Automated Referrals Boost Proper Statin Dosing Sixfold
Penn Medicine researchers compared an automated referral process to traditional prescribing methods and found a potential advantage.
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FDA Approves Medtronic’s Renal Denervation System for Hypertension
The FDA has approved Medtronic’s Symplicity Spyral renal denervation system for the treatment of hypertension.
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A Bad Night’s Sleep May Trigger Atrial Fibrillation the Next Day
A recent UC San Francisco study suggests a significant relationship between sleep quality and the likelihood of encountering heart rhythm irregularities.
Women With Heart Attacks With Blockages Have Higher Stress Levels
Women with heart attacks due to blockages had higher stress levels than those with heart attack with open arteries, researchers found.
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Radial Access Demonstrates Safety and Efficacy in Peripheral Artery Interventions
A recent study indicates that radial access offers a safer and potentially more effective approach than traditional femoral access.
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FDA Approves Medtronic’s Extravascular Defibrillator to Treat Fast Heart Rhythms
The US Food and Drug Administration approved Medtronic’s Aurora EV-ICD MRI SureScan and Epsila EV MRI SureScan defibrillation lead to treat dangerously fast heart rhythms that can lead to sudden cardiac arrest.
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Women and Older Individuals Face CPR Inequalities
Women are less likely to be given bystander CPR than men in public places, but in private spaces, older people are less likely to be given CPR, according to research presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress.
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Researchers Tap into Smart Bed Data to Reveal Sleep-Heart Link
Sleep Number presented new research shedding light on the link between sleep abnormalities and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
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NIH Awards $3.9M Grant for Cardiac Arrhythmia Genetic Research
The five-year study hopes to address locations within the genome that are linked to arrhythmia risk, research that can then be used for the development of new therapies.
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