Research Summary
Research Summary
11/15/2024
Miranda Manier, BA
A new study led by the Congenital Heart Initiative explores quality of life, mental health, and physical activity outcomes in a large cohort of adults with congenital heart disease.
11/15/2024
Research Summary
Research Summary
10/12/2024
Miranda Manier, BA
A recent study found that non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers are associated with significantly less bradycardia during sinus rhythm compared with beta-blockers in patients with non-permanent...
10/12/2024
Arrhythmia
Arrhythmia
09/16/2020
The American Heart Association has released a new scientific statement on drug-induced arrhythmias.
09/16/2020
Arrhythmia
Arrhythmia
06/16/2020
The overarching theme of the expert consensus from the EHRA, HRS, APHRS, and LAHRS is to “use the right tool, for the right outcome, in the right population” when assessing for cardiac arrhythmia risk. The...
06/16/2020
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation
06/05/2020
While previous research has confirmed the association between CHADS2 score and stroke among patients with AFib, researchers evaluated whether the score was associated with myocardial infarction, cerebral...
06/05/2020
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation
05/14/2020
According to the developers, the new risk score model demonstrated higher accuracy than the CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc score systems.
05/14/2020
Anticoagulation
Anticoagulation
04/30/2020
Because the safety of individual DOACs relative to warfarin for specific bleeding outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation is unclear, the researchers compared the safety of 3 DOACs with the safety of...
04/30/2020
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation
03/02/2020
The researchers sought to better understand the prognostic role of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I among patients with newly detected atrial fibrillation. Here is what they found.
03/02/2020
Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure
02/12/2020
Authors of a new study analyzed data on more than 8 million patients to better understand the association between blood pressure variability and atrial fibrillation risk. Do you think hypertension affected...
02/12/2020
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation
11/12/2019
Researchers investigated whether modest weight loss can improve outcomes in patients with overweight or obesity and established atrial fibrillation. The results of their literature review further highlight...
11/12/2019