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Clinical review of COVID-19 and CVD: What the cardiovascular practitioner needs to know
This summary reviews the evolving molecular and clinical data on COVID-19, with a focus on the intersection of this virus with CVD and its potential impact on patients with CV and professionals.
Cardiac injury confers greater mortality in patients with COVID-19
Among patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, those with cardiac injury had a higher risk for in-hospital mortality than patients without cardiac injury.
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Top pulmonology news from February: FDA updates, noninvasive ventilation in COPD and more
Healio Pulmonology has you covered. The Editors have compiled a list of popular articles posted on Healio Pulmonology in February.
Gut bacteria linked to PAH
New data published in Hypertension have shown that a unique profile of gut bacteria can predict the presence of pulmonary artery hypertension in patients with 83% accuracy.
FDA grants breakthrough device designation for novel pulmonary hypertension system
The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation for the Aria CV Pulmonary Hypertension System, according to a manufacturer press release.
Acceleron announces positive phase 2 trial results for PAH drug
Sotatercept met the primary and key secondary endpoints of the PULSAR phase 2 trial in patients with pulmonary artery hypertension, according to the press release from Acceleron Pharma.
Elevated pulmonary vascular resistance increases mortality risk after heart transplant
Even with lower pulmonary artery pressures, elevated pulmonary vascular resistance is associated with worse survival after heart transplant, according to a recently published study.
Exercise pulmonary hypertension predicts CV, all-cause death
Pulmonary hypertension that occurs during exercise was found to be associated with poor CV event-free survival for patients with chronic dyspnea who show no signs of pulmonary hypertension at rest.
Meeting highlights from 2019: Updates in asthma, COPD, PAH and more
Healio Pulmonology has you covered on some of the year’s top news from medical meetings. We bring you highlights from the American Thoracic Society International Conference and the CHEST Annual Meeting.
AHA: Geriatric syndromes affect care of older patients in cardiac ICU
Despite older patients receiving the care they need in cardiac ICUs, they may experience worsening of geriatric conditions such as cognitive impairments and frailty, according to a American Heart Association scientific statement published in Circulation.