Certified Stroke Care Access May Be Reduced for Black Americans Higher likelihood of a stroke center nearby, but less likelihood of receiving care there Jun 27, 2022
Flash of Greater Stroke Risk at Initiation of Oral Contraceptives Risk with hormone replacement therapy lingers in the long run, though Jun 24, 2022
Reproductive History Linked to Later Stroke Risk Infertility, stillbirth, miscarriage may increase stroke risk, analysis of eight studies suggests Jun 22, 2022
Landmark Pig Heart Recipient Had Xenograft Failure, Porcine Virus Concrete answers still lacking for why irreversible injury occurred Jun 22, 2022
Heart Failure Drugs Can Be Unaffordable on Medicare, Study Finds Older adults are subject to cost-sharing and other medication coverage restrictions Jun 21, 2022
Less Fluid Not Better for Septic Shock Mortality impact of restrictions on IV fluids in the ICU were weighed in the CLASSIC trial Jun 17, 2022
It's Time for a Post-Mortem on COVID Crisis Standards of Care We can learn from state and hospital responses to surges involving triage Jun 16, 2022
Vitamin C and Sepsis: Data Turn Sour, Suggesting Harm Surprising results from the LOVIT trial Jun 15, 2022
Prediabetes May Be an Independent Risk Factor for MI Findings reinforce importance of early screening and intervention, researchers says Jun 12, 2022
TAVR Pacemaker Rate Dips to Single Digits Nationwide, but Outlier Hospitals Remain Do worst-performing sites need more education about best practices? Jun 12, 2022
Fate of Transcatheter Tricuspid Devices: Will it Be Repair or Replacement? Many unanswered questions remain regarding devices for tricuspid regurgitation Jun 11, 2022
TAVR Devices Keep Changing -- Is This Really Helping Patients? Clinical outcomes are headed in the right direction, but better research is needed Jun 10, 2022
Good News for Heart Failure Patients Getting COVID Booster Shots Group saw lower risks for hospitalization, ICU admission, death versus the unvaccinated Jun 09, 2022
Music Over Meds to Reduce Anxiety in ICU Patients? Meta-analysis shows benefit of music sessions compared with standard pharmacologic care Jun 09, 2022
Evidence of CTE Rare in Military Personnel Limited number of cases preclude causal conclusions Jun 08, 2022
Can Longstanding BP Meds Protect Against Brain Aneurysm Ruptures? RAAS inhibitors could be therapy of choice for those with hypertension and intracranial aneurysms Jun 06, 2022
Long COVID After Breakthrough COVID; New Tx for Pancreatic Cancer Also in TTHealthWatch: harms experienced by hospitalized Medicare patients Jun 04, 2022 podcast
Exercise's Stroke Reduction Holds Up With Accelerometer Data Inactivity, especially for long periods, was associated with a higher risk for stroke Jun 03, 2022
Acute MI Outcomes: Mortality on the Decline, but Disparities Persist Two decades of data offer good news and not-so-good news, explains Harlan Krumholz, MD Jun 02, 2022 video
More RN Hours Linked With Better Sepsis Outcomes Facility needs to have enough nurses on staff for such "complex care," researcher warns Jun 01, 2022
Presepsin a 'Robust' Biomarker of Early-Onset Sepsis Researchers call for trials testing its use in guiding early empirical antibiotic treatment May 31, 2022
Brief Afib Not One and Done After Pneumonia Research suggests vigilance after infection is resolved May 26, 2022
Particulate Matter Size Tied to Stroke Mortality Association stronger among individuals with ischemic strokes May 25, 2022
Bystander CPR More Likely in States Requiring Teen Training State laws linked with 12% higher rate of bystander CPR May 23, 2022
Special Shielding Could Fix Cath Lab Staff's Radiation and Orthopedic Issues "Like walking on the moon," researcher says of doing cases without lead aprons May 21, 2022
TAVR for Aortic Regurgitation Off to a Good Start in the Real World Yet some growing pains remain for the Jenavalve Trilogy May 21, 2022
No-Implant Shunt Eases HF Symptoms in Early Data Quality of life consistently improved across first-in-man studies May 20, 2022
CMS Proposal to Suppress Hospital Safety Data Angers Advocates Agency says COVID disruptions, staff shortages hamper ability to fairly score poor performers May 20, 2022
Device Type Matters for Valve-in-Valve TAVR in Small Anatomies Showdown between Sapien and Evolut valves in the LYTEN trial May 20, 2022
What Doctors Need to Know About Monkeypox While the potential of increased transmissibility is being sorted, here's what we know for sure May 20, 2022
TAVR Stays Its Course as 10-Year Durability Data Trickle In Glimpse of longer-term valve degeneration in early TAVR patients May 19, 2022
ECMO for COVID; Heart Attack Treatment in High-Income Countries; Screen for COPD? Also in TTHealthWatch: Excess mortality from external causes during the pandemic May 14, 2022 podcast
Respiratory Therapist Charged With Murder 20 Years Later Prosecutors allege a spate of odd deaths while Jennifer Anne Hall was employed at the hospital May 12, 2022
55% of Hospitalized COVID Patients Still Had Symptoms at 2 Years "Ongoing follow-up of COVID-19 survivors is essential," researcher says May 11, 2022
Quality Group Rejects Appeal on Sepsis Measure No procedural errors committed, no new evidence that could have changed the outcome, board says May 10, 2022
Seven Factors Account for 85% of Acute MI Risk in Young Americans Some factors were sex-specific, highlighting need for targeted interventions, say investigators May 03, 2022
Cardiac Myosin Inhibitor Gets FDA's Blessing for Obstructive HCM First-in-class mavacamten will be subject to REMS, however Apr 29, 2022
In the NICU, High-Flow Oxygen Boosts Intubation Success on First Attempt Effect of intervention most pronounced in less-experienced operators Apr 27, 2022
Watch for Bacterial, Fungal Infections in COVID Patients in the ICU Small study from Ireland highlights high risk in patients requiring lengthy stays Apr 26, 2022