• FDA advisors recommend approval of obesity drug Qnexa
  • Scar on MRI portends poor outcome in viral myocarditis
  • Interventional live case demos are safe, small study shows
  • Montreal cardiologists accused of taking bribes from patients
  • AV nodal ablation ups survival in AF patients with CRT
  • Is new gene analysis the final chapter in the homocysteine saga?
  • Six of seven guideline-recommended HF therapies lower mortality at two years
  • Young women with MI most likely to have no chest pain
  • Detailed family history improves cardiovascular disease risk assessment
  • Crossing tricuspid-valve bioprosthesis with pacer/ICD lead generally safe
  • Resolute zotarolimus stent approved in US
  • Pregnancy complications up CVD risk by 30%
  • EMA: New aliskiren restrictions and decisions on aprotinin, orlistat
  • Ten-month Medicare "doc fix" passes Congress, heads for White House
  • Mutations in giant gene a major cause of familial DCM
  • CardioGen-82 returns to market
  • Exercise, regardless of amount of sedentary time, improves risk factors in kids
  • Stem-cell therapy still needs a lot more study
  • New ACCP thrombosis guidelines offer weak support for aspirin in primary prevention  
  • Short-term exposure to air pollutants ups MI risk: Meta-analysis
  • Vitamin D in CKD: No benefit for CV function, structure
  • Cardiac stem-cells increase viable myocardium post-MI: CADUCEUS
  • No cancer protection with vitamin B or omega-3 fatty-acid supplements
  • Fidelis failures climb: "Strongly consider" replacement at ICD change-out
  • New mitral-repair therapies face obstacles
  • More doctors advising patients to exercise
  • More hope for factor Xa reversal
  • The doctor will see you now (from the other side of the world)
  • US judge upholds FDA approval of generic enoxaparin
  • Biomarker may distinguish ICH from ischemic stroke
  • Over 1300 deaths in Mediator scandal in France
  • Referring MDs fall short on ICD-indication guidelines
  • Apixaban superior for AF patients with previous stroke, TIA
  • Ten foods provide half of sodium eaten in US
  • Like father, like son: Y-chromosome variant may explain CAD
  • Wide variation in PCI for "unclear indications"
  • PCI appropriateness criteria draw criticism
  • More bleeding, thromboembolic events with dabigatran in AF ablation
  • For stroke risk, look for novel lipid/lipoprotein biomarkers
  • Braile Biomédica launches transapical valve
  • Wake-up stroke patients may still benefit from thrombolysis
  • Generalists need education on HF treatment
  • SWITCH III: Bivalirudin is as safe as heparin after fondaparinux in PCI patients
  • TRA 2°P: Vorapaxar meets end point but ups bleeding
  • CTO, even in non-infarct-related artery, bodes ill in NSTEMI patients
  • ICDs charged with sex discrimination: Women get fewer shocks
  • Fitness and fatness independently linked with CVD risk factors
  • MI-shock proposal is cold comfort: Hypothermia might boost survival
  • Dr Paolo Raggi joins University of Alberta
  • Lower mortality in NFL players—if weight is kept in check
  • KEEP: Focus on CKD patients with highest SBP
  • "Irrational" choices stall adoption of new antiplatelets
  • Sitagliptin/metformin once-daily combo approved for diabetes
  • No recurrent stroke prevention seen with clopidogrel plus aspirin
  • Heart failure linked to loss of brain gray matter
  • Photos on school lunch trays boost veggie intake
  • Aspirin as effective as warfarin in heart failure: WARCEF
  • "Tetherless" power-transmission technology could radically change LVAD therapy
  • CMS draft of proposed coverage for TAVI
  • Severe anemia potent predictor of death poststroke
  • Cardiac telemetry identifies AF in cryptogenic stroke
  • The flap over flavonoids
  • Severe, rapid memory loss could herald stroke
  • Dr Mandeep Mehra leaves Baltimore for post at the Brigham
  • "Cardiovascular health," new focus of the AHA, linked with reduced mortality
  • US "roadmap" for TAVI rollout published
  • Restenosis similar with carotid stenting or surgery: CREST
  • Stroke risk linked to infections in children
  • Combination type 2 diabetes pill gets FDA nod
  • Shifty and dangerous: Worsening diastolic dysfunction ups mortality
  • "Valve-on-a-stick" transaortic TAVI offers alternative to transfemoral route
  • New data will shed light on cancer risk from imaging
  • Dr Robert Harrington leaves DCRI for Stanford University
  • PARTNER CAP data show transapical outcomes improve with practice
  • SYNTAX, FAME trials influence update to PCI/CABG appropriate-use criteria
  • Once-weekly exenatide okayed by FDA for type 2 diabetes
  • Women do better after TAVI, hints small study
  • Statins reduce cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in women: Meta-analysis
  • ASCERT: Better survival for CABG vs PCI in some high-risk patients
  • Interarm BP differences increase CVD risk
  • 3B or not 3B? Should patients get an LVAD before reaching end-stage HF?
  • Surgeons insist TAVI reimbursement rollout won't be repeat of carotid-stenting debacle
  • Don't routinely replace spent ICDs: Proposal
  • Data mixed on role of parents and caregivers in combating childhood obesity
  • More data needed on carotid atherosclerosis, CMS advisers agree
  • Contaminated cardiac drugs kill more than 100 in Pakistan
  • Riata Summit insights: Vigilance key to following functional but "recalled" ICD leads
  • Proximal balloon superior to distal protection in carotid artery stenting
  • Dr Gary Roubin to resign as CV chair at Lenox Hill
  • Heart attack deaths plummet in three EU nations
  • Heart disease risk begins with middle-age risk factors
  • Cardiologists flagging woeful patient care say they paid with their jobs
  • Vytorin US label updated with SHARP results
  • Pay for SGR repeal with war savings, say medical groups
  • Black tea lowers blood pressure in small trial
  • PLATO: PPI analysis "raises flag" but should not change practice
  • Carotid images don't boost quit rates or cut CV risk factors in smokers
  • Cardiologists accused of defrauding Medicare by performing unnecessary cardiac procedures
  • Gifts, pep talks have some success post-PCI and in hypertension
  • To prescribe or not to prescribe: That is the statin question, experts debate
  • "Recalled" Riata ICD leads: Brainstorming conference aims for guidance
  • EMA investigating CV problems with fingolimod
  • Dapagliflozin declined by FDA
  • Lower mortality rates at two years with transradial PCI, Italian registry shows
  • Pillow talk: First AHA advice on sex and CVD
  • Treat risk and not LDL-cholesterol targets, new perspective argues
  • "High-normal" blood pressure linked to AF
  • New AF ablation programs need time, money, and data
  • FFR shows benefit in FAME II; enrollment halted
  • Mortality climbs with rising PA pressure in heart failure: Community-based study
  • Contemporary look at VTE after joint surgery
  • BRIDGE study published: Cangrelor suited for important antiplatelet niche
  • NHANES: One in three adults, one in six children obese
  • Dronedarone gets another chance to prove itself in ranolazine combo trial
  • CCTA is less useful in patients with high calcium score
  • Thoracic endoprosthesis gets traumatic transection approval
  • New AF ablation consensus doc previewed at Boston AF symposium
  • Resveratrol scientists react to Das fraud scandal: "Research will continue"
  • Yoga therapy for AF yields insight into brain-heart axis
  • FDA: CardioGen-82 problems site-specific
  • Red-wine researcher charged with photo-editing fraud
  • US bleeding ADRs higher with dabigatran than warfarin
  • Silent atrial fibrillation increases stroke risk
  • Very low risk of cardiac arrest and sudden death in long-distance running events
  • Statins cost four times more in US than UK
  • Inactivity is a universal risk factor for heart attack
  • Pulmonary hypertension in kids differs from adult PAH
  • Venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism raise mortality risk
  • GWTG improves AMI care in Asian Americans
  • Serum potassium targets in acute MI need rethink, analysis suggests
  • New DES best older stents for deaths, restenosis in latest SCAAR data
  • Aspirin in primary prevention: New meta-analysis finds bleeding outweighs benefits for most
  • New guidelines suggest blood glucose testing for all inpatients
  • Aortic stenosis grading system misses rare, high-risk group
  • Dabigatran: New data on MI and ischemic events
  • Statin use associated with significantly increased risk of diabetes: WHI analysis
  • Bereavement triggers MI, new study finds
  • UK's NICE wants more data on rivaroxaban in AF
  • Informed consent questioned in Florida patient's death after stem-cell treatment
  • MitraClip: Encouraging results in nonsurgical patients
  • Complications, rehospitalizations not uncommon post-AF ablation
  • Novel LDL-gene-targeted agent promising
  • Excess calories, not proportion of dietary protein, key in causing obesity
  • RESPECT PFO/stroke trial completes enrollment
  • Public Citizen requests recall of the Wingspan stent
  • BRCA1 cancer gene affects cardiac function
  • Rivaroxaban filed for ACS in US and EU
  • Type 2 diabetes adds risk to tissue valves
  • US leads in shorter hospital stays, early readmission after STEMI
  • Bariatric surgery reduces CV events, but mechanisms remain a mystery
  • Enoxaparin prophylaxis doesn't cut mortality in acute-care setting
  • Mayo report: It takes docs about 30 TAVIs to achieve proficiency
  • Analysis slams use of clopidogrel loss-of-function gene test; proponents fire back
  • Troponins at admission and three hours allow MI diagnosis or rule-out