Arrhythmia Disorders News

The 2024 American College of Cardiology Scientific Session will be held live in Atlanta from April 6 to 8 and virtually, with 43 late-breaking trials and featured clinical research presentations.

Patients with autoimmune blistering disorders had elevated cardiovascular risks, including for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, heart failure, arrhythmia, venous thromboembolism and death, according to a study.

ATLANTA — In Kansas City, Missouri, which maintains a registry of public automated external defibrillators, use of public AEDs for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests was low, even when an AED was located near the patient, researchers reported.

Women with a history of adverse pregnancy outcomes may be able to achieve similar heart health as women with no such history if they adhere to the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8, a speaker reported.

Training-related ECG findings were common and abnormal ECG findings were rare among Women’s National Basketball Association athletes, researchers reported.

Excess risk for cardiovascular disease in patients with gout — including heart failure and arrhythmias — is highest among women and those aged younger than 45 years, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

Among adults with depression, risk for cardiovascular events was greater in women compared with men, regardless of age or obesity status, researchers reported in JACC: Asia.

Echocardiographic data show that physiological adaptation due to sporting activity can cause increased right heart size for adolescent boys, researchers reported.

The 5-year rates of major complications and need for system revision were very low for patients receiving a transcatheter leadless pacemaker implant, according to real-world data published in the European Heart Journal.

Adults who drank at least 2 L per week of sugar- or artificially sweetened beverages per week were more likely to develop atrial fibrillation during nearly 10 years of follow-up, independent of other traditional CV risk factors, data show.