Cardiology (all articles)
Evidence Analysis | Blood pressure targets – how low can you get?
24 Apr, 2023 | 13:47h | UTCBlood pressure targets – how low can you get? – Evidently Cochrane
Original Article: SR | Blood pressure targets for the treatment of people with hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Commentary on Twitter
Blood pressure targets – how low can you get? https://t.co/ERLm6Mihl8 In this @CochraneUK blog, GP @rtwalton123 looks at the latest guidance & @CochraneLibrary evidence on what #BloodPressure targets to aim for, balancing the benefits of treatment against risk of side effects. pic.twitter.com/8EQH0JLzzc
— The Cochrane Library (@CochraneLibrary) April 19, 2023
Guideline Update | Diagnosis and management of hypertension in pregnancy
24 Apr, 2023 | 13:43h | UTC
Preliminary study show wireless pacemakers may be safe and effective for children with bradycardia
24 Apr, 2023 | 13:27h | UTCNews Release: Wireless pacemakers may be safe, effective for children with irregular heart rhythms – American Heart Association
Commentary: Leadless Pacemakers Could Prove Useful for Pediatric Patients with Arrhythmias – HCP Live
2023 ACC expert consensus on management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
21 Apr, 2023 | 13:10h | UTCCommentaries:
New Expert Consensus Papers Aim to Boost Management, Outcomes in HFpEF – TCTMD
Joint statement for assessing and managing high blood pressure in children and adolescents
19 Apr, 2023 | 13:26h | UTCChapter 1: How to correctly measure blood pressure in children and adolescents – Frontiers in Pediatrics
Chapter 2: How to manage high blood pressure in children and adolescents – Frontiers in Pediatrics
Related:
AHA Scientific Statement | Pediatric primary hypertension: An underrecognized condition
AHA Scientific Statement: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children and adolescents.
Ischemia with nonobstructive coronary artery disease: concept, assessment, and management
19 Apr, 2023 | 13:17h | UTCRelated:
Review: Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary artery disease.
MINOCA from A to Z – American College of Cardiology
Global Survey | Incidence, management and prognosis of esophageal fistula after atrial fibrillation catheter ablation
19 Apr, 2023 | 13:14h | UTCCommentary: Esophageal Fistula Still a Rare but Deadly Complication of AF Ablation: POTTER-AF – TCTMD
Commentary from the author on Twitter
?The POTTER-AF study
➡️published #EHJ online
➡️138 oesophageal fistulas
➡️incidence 0,025% overall, ?RF 0.038%, ❄️CRYO 0.0015%
☠️Mortality: 90% if treated conservative!
?V. Schmidt, @KeelaniAhmad @ChristianHeeger@AGEP_DGK @ESC_Journals #UKSHhttps://t.co/jTmC36wlYQ #EPeeps pic.twitter.com/3lntY6lR6H— Roland Tilz (@RolandTilz) April 16, 2023
Cluster RCT | Salt substitute outperforms salt restriction in lowering blood pressure in older patients
18 Apr, 2023 | 13:30h | UTCSalt substitution and salt-supply restriction for lowering blood pressure in elderly care facilities: a cluster-randomized trial – Nature Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Commentary: Exploring effectiveness of salt substitutes in elderly care facilities – Medical Xpress
Related:
Salt substitutes vs. regular salt: a quick look.
Effects of salt substitutes on clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Heart (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
RCT: Reduced-sodium added-potassium salt substitute reduces blood pressure in hypertensive patients
Potassium Enriched Salt Substitution Could Prevent a Large Number of Cardiovascular Deaths
Commentary on Twitter
In a cluster-randomized trial in 48 residential elderly care facilities in China, a low-sodium salt substitute instead of regular salt decreased blood pressure and cardiovascular events, while restricting salt consumption did not show beneficial effects https://t.co/Zp0fWH0aA2
— Nature Medicine (@NatureMedicine) April 13, 2023
Review | Management of cardiogenic shock after acute coronary syndromes
18 Apr, 2023 | 13:27h | UTCManagement of cardiogenic shock after acute coronary syndromes – BJA Education
Podcast | Resistant hypertension
18 Apr, 2023 | 13:16h | UTC#390 Resistant Hypertension – The Curbsiders
Contemporary percutaneous management of coronary calcification: current status and future directions
18 Apr, 2023 | 13:06h | UTC
EHRA clinical consensus statement on conduction system pacing implantation
18 Apr, 2023 | 12:59h | UTCNews Release: Detailed guidance on natural pacemaker method published today – European Society of Cardiologyv
EHRA expert consensus document on the management of arrhythmias in frailty syndrome
18 Apr, 2023 | 12:58h | UTC
RCT | Heterogeneity in blood pressure response to 4 antihypertensive drugs
17 Apr, 2023 | 13:14h | UTCHeterogeneity in Blood Pressure Response to 4 Antihypertensive Drugs: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
News Release: Personalized blood pressure treatment more effective – Uppsala University
SR | Exercise‐based rehabilitation programs for pulmonary hypertension
17 Apr, 2023 | 12:44h | UTCExercise‐based rehabilitation programmes for pulmonary hypertension – Cochrane Library
Summary: Exercise-based rehabilitation in pulmonary hypertension – Cochrane Library
Review | Revised definition of pulmonary hypertension and approach to management
12 Apr, 2023 | 13:22h | UTCRelated:
#ESCCongress | 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
Pulmonary hypertension: An update of Dx and Tx guidelines – Journal of Family Practice
The physiological basis of pulmonary arterial hypertension – European Respiratory Journal
Topic-Based, Recent Literature Review on Pulmonary Hypertension – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Twenty‐four-hour ambulatory blood pressure profile in patients with reflex syncope vs. matched controls
12 Apr, 2023 | 13:21h | UTC
Cohort Study | Association of the AHA’s new “Life’s Essential 8” with all-cause and cardiovascular disease-specific mortality
12 Apr, 2023 | 13:20h | UTCCommentaries:
Related: Life’s Essential 8: Updating and enhancing the AHA construct of cardiovascular health.
Cohort Study | Value of screening for the risk of sudden cardiac death in young competitive athletes
12 Apr, 2023 | 13:11h | UTC
Single arm trial | Safety of metformin continuation in diabetic patients undergoing invasive coronary angiography
12 Apr, 2023 | 13:06h | UTC
Perspective | Proposal of a model of care for outpatient antimicrobial therapy for infective endocarditis
12 Apr, 2023 | 13:08h | UTCOutpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy for Infective Endocarditis—Model of Care – Antibiotics
Commentary on Twitter
?️⚡️ @antibioticsmdpi
Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy for Infective Endocarditis—Model of Care#IDTwitter #IEWikiguidelines https://t.co/uI88p1l7nR pic.twitter.com/2JiFTKR5fr— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem?? (@ABsteward) February 10, 2023
Blinded, randomized trial of sonographer versus AI cardiac function assessment
11 Apr, 2023 | 14:34h | UTCBlinded, randomized trial of sonographer versus AI cardiac function assessment – Nature
News Release: Is artificial intelligence better at assessing heart health? – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Review | Pulmonary arterial hypertension in pregnancy
11 Apr, 2023 | 14:06h | UTCPulmonary arterial hypertension in pregnancy – Current Opinion in Cardiology
Review | Evaluation and management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
11 Apr, 2023 | 14:00h | UTCEvaluation and Management of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension – Chest
M-A | The risk of long-term cardiometabolic disease in women with premature or early menopause
11 Apr, 2023 | 13:59h | UTC