Top in cardiology: ‘Broken heart syndrome’ and COVID-19
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New data showed that the incidence of stress cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, has increased among patients with acute coronary syndrome amid COVID-19. It was the top story in cardiology last week.
In another top story, researchers reported that universal masking was associated with lower rates of positive SARS-CoV-2 tests among health care workers.
Read these and more top stories in cardiology below:
‘Broken heart syndrome’ increased during COVID-19
The incidence of stress cardiomyopathy increased in patients with acute coronary syndrome during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with before the pandemic, researchers found. Read more.
Universal masking lowers SARS-CoV-2 infection in health care workers
In a 12-hospital health care system, universal masking was associated with lower rates of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in health care workers, according to a research letter published in JAMA. Read more.
Hydroxychloroquine halves recurrence of fetal heart block
In a cohort of pregnant women with prior maternal congenital heart block, hydroxychloroquine successfully reduced the risk for recurrent fetal blocks by more than 50%, according results from the PATCH trial. Read more.
CPR, implicit bias training and lessons for the medical community
In a recent editorial, Cardiology Today Editorial Board Member Kim Allan Williams Sr., MD, MACC, FAHA, MASNC, FESC, James B. Herrick professor and chief of the division of cardiology at Rush University Medical Center and past president of the American College of Cardiology, said making CPR training and implicit bias training mandatory for police officers could help prevent deaths such as George Floyd’s, a Black man who died of asphyxia with hypoxic cardiac arrest after a police offer kneeled on his neck. Read more.
Beta-blockers may increase HF risk in women with new-onset CHD
Beta-blocker use may precipitate heart failure in women with new-onset congenital heart disease but not in men, researchers found. Read more.