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Valve dysfunction ups adverse outcomes risk in pregnant women with BPVs

24 Nov 2022

Structural valve dysfunction (SVD) has occurred in nearly one in four young women with bioprosthetic heart valves (BPVs) at the first antenatal visit, and this may have harmful effects in pregnancy outcomes, reports a study. Specifically, SVD of left-sided BPVs is associated with high rates of adverse events (AEs).

24 Nov 2022

ANCA-positive infective endocarditis tied to longer disease duration, kidney injury

22 Nov 2022

A significant number of patients with infective endocarditis have been found to have antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA), which is associated with longer disease duration, more frequent purpura, and kidney involvement, results of a study has shown.

22 Nov 2022

Bathing in hot springs at night could help ward off hypertension

19 Nov 2022

Habitual nighttime hot spring bathing appears to exert a significant protective effect against hypertension, reports a recent Japan study.

19 Nov 2022

Low use of CVD prevention strategies in people with HIV

18 Nov 2022 by

There is an underutilization of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention strategies in people living with HIV (PLHIV) who are at risk of CVD, according to a study presented at HIV Glasgow 2022.

18 Nov 2022

Poor air quality inflicts short-term toll on heart

18 Nov 2022 by

Exposure to elevated concentrations of small particulate matter appears to confer an immediate increase in the risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), which subsequently decreases over a few days after exposure, according to data from the Pan-Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study (PAROS) conducted in Singapore.

18 Nov 2022

Implantable loop recorder helps prevent strokes in older adults without CVD

18 Nov 2022 by

The use of an implantable loop recorder (ILR) device can help reduce stroke incidence in individuals without cardiovascular diseases (CVD), according to a recent study. However, screening with such device appears to have limited benefit in those with CVDs.

18 Nov 2022

Glucocorticoid prophylaxis of little benefit to infants undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass

18 Nov 2022

Prophylactic use of methylprednisolone does not appear to improve outcomes in infants undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass, even posing an increased risk of hyperglycaemia that requires insulin treatment, according to a study.

18 Nov 2022

Elevated blood pressure a red flag for stroke, bleeding in seniors with nonvalvular AF

16 Nov 2022

A systolic blood pressure (BP) of at least 145 mm Hg appears to be a strong predictor of stroke, stroke/systemic embolic events (SEE), major bleeding, and intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) in older patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a study.