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For patients undergoing coronary angiography

Sodium Bicarbonate Prophylaxis Linked to Lower Mortality

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Lower mortality versus sodium chloride in patients undergoing coronary angiography
Data mining can be used to discover unknown drug-drug interactions in cardiovascular medicine

Data From Clinical Registries Can ID Novel Drug Interactions

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Drug groups with known interactions rediscovered, new drug groups ID'd in warfarin-treated patients
Half of patients hospitalized with atrial fibrillation aren't receiving oral anticoagulants

AHA: Many A-Fib Patients Not Receiving Oral Anticoagulants

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Only 46 percent of patients with indications received OACs at discharge from hospital
Sustained clinical benefit has been observed in patients with heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction treated with an interatrial septal shunt device that allows shunting to reduce the left atrial pressure

AHA: Interatrial Shunt Effective at One Year in Heart Failure

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Findings for patients with heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction
Half of patients hospitalized with atrial fibrillation aren't receiving oral anticoagulants

AHA: Many A-Fib Patients Not Receiving Oral Anticoagulants

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Only 46 percent of patients with indications received OACs at discharge from hospital
Nearly one-third of Americans newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation don't realize the condition puts them at increased risk for stroke

AHA: Knowledge of Stroke Risk Lacking Among A-Fib Patients

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Study finds gaps in what patients know about atrial fibrillation
Vaginal tissue is particularly vulnerable to infection by RNA viruses

Vaginal Immune Response May Up Zika Risk in Women

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Findings suggest, when transmitted sexually, women are more susceptible to contracting RNA viruses
Among a nationally representative cohort of commercially insured patients there was a small increase in the rate of cardiac stress testing from 2005 to 2012

AHA: Small Increase in Cardiac Stress Testing 2005 to 2012

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Findings among nationally representative cohort of commercially insured patients aged 25 to 64 years
The Zika virus might be able to survive for several hours on hard

Zika Shown to Live for Hours on Hard, Nonporous Surfaces

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But it's unclear whether simply touching these surfaces might transmit the virus, researchers say
Regular simulation training improves emergency department nurses' cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills

AHA: More CPR Simulator Training Needed for ER Nurses

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Every-other-year training is insufficient, researcher says