Cardiology Headline News

Stanford Medicine Children’s Health this year celebrated 50 years of pediatric heart transplants and more than 35 years of pediatric lung transplants, according to a press release.

The FDA granted orphan drug designation to ZMA001 as a treatment for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, according to a press release from Zymedi.

Erythritol, a nonnutritive sweetener generally recognized as safe by the FDA, demonstrated fast-acting prothrombotic properties not observed with traditional glucose in a small study.

Short-interval high-intensity exercise after stroke improved oxygen consumption and may reduce risk for future strokes and hospitalizations, according to a study published in Stroke.

Metformin may protect against the progression of adverse renal and cardiovascular outcomes in patients systemic lupus erythematosus, including lupus nephritis and infarction, according to data published in ACR Open Rheumatology.

On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce to overturn a decades-old decision known as the “Chevron deference.”

For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, bystander CPR improved rates of survival to hospital discharge, but the degree varied by race and sex, researchers reported in Circulation.

A remote postpartum blood pressure management program led to fewer hospital readmissions, greater postpartum visit attendance, improved guideline adherence and higher rates of antihypertensive prescriptions, researchers reported.

Adults with obstructive sleep apnea treated with CPAP for 24 weeks had improved vascular inflammation and lower unstable plaque volume, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Latin American patients with rheumatoid arthritis experience fewer serious adverse events, including major adverse cardiovascular events and malignancy, than patients who are not Latin American, according to a study.