American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020
Blacks, Hispanics Had Higher Rates of Hospitalization, Mortality from COVID-19
According to new data from the American Heart Association’s COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry, Black and Hispanic patients accounted for more than half of hospitalizations...
High-Dose Influenza Vaccine Similar to Standard-Dose for All-Cause Death, Cardiopulmonary Events
High-dose inactivated influenza vaccine did not reduce all-cause death or hospitalization for cardiopulmonary causes compared with a standard-dose vaccine in patients with high-risk cardiovascular...
Rivaroxaban Plus Aspirin Reduced Cardiac, Limb Events in PAD After LER
Rivaroxaban plus aspirin reduced ischemic risk of the limb, brain, and heart in peripheral artery disease (PAD) after lower extremity revascularization (LER), according to...
Rivaroxaban Monotherapy Safe for AF After Coronary Stenting
The benefit of rivaroxaban monotherapy for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) after coronary stenting was dependent on the duration of time from stenting, according...
40% of Middle-Aged Swedes Had Silent CAD
Four out of 10 people in a middle-age population in Sweden had coronary artery disease (CAD), with one in 20 having severe CAD, according...
Rates of Thromboembolic Complications High in COVID-19+ ICU Patients
Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) for COVID-19 had high rates of major arterial or venous thromboembolism (VTE), major adverse cardiovascular events, and...
Rivaroxaban Plus Aspirin Protects Against Venous, Arterial Thrombotic Events After LER
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) was associated with continuous and linearly increasing risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) after lower extremity revascularization (LER). Low-dose rivaroxaban plus...
Recent Cardiology Headlines
LIFE: Sacubitril-Valsartan Safe in Patients with Advanced HF, But Without Significant Effect on NT-proBNP
Editor's Note: This dispatch from ACC.21 was written by Mark Belkin, MD, a cardiology fellow at the University of Chicago. Dr. Belkin is also...
HOLIDAY Monitors Study: Alcohol Consumption Increases Risk for AFib and AFib Events
New research suggests that alcohol consumption is associated with a rapid increase in the risk for atrial fibrillation (AFib) and AFib events, new research...
Another Win for HF Patients: REHAB-HF Shows Benefit and Value for Focused Rehab Programs
Editor’s Note: This dispatch from ACC.21 was written by Devesh Rai, MD, a chief resident at Rochester General Hospital. Dr. Rai is also a...
FLOWER-MI: FFR-guided PCI for STEMI Yields No Additional Benefit
The use of fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guidance for coronary stenting after an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) did not add benefit, according to new...