant hypertension continues to rack up impressively large and durable blood pressure reductions and a solid safety profile 3 years post-procedure, according to... »
Rapid Rise in Systolic BP Midlife Predicts Greater LVMI
CHICAGO – The rate of increase in systolic blood pressure during an adult’s 30s, 40s, and 50s is a stronger predictor of later structural heart damage than is their absolute blood pressure. This finding from the... »
Views
Preventing Atherothrombotic Events? It's Complicated
When researchers reported earlier this week at the American College of Cardiology’s annual meeting results from the TRA 2P-TIMI 50 trial, which tested a novel anticoagulant drug, vorapaxar, for preventing cardiovascular... »
Exercise Improves Symptoms in Atrial Fibrillation
Some of our patients with rate-controlled atrial fibrillation complain about shortness of breath, fatigue, and palpitations. In the absence of other etiologies, we may second-guess our rate-control approach and consider... »
Hospital Concierge Care and Medical Education
It has been 100 years since Sir William Osler outlined his concept of the relationship of the hospital to the university and to the education of physicians and nurses in an address to the Northumberland and Durham Medical... »
When researchers reported earlier this week at the American College of Cardiology’s annual meeting results from the TRA 2P-TIMI 50 trial, which tested a novel anticoagulant drug, vorapaxar, for preventing cardiovascular... »
Exercise Improves Symptoms in Atrial Fibrillation
Some of our patients with rate-controlled atrial fibrillation complain about shortness of breath, fatigue, and palpitations. In the absence of other etiologies, we may second-guess our rate-control approach and consider... »
Hospital Concierge Care and Medical Education
It has been 100 years since Sir William Osler outlined his concept of the relationship of the hospital to the university and to the education of physicians and nurses in an address to the Northumberland and Durham Medical... »
I would like to receive The IMpulse E-Newsletter each week.
Specialty Focus
Sponsored by
Cardiovascular Disease RSS
Interested in being notified of new Cardiovascular Diseases news?
Click here to view our Cardiovascular Disease RSS Feed.
calendar
More Calendar »
| May 18 - 23 San Francisco, CA | American Thoracic Society (ATS): International Conference |
| May 19 - 24 Atlanta, GA | American Urological Association (AUA): Annual Meeting |
| May 19 - 23 Stockholm, | European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS): Annual Congress |
| May 20 - 23 Brisbane, | Australasian College of Dermatologists: Annual Scientific Meeting |
| May 20 - 23 San Antonio, TX | American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA): Annual Meeting |
| May 20 - 23 Washington, DC | American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): Leadership & Advocacy Conference |
| May 21 - 23 Nice, | 12th International Review of Bipolar Disorders (IRBD 12) |
| May 21 - 25 Sarasota, FL | American Medical Seminars: Cardiology Update in Primary Care |
| May 22 - 25 Lisbon, | 21st European Stroke Conference |
| May 23 - 27 Philadelphia, PA | American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE): Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress |