Adults with both Down Syndrome and congenital heart defects show remarkable resilience
Adults with both Down Syndrome and congenital heart defects, also known as congenital heart disease (CHD), are showing…
Heart attacks in women under age 65 are caused by factors other than clogged arteries
A new Mayo Clinic study finds that many heart attacks in people under 65 – especially women –…
Passive Smoke Exposure in Prepubescent Males Affects Lung Function in Children, Grandchildren
A new study has found that paternal prepubertal passive smoke exposure was associated with impaired lung function trajectories…
No clear benefit from surgical left atrial appendage occlusion in non-AF patients after valve surgery
No benefit in terms of prevention of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack and cardiovascular mortality after 1 year…
Ablation methods equally effective for drug-resistant paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Pulsed field ablation did not have superior efficacy to radiofrequency ablation in patients with drug-resistant paroxysmal (intermittent) atrial…
Revascularization strategy fails to show noninferiority in STEMI patients
Noninferiority was not demonstrated between immediate and staged complete revascularisation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)…
In-hospital start of dapagliflozin shows no significant short-term benefit in heart failure patients
In-hospital initiation of dapagliflozin did not significantly reduce the short-term risk of cardiovascular death or worsening heart failure…
Adding aspirin raises cardiovascular events in high-risk CCS patients on anticoagulants
Adding aspirin increased the risk of cardiovascular events, death and major bleeding in high-risk patients with chronic coronary…
Ivabradine fails to prevent myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery in large clinical trial
Ivabradine did not reduce the occurrence of myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS), according to late-breaking research presented…
Extended apixaban therapy lowers recurrent VTE in patients with provoked events and enduring risk factors
Apixaban 2.5 mg twice daily significantly reduced symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) recurrence, with a low risk of major…
Beta blockers reduce mortality and heart failure in MI patients with mildly reduced ejection fraction
Beta-blocker therapy significantly reduced a composite endpoint of all-cause mortality, new myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure (HF)…
Coronary flow reserve increase after 4-year dapagliflozin treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes: the DAPAHEART follow-up study | Cardiovascular Diabetology
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disease associated with a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular…