Cardiology Perspective

• Splanchnic Nerve Ablation For Volume Redistribution in HFpEF A subgroup analysis found that some patients with HFpEF may respond to splanchnic ablation for volume management.
  ACC.org, July 09, 2024
• Be Alert for Conjunctivitis: New Human Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu   Clinicians should be aware of the symptoms of bird flu seen in the first few human cases.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 09, 2024
• Infographic: PAs Feel Content With Jobs Despite Challenges A Medscape survey found that physician assistants (PAs) generally expressed high satisfaction with their careers despite various challenges.
  Medscape, July 09, 2024
• Mounjaro Beats Ozempic, So Why Isn't It More Popular?   Effectiveness isn't the only factor determining choice of GLP-1 receptor agonist for weight loss.
  Medscape, July 08, 2024
• Transplants Using Animal Organs: Research, Not Lifesaving   Ethicist Art Caplan discusses transplantation using organs from animals, and the need to be clear to patients that these early-stage procedures are research rather than lifesaving efforts.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 08, 2024
• From Prevention to Prognosis: AI's Role in Heart Failure   Dr Michelle Kittleson discusses the use of artificial intelligence in heart failure management.
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape, July 02, 2024
• How Facial Temperature Reveals Age and Disease Find out why Dr F. Perry Wilson says that the medical tricorder perhaps wasn't as fanciful as it seemed when it was used by Dr Beverly Crusher on "Star Trek."
  Medscape, July 02, 2024
• Q&A: Comorbidities in Myasthenia Gravis Nicholas Silvestri, MD, reviews the main comorbidities seen in myasthenia gravis.
  Medscape Neurology, July 01, 2024
• Jun 28 2024 This Week in Cardiology   Screening echo, multivitamins, wasteful research, another PA sensor for HF, vascular closure devices, and GLP-1 marketing as science research are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses this week.
  theheart.org on Medscape, July 01, 2024
• Should 'South Park: The End of Obesity' Be Required Viewing? A new South Park episode tackles obesity, including the continuing demand for antiobesity medications. Yoni Freedhoff, MD, explains why it should be required viewing in medical school.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, June 28, 2024
• Medscape Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report 2024 Despite overall career satisfaction among physician assistants, a minority express concerns about their relationship with doctors, patients, and administrators.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 28, 2024
• When Heart Failure Is Actually Cardiac Amyloidosis   Amyloidosis is an underrecognized cause of HFpEF. Pay attention to these red flags.
  The Curbsiders, June 27, 2024
• Online Diagnosis of STIs? Ethicist Says We Are Nowhere Close Ethicist Art Caplan discusses the use of websites for diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 24, 2024
• Jun 21 2024 This Week in Cardiology   MRAs in HF with renal dysfunction, coronary autoregulation, the hubris of US doctors, NSTEMI in older patients, survival after STEMI, and new leaders at JACC are discussed by John Mandrola, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 21, 2024
• S2 Episode 1: Considerations Around Supplemental Oxygen in IPF   Dr Jeffrey Swigris and Susan Jacobs discuss considerations around supplemental oxygen for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
  Medscape, June 20, 2024
• ESOC 2024 Top Studies From ESOC 2024 in Review Christoph Diener, MD, PhD, discusses his picks for the top studies presented at the 2024 European Stroke Organisation Congress in Switzerland.
  Medscape Neurology, June 19, 2024
• Kids With Hypertension Face Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk Early detection and appropriate treatment of arterial hypertension in the pediatric population can potentially decrease the burden of cardiovascular diseases in the future.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 19, 2024
• We Won't Solve Long COVID Until We Decide What It Is   Is a slow recovery from COVID-19 the lingering effects of a bad infection or the start of a new syndrome?
  Medscape, June 18, 2024
• Episode 2: Social Determinants of Health in Cardiorenal Conditions   Join Drs Nihar Desai and Erica Spatz as they discuss the critical importance of social determinants of health in preventing and managing cardiorenal conditions.
  Medscape, June 18, 2024
• Episode 1: A Global Health Tidal Wave? Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome   Join Drs Nihar Desai and Chiadi Ndumele as they define and discuss cardiorenal metabolic syndrome, a chronic health condition with the potential to impact up to 90% of the US population.
  Medscape, June 18, 2024