AI provided superior assessment of cardiac function versus sonographers
Transcatheter Leadless Pacemakers Feasible for Implantation in Children
Among 62 patients with successful implantation, 10 complications occurred, but there were no deaths, TLP infections, or device embolizations
Biden Signs Bill to End National COVID-19 Emergency
President Joe Biden signed a Republican-backed bill that ends the national COVID-19 emergency a month earlier than planned
Pandemic Increased Americans’ Concerns About Obesity
Greatest increases in concern seen among Black and Hispanic adults
Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty Becoming Safer Over Time
Decrease seen in cumulative incidence of hemoptysis/vascular injury, lung injury/reperfusion edema, invasive mechanical injury, mortality
Scheduled Childbirth Could Prevent At-Term Preeclampsia
Risk-stratified timing of birth at 35 to 36 weeks of gestation would result in 57.2 percent preeclampsia prevention
Review Shows High Dietary Sugar Intake Tied to Harmful Health Outcomes
Evidence stronger for link to cardiometabolic outcomes based on 73 existing meta-analyses
Higher Sodium Intake Linked to Coronary, Carotid Atherosclerosis
Associations mainly mediated by blood pressure, were abolished after adjustment for blood pressure
Physical Activity, Sleep Duration Linked to Mortality
More PA, recommended moderate-to-vigorous PA attenuates detrimental effects of short or long sleep duration on all-cause, CVD mortality
Study Examines Families’ Experience of Sudden Cardiac Death
Themes include searching for answers and processing cause of death, incidental implications of SCD event