Inflammation

This month, our featured roundtable explores the evolution and progress of a rapidly emerging interdisciplinary clinical model — the cardio-rheumatology clinic. In these collaborative settings, rheumatologists, cardiologists and other cardiovascular specialists work together to deliver integrated care, advance research and foster education.

Markers of subclinical heart damage were observed among individuals who smoke cigarettes, even decades after quitting, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

A novel therapeutic showed significant promise in slowing aortic valve calcification, potentially extending time until or eliminating need for transcatheter or surgical intervention for stenosis, researchers reported.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Two experts debated the issue of whether subtypes of multiple sclerosis exist, one from Europe and the other from the United States, during the final day of ACTRIMS.

Dupilumab rapidly treated and maintained improvements in lichenification, a type of skin thickening from repetitive scratching, among patients of varying ages and races with atopic dermatitis, according to a study.

Hemodiafiltration may be associated with better cardiovascular and overall survival vs. high-flux hemodialysis for patients on dialysis, according to a European Renal Association consensus statement.

 The supplemental biologics license application for Dupixent for the treatment of bullous pemphigoid in adults has been accepted by the FDA for priority review, Sanofi announced in a press release.

ORLANDO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Telling It Like It Is, Steven M. Silverstein, MD, FACS, discusses the positive impact of Dextenza on inflammation after intraocular surgery.

NSAIDs “provide the greatest benefit and least harm” for treating acute pain in children compared with ketamine and opioids, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.