Cardiology Headline News

Text messages delivered to patients’ smartwatches show promise to improve physical activity for those undergoing cardiac rehabilitation, but sustained behavioral change over time may remain a challenge, researchers reported.

Job strain and effort-reward imbalance in the workplace may put white-collar workers at increased risk for experiencing a heart arrhythmia, researchers reported.

Adults with type 2 diabetes who are referred to a clinical pharmacist are more likely to meet their HbA1c goal and receive appropriate medication management of comorbidities than people receiving usual care, according to a presenter.

HU6, a controlled metabolic accelerator, met the primary endpoint of weight reduction in patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, according to top-line results of the phase 2a HuMAIN trial.

Bariatric surgery did not reduce risk for obesity-related cancer or cardiovascular disease compared with nonoperative treatment among adults aged at least 60 years, according to results of a population-based cohort study.

The Care of the Athletic Heart Conference, held at Heart House in Washington, D.C., in early June, covered the entire scope of sports cardiology, with sessions tailored to new and seasoned sports cardiologists.

Women who were pregnant during cardiology fellowship reported basic radiation safety standards were “variably enforced” during pregnancy, along with a rate of pregnancy complications higher than the general population, survey data show.

The incidence of heart attack and stroke is lower among people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 compared with before vaccination and people who have not received a vaccine, according to a study.

Dietary acid reduction from fruits and vegetables or sodium bicarbonate improved kidney health in patients with hypertension and macroalbuminuria, findings from a randomized controlled trial showed.

SGLT2 inhibitors were associated with similar renal and CV outcomes vs. GLP-1 receptor agonists for patients with diabetes, regardless of chronic kidney disease status, researchers reported.