Top in cardiology: Personal ECG device, predictor of stroke risk
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The FDA recently cleared a personal ECG device the size of a credit card that can deliver ECGs in as little as 30 seconds. The announcement was the top story in cardiology last week.
Another top story covered findings that suggest serum glucose measurements may help identify patients hospitalized for transient ischemic attack or minor ischemic stroke who are at particularly high risk for subsequent stroke.
Read these and more top stories in cardiology below:
FDA clears credit card-sized personal ECG device
AliveCor announced the FDA has cleared its credit card-sized personal ECG device capable of delivering medical-grade, single-lead ECGs in 30 seconds. Read more.
Serum glucose may help identify those admitted for stroke at greatest risk for recurrence
Presence of hyperglycemia at hospital admission for stroke was linked with elevated risk for subsequent stroke by 90 days, an increase that dual antiplatelet therapy seemingly failed to curtail, researchers reported. Read more.
Healthy lifestyle, medication adherence tied to lower mortality in hypertension
The combination of healthy lifestyle and adherence to antihypertensive medications was associated with decreased risk for mortality in patients with hypertension, according to data in JAMA Network Open. Read more.
Pregnancy loss may be independent predictor of future CVD, CHD, stroke
A history of pregnancy loss may be an independent risk factor for future CVD, CHD and stroke, according to an analysis of the Nurses’ Health Study II published in the European Heart Journal. Read more.
Next-generation catheter cuts AF ablation time
A next-generation radiofrequency ablation catheter to treat atrial fibrillation shortened procedure times without compromising safety or efficacy, researchers reported at the AF Symposium. Read more.