Articles related to Cardiology

“There is enormous exuberance about starting GLP-1 drugs, but not nearly enough attention to what happens when people stop.” – Senior study author Ziyad Al-Aly, MD; Washington University School of Medicine

“The idea of preserving and reducing thrombosis without increasing bleeding is very, very exciting.” — Roxana Mehran, MD, SCAI 2025

Studies on fluid restriction in patients with HF are scarce, and most of the available studies are at high risk of bias. Although power is lacking, there is no evidence indicating that fluid restriction affects mortality or HF hospitalizations, but there is a signal of harm in terms of thirst distress.

The researchers discovered that findings among older adults reinforced the guideline shift toward personalized, risk-based care.

“People who maintain low levels of LDL-C and triglycerides at earlier ages are much less likely to develop atherosclerotic disease decades later.” — Pamela B. Morris, MD, FACC, FAHA, guideline writing committee vice-chair

There needs to be increased awareness among primary care doctors and general cardiologists that patients with persistent symptomatic AF are sometimes better served by promptly scheduling a cardioversion while waiting for an appointment with an electrophysiologist.