Cardiology News

• Patients' Bad Behavior Provokes Burnout in Physicians: Study Mistreatment and discrimination by patients increase the risk of physician burnout; for 1 in 5 physicians, patients refused care because of the physician's appearance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Could New Therapy for Food 'Cues' Improve Weight Loss? Patients highly sensitive to food 'cues' may benefit from a behavioral therapy, a trial hints. However, the intervention is labor-intensive and associated with modest weight loss, two experts point out.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Medicine, AI, and Bias: Will Bad Data Undermine Good Tech? Artificial Intelligence models may help predict and prevent diseases. But recent research highlights the challenges they face in providing insights that work for all.
  WebMD Health News, May 18, 2022
• Hypertension + Advanced Age Linked to More Cesarean Deliveries The link, while not new, can be helpful in counseling women at risk about delivery options, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Cardiologist Faces US Federal Charges for Hacking, Ransomware Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez, MD, allegedly created and distributed ransomware, shared in profits from ransomware attacks, and boasted about successful attacks by Iranian state-sponsored hackers.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Marthe Gautier, 'Forgotten' Discoverer of Trisomy 21, Dies Gautier's scientific contributions, like those of many other women, were not initially given their due acknowledgement.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• EuroPCR 2022 One-Month DAPT Enough for Complex PCI if Bleeding Risk High Latest data from the MASTER DAPT trial show similar results in the subgroup of patients who underwent complex PCI as in the main trial.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• ESOC 2022 High IL-6 Levels Linked to Carotid Plaque Severity, Progression Increased circulating levels of interleukin 6 are linked to increased carotid plaque severity and progression, say researchers who also identified a way to select patients for anti-IL-6 therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Hormones Account for 10% of Lipid Changes After Menopause The transition to menopause is accompanied by a proatherogenic shift in lipids and other metabolites, and new research directly implicates the hormonal shift at this stage of life to some of these changes.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Sepsis-Induced Cardiomyopathy Risk May Extend Even Postdischarge Its impact on mortality, especially when there is right ventricular involvement, can persist after the condition apparently resolves, suggests a meta-analysis.
  First Look, May 18, 2022
• Troponins Independently Prognostic in Nonobstructive CAD Modestly elevated levels of troponin on high-sensitivity assay pointed to impaired perfusion and predicted CV events independent of microvascular dysfunction in patients with nonobstructive CAD.
  First Look, May 18, 2022
• HRS 2022 Conduction-System Pacing CRT Shines vs BiV in Early Studies Several studies support predictions that CSP resynchronization therapy will ultimately emerge as equal or superior to biventricular pacing at improving LVEF and clinical outcomes in heart failure
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Growing Hospital Expenses: Rising Nurse Pay or Poor Planning? While hospitals are struggling to manage labor costs, payers and employers aren’t footing the bill. Meanwhile, nurses are leaving the profession after 2 years of battling a pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• EuroPCR 2022 Distal Radial Snuffbox Technique Comes Up Short in DISCO-RADIAL The trial missed its primary endpoint but bolsters the case for using the technique when coupled with best practices to prevent radial artery occlusion.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Updated AHA/ASA Guideline Changes Care for Spontaneous ICH Several "standard care" therapies for ICH are not as effective as once thought and are no longer recommended in updated guidelines.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Heart Hospital Pays $1.1 Million in False Claims Settlement The DOJ launched an investigation after Oklahoma Heart Hospital South self-disclosed Medicare billing irregularities related to intensive cardiac rehabilitation services provided to beneficiaries.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Keeping Thyroid Hormone Treatment On Target Is Key for the Heart 'Both undertreatment and overtreatment were associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes,' including higher mortality, but keeping thyroid hormone levels normal is a tricky task, researchers admit.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Chronic Conditions Linked With Higher Risk for Fatal Drowning A retrospective analysis indicates a need for extra vigilance among patients with a seizure disorder or other chronic condition, even when they are in familiar places, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• ISCHEMIA Substudy Data Just Don't Add Up, Cardiac Surgeons Say Discrepancies between the paper and supplemental data have been slow to come to light, but the substudy authors say it's a simple formatting error.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• BSR 2022 Risk Factors for COVID Death Studied in U.K. Arthritis Patients Shielding status was the highest ranked of all the risk factors identified for early mortality from COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022