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Cardiologists' Mental Disorders; NFL Player's Cardiac Arrest; Red Flag for Turmeric

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Cardio Break over a computer rendering of a heart.

One in four cardiologists around the world self-reported having a such as alcohol or drug use disorder, psychological distress, or major psychiatric disorder. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

A for coronary artery disease helped reclassify people at borderline and intermediate clinical risk who may be candidates for primary prevention statins. (JAMA Cardiology)

Spectators witnessed the on-field cardiac arrest of Buffalo Bills player , possibly brought on by commotio cordis, during a Monday night football game. He remains in critical condition with no further update. (Washington Post)

People who underwent sleeve gastrectomy for severe obesity had a that subsided by 12 months, according to a small study. (International Journal of Obesity)

High levels of a metabolite from digesting red meat, , corresponded with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality and cerebral infarction in patients with atrial fibrillation. (Heart)

A modified same-day discharge protocol for cardiac device implants and ablations was piloted in patients undergoing at one center. (Europace)

Early rhythm control for atrial fibrillation worked even in the subset of patients with a , per a prespecified subgroup analysis of the EAST-AFNET 4 trial. (The Lancet Neurology)

The landmark trials comparing transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement had their by findings from a systematic review. (JAMA Network Open)

Among those with type 2 diabetes and chronic heart failure, long-term users of the had better survival and fewer cardiovascular events in an observational study. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

Staging patients by may be of prognostic value in stable acute decompensated heart failure. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

What is behind the increasing diagnoses of ? (International Journal of Cardiology)

For the treatment of , direct oral anticoagulants were found to be cost effective compared with low-molecular-weight heparin. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Beware , an active ingredient in turmeric that causes action potential duration prolongation in cardiomyocytes, which may have implications for people with potentially pro-arrhythmic functional variants. (Heart Rhythm)

Mouse study provides a potential mechanism for how . (Nature Immunology)

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    Nicole Lou is a reporter for ֱ, where she covers cardiology news and other developments in medicine.