Vascular Medicine News

Editor’s Note: This is part three of a three-part Healio Exclusive series on the development and use of AI to improve clinical outcomes in cardiovascular medicine and considerations for regulatory labeling and patient privacy .

SAN ANTONIO — A swallowable hydrogel capsule that expands in the stomach demonstrated significant weight-loss, cardiovascular, glycemic and quality of life benefits for patients with overweight or obesity, a speaker reported.

Editor’s Note: This is part two of a three-part Healio Exclusive series on the development and use of AI to improve clinical outcomes in cardiovascular medicine and considerations for regulatory labeling and patient privacy.

A blood test to measure fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio predicted preeclampsia and severe preeclampsia risk in laboring women compared with other blood markers, potentially providing a useful tool for anesthesiologists, researchers reported.

BOSTON — A multimodal fusion model outperformed transthoracic echocardiography in identifying pulmonary hypertension, according to a study presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Ex-smokers with a light lifetime smoking burden had a CVD risk shortly after quitting similar to those who have never smoked, results from a cohort analysis showed.

Editor’s Note: This is part one of a three-part Healio Exclusive series on the development and use of AI to improve clinical outcomes in cardiovascular medicine and considerations for regulatory labeling and patient privacy .

BOSTON — Fewer patients hospitalized for acute pulmonary embolism with pancreatic cancer died in 2020 compared with rates in 2001, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

After decades of research, pharmacologic treatment of obesity gained significant traction with the launch of GLP-1 receptor agonists, and several potentially more potent drugs are currently in the pipeline, a speaker reported.

BOSTON — Behavioral modification with diet and exercise demonstrated similar weight-loss benefits vs. other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches to obesity management, but patients must remain adherent, a speaker reported.