FDA allows drugs without proven clinical benefit to languish for years on accelerated pathway
By Elisabeth Mahase Taken Directly from the BMJ doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1898 Criticisms of the US Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval process have resurfaced after the recent…
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Impact of adiposity on cardiovascular outcomes: an umbrella review and meta-analysis provides updated insights
The aim of this study was to investigate the causal relationship and evidence of an association between increased adiposity and the risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) events or mortality.
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Anticoagulation of Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves.
The British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) has today released a Joint Statement together with the British Heart Valve Society (BHVS), the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgeons (SCTS),…
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Clinical outcome of COVID-19 in patients with adult congenital heart disease
By Saadia Aslam Original research from Professor Markus Schwerzmann and his team collected clinical outcome data to help identify risk factors for a complicated course…
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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
By Sean Zheng Key messages Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) is a common cause of hospitalisation, impaired quality of life, restricted functional capacity,…
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Utility of CT coronary angiography in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome
By Syed Ghias Take Home Messages Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) is a well-established non-invasive diagnostic modality which reliably rules out obstructive coronary artery disease…
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Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors – new frontier in the treatment of heart failure
By Syed Ghias Take Home Messages Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors are a novel class of oral hypoglycaemic medications which have been shown to be effective…
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NICE- Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines
Expert Opinion by: Dr Steve Furniss, Consultant Cardiologist, East Sussex Healthcare Trust
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Outcomes of mitral surgery after transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral repair – Analysis from Society of Thoracic Surgeons database
By Chikwe J, O’Gara P, Fremes S et al Transcatheter edge-to-edge (TEER) mitral repair may be complicated by residual or recurrent mitral regurgitation. An increasing…
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Diagnostic pathways in myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA)
By Giovanni Occhipinti, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci & Davide Capodanno When acute myocardial injury is found in a clinical setting suggestive of myocardial ischaemia, the event is…
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