Vascular Medicine News

The American College of Cardiology announced the late-breaking science lineup for its Scientific Session to be held April 6-8 in Atlanta and online.

Children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder experienced reduced anxiety symptoms after 12 weeks of treatment with the BP medication propranolol vs. placebo, though it did not improve scores for social interaction and language.

The FDA did not meet its Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date that would extend Yutrepia as a treatment for patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease, according to a press release.

Researchers reported that radiofrequency renal denervation is estimated to be cost-effective for uncontrolled hypertension despite multiple antihypertensive medications, at 13,482 British pounds per quality-adjusted life-years gained.

Prehospital rule-out of non-ST-segment elevation ACS with risk assessment and a single troponin test led to lower health care cost with similarly low 1-year outcomes vs. rule-out in the ED, results of the ARTICA trial show.

Researchers reported that high concentrations of common genetic variants within families were associated with increased inherited risk for spontaneous coronary artery dissection.

High lipoprotein(a), a relatively common finding in patients undergoing CABG, was associated with increased risk for all-cause death after surgery, researchers reported.

Researchers at University of Michigan Health developed an artificial intelligence model to accurately assess risk for post-procedural outcomes after PCI.

Adults who reported high levels of perceived stress, particularly throughout early childhood, adolescence and early adulthood, were much more likely to develop cardiometabolic risk factors than those with low perceived stress, data show.

Men with CAD taking nitrates for chest pain plus a PDE5 inhibitor for erectile dysfunction were at greater risk for death or major adverse CV events compared with men taking nitrates alone, Swedish registry data show.