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Expert perspectives on diagnosis and monitoring of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy in Asia

02 Dec 2022 by

Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a significantly underdiagnosed, life-threatening condition with a heterogeneous clinical presentation. Recently, clinical recommendations to diagnose and monitor ATTR-CM patients in Asia were published. Dr Chan Wan Xian, Cardiologist at the Asian Heart & Vascular Centre, Gleneagles Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, and Parkway East Hospital, Singapore, reviews these guidelines and shares practical tips for diagnosing and assessing ATTR-CM patients.

02 Dec 2022

3-month rivaroxaban use safe, effective in isolated DVT

01 Dec 2022 by

Treatment with rivaroxaban for 3 months leads to a safe and successful reduction of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk compared to treatment for 6 weeks in patients with isolated distal deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a study has shown.

01 Dec 2022

1-year isometric exercise training improves BP management

01 Dec 2022

Isometric exercise training (IET) appears to be a good long-term intervention in managing resting blood pressure (BP), reports a recent study. IET delivers clinically important, chronic BP adaptations in patients at risk of hypertension.

01 Dec 2022

Left ventricular global longitudinal strain predicts death risk in aortic stenosis

01 Dec 2022

In patients with moderate aortic stenosis (AS) and reduced left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction, LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) appears to be an independent indicator of mortality, a new study has found.

01 Dec 2022

Chinese herbal med cuts MACCE in STEMI, but questions remain

01 Dec 2022 by

Tongxinluo, added to guideline-directed therapy, improves outcomes in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the large, multicentre CTS-AMI* study. But experts are clamouring for more evidence of efficacy.

01 Dec 2022

Intensive antihypertensive therapy vital in kids with arterial hypertension after CoA repair

30 Nov 2022

Close blood pressure (BP) monitoring and more intensive and combined antihypertensive therapy are needed when there is a high prevalence of uncontrolled arterial hypertension (AH) despite the successful coarctation of the aorta (CoA) correction and use of relatively low doses of antihypertensive drugs, suggests a recent study.

30 Nov 2022

Ascending aortic diameter predicts aortic dissection better than size index in Turner syndrome

30 Nov 2022

Among women with Turner syndrome (TS), aortic dissection appears to be more correlated with the ascending aortic diameter (AAD) than with aortic size index (ASI), a new study has found. TS-specific z-score is also a reliable predictor of dissection.

30 Nov 2022

Do aortic annular size, valve type affect outcomes after TAVI?

29 Nov 2022 by

Aortic annular size does not appear to have a major impact on valve haemodynamics, prosthesis-patient match (PPM), and mortality following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), according to the results of a Singapore study.

29 Nov 2022