Hypertension From Top to Bottom: Don’t Ignore Diastolic BP
July 17, 2019
Systolic blood pressure is tightly linked to adverse cardiovascular outcomes, but that doesn’t mean diastolic measurements aren’t important.
Visit WebsiteSystolic blood pressure is tightly linked to adverse cardiovascular outcomes, but that doesn’t mean diastolic measurements aren’t important.
Visit WebsiteThe FDA has granted expanded indications for use of gadobutrol (Gadavist; Bayer) injection, permitting its use in cardiac MR to assess myocardial perfusion and late gadolinium enhancement in adults with known or suspected coronary artery disease.
Visit WebsiteAfrican-American children who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods are approximately half as likely as white children in affluent areas to receive bystander CPR after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), a new analysis finds.
Visit WebsiteThe future of preventive cardiology will involve minimal use of polygenic risk scores, more use of CT, and a bigger focus on obesity reduction (including bariatric surgery), but it won’t rely heavily on sensors or wearable technology. These were some the predictions from a keynote presentation here last week at a special prevention symposium held ahead of the annual Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting.
Visit WebsiteSilent myocardial infarction is common among individuals who go on to experience sudden cardiac death (SCD), a Finnish autopsy study confirms. Two-thirds of these patients had abnormal results on ECG prior to their deaths.
Visit WebsiteLocation in the posterior circulation, but not use of IV thrombolysis, is an independent predictor of having an infarct in a new territory among patients who undergo mechanical thrombectomy for emergent large-vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes, according to a new analysis.
Visit WebsiteAdult and pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrests in the United States are nearly as common as out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, according to a new analysis of registry data gathered between 2008 and 2017. Cardiac arrest in the hospital setting also appears to be on the rise, increasing by 38% in adults and (for pulseless cases) by 18% in children compared with prior reports.
Visit WebsiteFor patients presenting with acute minor stroke or high-risk TIA, the risk-benefit balance when using clopidogrel plus aspirin appears to be greatest in the first 21 days, according to a secondary analysis of the POINT trial.
Visit WebsiteFor patients with large-vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke treated within 6 to 16 hours of symptom onset who meet DEFUSE 3 inclusion criteria, the need for transfer to another hospital for endovascular thrombectomy does not appear to have a negative impact on treatment effect or functional outcomes, according to a new analysis of the trial’s data.
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