A multidisciplinary writing group organized by the AHA Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science Subcommittee released recommendations to improve the quality of adult and pediatric neurologic prognostication studies for survivors of cardiac arrest.
The FDA has approved Gadavist injection for use in cardiac MRI to assess myocardial perfusion and late gadolinium enhancement in adult patients with known or suspected CAD.
Prolonged television viewing, but not occupational sitting, is associated with an increased risk for CVD events and all-cause mortality in African Americans.
A mean nocturnal respiratory rate of ≥16 breaths per minute was an independent predictor of long-term cardiovascular and all-cause mortality among community-dwelling older men and women.
Transfusing red blood cells into cardiac surgery patients only when their hemoglobin levels fall to below 7.5 g/dL does not increase acute kidney injury risk.
Results of the study showed that the rate of symptomatic recurrent VTE – the primary end point – was similar in both treatment groups with 1.2% of patients experiencing a recurrent event in the rivaroxaban group compared with 3.0% in the standard anticoagulation group.
