May 15, 2025
TOPLINE: Amiloride, a potassium-sparing diuretic, was noninferior to spironolactone in reducing home-measured systolic blood pressure (BP) after 12 weeks of treatment in patients with true resistant […]
May 15, 2025
Optimized treatment can reduce the mortality risk for chronic heart failure (HF) by as much as 60%. The role of appropriate drug combinations and rapid diagnosis […]
May 13, 2025
TOPLINE: In a 4.3-year follow-up study, few asymptomatic patients with preclinical left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) progressed to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), with […]
May 8, 2025
The future of cardiac pacing may boil down to a single grain of rice. Engineers at Northwestern University in Chicago have developed a biodegradable pacing device […]
May 8, 2025
A transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) therapy was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for patients with severe aortic stenosis even without symptoms. […]
May 8, 2025
Early detection and targeted treatment of cardiovascular diseases to extend healthy lifespans are becoming increasingly achievable due to advances in precision medicine. Ulf Landmesser, MD, director […]
May 8, 2025
TOPLINE: Patients with untreated or uncontrolled hypertension who started antihypertensive monotherapy in the first month after diagnosis were more likely to achieve blood pressure (BP) control […]
May 7, 2025
TOPLINE: In a modeling analysis, initiating direct acting or nonvitamin K oral anticoagulants (DOAC/NOAC) in patients with device-detected subclinical atrial fibrillation (AF) provided a net gain […]
May 6, 2025
TOPLINE: Levels of 25-hydroxy (OH) vitamin D below 37 nmol/L during childhood were significantly associated with an increased risk for adult-onset atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. […]