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COVID-19 and Cardiology ARCP outcomes: a summary for trainers and trainees

By Ahmed El-Medany Disruption to training due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to difficulties for some trainees in acquiring the competencies required to progress,…

The Lancet women and cardiovascular disease Commission: reducing the global burden by 2030

CardioNewsUK 20 May 2021 Cardiology Cardiovascular Disease Gende Inequality Gender Medical Research Research

By Dr Rebecca Dobson, BCS Women in Cardiology Lead and Consultant Cardiologist at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital A bold and ambitious statement from…

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Getting the best from the Heart Team: Guidance for the structure and function of cardiac multidisciplinary meetings

CardioNewsUK 17 May 2021 cardiac multi disciplinary meetings Cardiac Surgical Centre MDMs

Today the British Cardiovascular Society, together with the Association for Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care, the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society, the British Heart Valve Society…

MITRAL Trial Valve-in-Valve Arm 1-Year Outcomes

CardioNewsUK 16 May 2021 ACC Acute Heart Failure Bioprosthesis Cardiac Surgery Cardiac Surgery and Arrhythmias Cardiac Surgery and Heart Failure Cardiac Surgery and VHD Cardiac Surgical Procedures Geriatrics Heart Failure Heart Valve Diseases Interventions and Structural Heart Disease Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention Mitral Regurgitation Mitral Valve Insufficiency Mitral Valve Stenosis Prevention Quality of Life Risk Secondary Prevention Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Valvular Heart Disease

Summary taken directly from the American College of CardiologyWritten by: Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, FACC Quick Takes Transseptal MViV in selected patients at high surgical risk…

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NICE publishes updated clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation

CardioNewsUK 15 May 2021 ablation Anticoagulants Atrial Fibrillation Cardiology drug safety drug treatment Guidance Guidelines laser ablation NICE symptomatic paroxysmal UK Cardiology UK Gov

Key changes: Bleeding risk scoreNew NICE guideline recommends using the ORBIT bleeding risk score but equally recognises that existing bleeding risk scores may still be…

Research & Trials

Air pollution tied to hypertension in children and adolescents

CardioNewsUK 14 May 2021 AHA air pollution American Heart Association Diastolic BP elevated systolic BP Hypertension Systolic BP

By Ahmed El-Medany A meta-analysis by Huang et al has suggests exposure to short- and long-term air pollution in childhood and adolescence increases the likelihood…

ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

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STEMI after TAVR associated with poorer outcomes.

CardioNewsUK 13 May 2021 Acute Coronary Syndrome Cardiology mortality myocardial infarction percutaneous coronary intervention professional news Research ST-segment elevation STEMI Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

By Ahmed El-Medany Longer door-to-balloon times and higher percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) failure rate were observed in a multicentre study by Faroux et al. 118…

COVID-19 Research & Trials

Greater adverse outcomes in patients presenting with COVID-19 and STEMI

CardioNewsUK 13 May 2021 ACC Angiography cardiogenic shock Clinical Outcomes COVID-19 COVID+Diabetes JACC medical therapy NACMI PPCI STEMI Stroke

Outcomes from the North American COVID-19 STEMI registry The goal of the NACMI (North American COVID-19 and STEMI) registry is to describe demographic characteristics, management…

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Conference update from Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2021 Scientific Sessions

CardioNewsUK 5 May 2021 Cardiogenic Shock Survival Cardiology Cardiovascular Angiography Mechanical Circulatory Support Medical Research Research

The National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative is a single-arm, prospective, multi-center study assessing outcomes associated with early mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock (AMICS) treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

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Techniques to Decrease PPM Implantation Rates Post-TAVR

CardioNewsUK 4 May 2021 Aorta Aortic Valve Aortic Valve Insufficiency Aortic Valve Stenosis Artificial Atrioventricular Block Atrioventricular Node Bundle of His Calcinosis Constriction Heart Conduction System Heart Valve Diseases Heart Valve Prosthesis Hemodynamics Pacemaker Pathologic Tomography Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Kris Kumar, DO; Firas E. Zahr, MD, FACC; Harsh Golwala, MDExpert Analysis (from the ACC) Quick Takes: Decreasing the degree that the transcatheter heart valve (THV) is…