LONDON — Simplified and more aggressive targets are among the significant changes to the updated hypertension guidelines released by the European Society of Cardiology. For most treated patients, the new systolic blood pressure goal is a target of 120 mm Hg to 129 mm Hg, which is a move away from the previous two-step recommendation…
LONDON — Updated guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation released by the European Society of Cardiology are revamping the approach to care for this complex, multifactorial disease. The identification and treatment of comorbidities and risk factors are the initial and central components of patient management…
LONDON — Continuing oral anticoagulant drugs rather than briefly stopping them during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) failed to provide any benefits and, in fact, increased the risk for bleeding, report trial investigators. The randomized controlled POPular PAUSE TAVI trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress showed that patients randomly assigned to continuous
An international cardiology working group has published a consensus report on atrial cardiomyopathy in Europace. Twenty-one scientists from the rhythmological societies of Europe (European Heart Rhythm Association), North America (Heart Rhythm Society), South America (Latin American Heart Rhythm Society) and the Asia-Pacific region (Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society APHRS) were involved…
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 in a Hot Line session Sept. 1 at ESC Congress 2024…
Integrating partnerships and promoting workforce development in the communities CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield serves is helping address the social drivers that affect health outcomes, says President and CEO Brian Pieninck…
The field of psychiatry is experiencing a transformative shift toward precision medicine, a paradigm that tailors treatment to the unique characteristics of individual patients. This approach echoes advances in fields like oncology and cardiology, where precision tools have already revolutionized patient care. But what exactly is precision psychiatry…
MedPage Today) — FDA alerted to Inari Medical’s recall of instructions for use (IFU) of the ClotTriever XL catheter, 30 mm, following reports of injury and death due to entrapped devices or pulmonary emboli. A 3-month physical activity intervention…
TOPLINE: Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) via telehealth improves pain-related function and biopsychosocial outcomes in veterans with chronic pain as compared with usual care. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial of 811 veterans who had moderate to severe chronic pain and were recruited from three Veterans Affairs facilities in the United States…
Enhancing access to vaccination and nutrition interventions through African Vaccination Week Johanna Nambahu (WHO/Nam) Credits kaunatjikec@who.int Fri, 16/08/2024 – 11:49 16 August 2024…