News & Updates
Showing Cardiology articles
Showing
Transfusion may improve survival in older anaemic patients with myocardial injury
Blood transfusion appears to result in better 30-day outcomes in older anaemic patients with anaemia-related myocardial injury, according to a study. Hence, troponin levels may be included in decision-making relative to transfusion in this population.
Ivabradine SR improves heart function in patients with HFrEF
Once-daily treatment with sustained-release (SR) ivabradine hemisulfate, alongside optimum standard therapy, results in better heart function in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), reports a study.
Myocardial infarction after GI bleeding ups in-hospital mortality, resource use
A diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 myocardial infarction (MI) following hospitalization for gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) often leads to higher in-hospital mortality and resource utilization, results of a recent US study have shown.
Do cardiovascular drugs worsen COVID-19 outcomes?
Cardiovascular medications, such as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs)/angiotensin receptor blocker (ARBs) and anticoagulants, do not induce poor clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 and thus should not be discontinued, suggest the results of a meta-analysis.
VTE prevention in pregnancy: Does heparin dose matter?
In pregnant women with a history of venous thromboembolism (VTE), receipt of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) at either a weight-adjusted intermediate-dose or fixed low-dose during the antepartum and postpartum periods results in similar VTE incidence, according to findings of the Highlow study. However, there was a numerically lower incidence of VTE during the postpartum period with intermediate-dose LMWH.