Cardiac Emergencies News

• Doctor Deters Death With Drone-Delivered Defibrillator Rescue workers in Sweden say they have used a drone to convey an automated external defibrillator to the scene of a cardiac arrest in just over 3 minutes, potentially saving the patient's life.
  Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
• Takotsubo Syndrome Also Linked to Happy Life Events New research shows that a small portion of Takotsubo syndrome patients have "happy heart syndrome" linked to joyful events. They're also more likely to be male and have wall motion abnormalities.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Some Good News: Oklahoma City Bombing Survivor Becomes MD Need a break from the negative headlines? We've got you covered with these feel-good stories.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• Will You Suffer Cardiac Arrest? New Tech May Predict If and When Researchers at Johns Hopkins University want to create a 3D model of your heart to predict a life-threatening problem before it happens.
  WebMD Health News, April 26, 2022
• Vascepa's CV Mortality Benefit Magnified in MI Patients On top of statin therapy, icosapent ethyl provides mortality reductions in patients with prior MI.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
• ACC Recognizes Alain Cribier, MD, PhD, for Developing TAVR Initially considered impossible, the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure has now been performed for 20 years and has saved many lives.
  Medscape Medical News, April 21, 2022
• Coprescribing PDE5 Inhibitors and Nitrates May Be Safe There is a scarcity of real-world data showing that using both types of drugs together increases these risks.
  Medscape Medical News, April 20, 2022
• New Genetic Testing Guidance for Inherited Heart Diseases Urges Early Assessment, Counseling An international consensus statement on genetic testing for cardiac diseases focuses on inherited disorders and advises that genetic counseling is 'essential' and should start prior to testing.
  Reuters Health Information, April 11, 2022
• Physicians Assess Cardiovascular Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines After a review of the data, the Brazilian Society of Cardiology concluded that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the potential risks of thrombotic thrombocytopenia and myocarditis.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2022
• ACC 2022 ACC Treatment Initiative Improves International STEMI Care Two-year findings from GHATI, ACC's new registry and program to improve quality of care and survival of STEMI patients in low- to middle-income countries, are 'encouraging,' researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2022
• Patients With Heart Failure May Need Psychological Treatment The European Association of Preventive Cardiology cites the bidirectional relationship of heart failure and depression and stresses the need to address patients' psychological needs.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2022
• EHRA 2022 Cardiac MRI Improves Tool to Predict Sudden Death After MI Incorporating cardiac MRI of core scar and gray zone tissue improved the accuracy of a tool to predict sudden cardiac death after a myocardial infarction, a new study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2022
• Extreme Hyperoxia Worsens ECMO-Assisted CPR Neurologic Outcomes Initial extreme hyperoxia at ECMO-assisted CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest predicted less favorable neurologic outcomes and survival in a registry-based analysis.
  First Look, March 31, 2022
• Black Men at Higher Risk for Mortality From Sleep Apnea Sleep apnea–related mortality rates have flattened for most groups over the past 10 years except among Black men.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2022
• Transplant Teams Have Short Window Before Heart Is Compromised After Cardiac Death When organs are procured during donation after cardiac death, heart muscle viability is maintained until 10 minutes after the heart stops, researchers from Spain have found.
  Reuters Health Information, March 17, 2022
• Marathon Emergencies: From Muscle Cramps to Cardiac Arrest Two physicians review the identification and preclinical treatment of the most common medical emergencies associated with marathons.
  Medscape Medical News, March 11, 2022
• Clozapine Interrupted: APA, Others Seek FDA Forum on REMS Seven psychiatric groups are calling for the FDA to hold a public advisory committee meeting about its risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) for the schizophrenia drug clozapine.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2022
• Cardiac Arrest Survival Lower in COVID-19 Inpatients Survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest was roughly one-third lower among patients with COVID-19 infections vs uninfected patients, a new study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2022
• First Recording of Dying Brain Shows Memory Patterns The first recording of a dying human brain suggests our lives really may flash before our eyes, say researchers, with the same brain activity patterns found during dreaming and remembering.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2022
• SCAI Refines Cardiogenic Shock Classification System The second iteration of the SCAI cardiogenic shock classification system is based on valuable information gleaned from validation studies and real-world clinical use.
  Medscape Medical News, February 08, 2022