AHA: Highlighting Effective 'Real-World' Heart Tx Strategies Studies on overcoming GDMT underuse, improving self-care education, creating new settings for care delivery Nov 17, 2020
Polypill, Aspirin Together Make a Difference in Large Outcomes Trial Aspirin proves mettle in primary prevention, TIPS-3 trial shows Nov 13, 2020
SPRINT: African Ancestry Not an Innate CVD Risk in Blacks Study refutes genetic basis for racial disparities in hypertension, CVD Nov 13, 2020
Finerenone Cuts Kidney, Heart Risks in CKD and T2D Patients saw less hyperkalemia than with spironolactone but still some Oct 23, 2020
Virtual Heart Failure Care No Substitute for the Face-to-Face Visit? Reduced GDMT titration suggests a dip in quality of care Oct 05, 2020
Black Barbershop HTN Intervention Gets Telehealth Update Patrons successfully transition from in-person to virtual pharmacist consults Sep 13, 2020
Home BP Monitoring Can Make Inroads During the Pandemic Some hope that at-home readings may find their way to routine care in the COVID-19 era Sep 12, 2020
Severe Nosebleeds More Common With Hypertension Korean study supports link between hypertension and epistaxis Sep 10, 2020
ESC Offers Sports, Exercise Guide for Heart Disease Patients Addresses broad spectrum and specific conditions Sep 01, 2020
'Definitive Data': Continuing ACE/ARB Tx Safe in COVID-19 Randomized trial affirms no harm in mild to moderate coronavirus cases Sep 01, 2020
These Nine BP Drugs Might Protect Against Depression Danish study suggests some meds could be favored for at-risk patients Aug 24, 2020
Healthy People 2030: HHS Prioritizes Socioeconomic Disparities, Overall Well-Being New national health goals for the next decade Aug 20, 2020
ARB Slows Cognitive Decline in Trial... But How? Consequence of lowered blood pressure, or perhaps a direct effect -- or just a fluke Aug 06, 2020
Novel Tx Shows Early Promise for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Improved pulmonary vascular resistance in phase II PULSAR study Jun 29, 2020
Inhaled Vasodilator Promising for Lung Disease With Pulmonary Hypertension "Highly significant" improvements in exercise capacity in phase 3 results Jun 26, 2020
Renal Denervation: No Rush for BP-Lowering Benefit RADIANCE-HTN SOLO data suggest a little more time for med optimization does no harm Jun 26, 2020
Low-Dose Aspirin Flops for Depression Prevention in Elderly But other anti-inflammatory agents "remain promising," says researcher Jun 03, 2020
NKF 2020: New Lupus Tx; Staying on Spironolactone, and More Research highlights from the National Kidney Foundation virtual meeting Mar 30, 2020
More 'Convincing' Data on BP Drop After Renal Denervation Full results reported from SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Mar 29, 2020
Entresto in HF Tied to Less Kidney Decline Meta-analysis shows trend favoring drug over ACE inhibitor or ARB alone Mar 27, 2020
CKD, Uric Acid, and Heart Disease: What's the Link? Stage 3 CKD patients with higher uric acid levels also saw worse heart health Mar 26, 2020
In Lupus, Keep BP Below 130/80 With pressures between 130-139/80-89 mm Hg, risk for vascular events rose by 73% Mar 12, 2020
Quit Angiotensin Meds When Kidney Function Worsens? Not So Fast Low eGFR patients were better off staying on certain medications, study finds Mar 09, 2020
Substituting Olive Oil for Animal Fats Does a Body Good, Study Suggests Benefits observed in non-Mediterranean population Mar 05, 2020
Workplace Wellness Program Triumphs for Hypertension Two-thirds meet blood pressure target after 2 years Mar 04, 2020
Just How Bad Is Missing a Few Preeclampsia Prophylaxis Doses? Study details aspirin nonadherence impacts on obstetric complications Mar 02, 2020
Short Course of Furosemide Cuts Higher Post-Partum BP Rates But no difference in number of days to blood pressure resolution Feb 09, 2020
Ozempic OK'd for CV Prevention; LDL Drug Pricing; Lyme Disease Heart Tx Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 21, 2020
Can a Wristwatch Replace Ambulatory BP Monitoring? The Skeptical Cardiologist reviews Omron's HeartGuide device Dec 19, 2019
Vaping Worse for Heart Than Cigarettes? It's not just lung injury e-cigarette users should worry about, study says Nov 12, 2019
Time to Rethink BMI Cutoff for Bariatric Surgery? The point isn't weight loss, researcher argues, but treatment for diabetes, hypertension, and other comorbidities Nov 06, 2019
Ibrutinib's Cardiotoxicity Comes Into Focus Study identifies new cardiac events linked to so-called targeted therapy Sep 25, 2019
Patiromer Helps CKD Patients Stay on Spironolactone Now the question is: Can outcomes be improved? Sep 15, 2019
Meta-Analysis: Renal Events 'Rare' After Denervation for HTN Stenosis, stenting happen within the year when they do occur Sep 06, 2019
Omron Evolv One-Piece BP Monitor: Accurate, Quick, Connected The Skeptical Cardiologist has a new favorite Jul 27, 2019
Tissue-Selective Afib Ablation; ED Drug for HF? Pacemaker Warning Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 13, 2019
Secondhand Smoke May Set Kids Up for Hypertension Researchers measure link between tobacco-specific nitrosamine and higher blood pressure Apr 29, 2019
Improvements in Excess Cortisol Activity With Relacorilant Phase II study of selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator found dose-dependent effect Apr 29, 2019