News & Updates

Exposure to pharmacological treatments for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appears to confer increases in blood pressure and pulse among children, teens, and adults, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

In the long-term maintenance period after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), monotherapy with clopidogrel appears to work better than aspirin at preventing major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events in Asian patients at high risk of recurrent ischaemic events, as shown in the open-label SMART-CHOICE 3 trial conducted in South Korea.

Elderly patients with aortic stenosis who received dapagliflozin after transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) had better outcomes than those who did not receive the drug, according to the DapaTAVI* trial presented at ACC.25.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 16-31 March 2025 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

Women are more likely than men to fill prescriptions for statin, particularly high-intensity dosages, after undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), with statin therapy equally effective at reducing mortality for both sexes, according to a study.

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) have issued new guidelines for managing acute coronary syndromes (ACS), outlining strategies for lipid management, minimizing bleeding risk, and considerations related to procedural care.

Long-term use of over-the-counter magnesium supplements appears to have cardioprotective benefits in patients with diabetes, having been shown to reduce the risk of heart failure (HF) and major adverse cardiac events, according to a study.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 1-15 March 2025 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

Dr Raja Ezman Faridz Raja Shariff discusses the topic of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Raja Ezman is a consultant cardiologist and internal medicine specialist as well as the Head of Heart Failure Services at Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah (HASA), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Primary Care Clinic, UiTM Sungai Buloh.