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Clinical trial confirms that fasting is not needed before catheterization lab procedures

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There was no difference in complications in patients who fasted or did not fast before cardiac catheterization procedures requiring conscious sedation, according to late-breaking research presented

Clinical trial finds finerenone reduces worsening heart failure and cardiovascular death

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Finerenone reduced the composite of total first and recurrent heart failure (HF) events (hospitalizations for HF or urgent HF visits) and cardiovascular death in patients with

Researchers attempt to emulate a clinical trial using data from real patients

Routinely collected healthcare data provide an opportunity to study treatment effects in a real-world setting. Credit: National Cancer Institute, Unsplash (CC0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Researchers used real-world clinical data to attempt to

Cold weather exposure linked to increased risk of heart attacks

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hospital admissions for heart attacks increase after exposure to lower air temperature and cold spells, according to a study published Sept. 1 in the Journal of

SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin is shown to be safe and effective for treating patients who have suffered a heart attack

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin confers kidney-protective benefits and can therefore be given safely and effectively to patients when they are hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (MI),

Study finds YTHDF1 promotes cardiac fibrosis by enhancing AXL translation

Credit: Han Wu, Weitao Jiang, Ping Pang, Wei Si, Xue Kong, Xinyue Zhang, Yuting Xiong, Chunlei Wang, Feng Zhang, Jinglun Song, Yang Yang, Linghua Zeng, Kuiwu Liu, Yingqiong Jia, Zhuo

Guidelines combine peripheral arterial, aortic diseases, emphasizing whole arterial system interconnectivity

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the management of peripheral arterial and aortic diseases (PAAD) evaluate these vascular diseases together as part of

New chronic coronary syndrome guidelines expand diagnostic tools and ways to prevent major adverse events

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on the management of chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) include a focus on both larger and smaller blood vessels

New guidelines call for intensified BP targets, add blood pressure category to pinpoint heart attack, stroke risk

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Updated European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension include a new elevated blood pressure category, more ambitious and

Atrial fibrillation guidelines focus on shared care, patient empowerment, comorbidities and more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation, developed in collaboration with the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), include