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Yelp Reviews in Cardiology; Viagra's Unfulfilled Promise; Catheter RDN at 10 Years

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Cardio Break over a computer rendering of a heart.

Want ? Positive online reviews of cardiologists tended to focus on patient‐perceived cardiologist competency, thoroughness, and positive staff interactions. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

Former Pfizer executive remarks on emerging evidence that might offer cardiovascular protection -- though a confirmatory trial and regulatory approval are unlikely. (Forbes)

Even stroke patients had improved chances of good functional outcomes if they got mechanical thrombectomy for an anterior circulation large vessel occlusion. (Stroke)

(RDN) may have stable long-term effects in patients with resistant hypertension, based on the trickling in of 10-year data from the Symplicity Extension study. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Following transcatheter aortic valve replacement, showed promise for catching delayed conduction disturbances at one center. (Europace)

Meta-analysis finds that helps outcomes in intraventricular conduction delay but not right bundle branch block -- suggesting the two conditions should not be lumped together. (Circulation)

Non-MRI-conditional implantable cardioverter-defibrillators had their shock function on arrhythmias , according to a single-center prospective study. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Many survivors of still suffer bad clinical outcomes within the year, according to data from active surveillance. (European Heart Journal)

With the of SARS-CoV-2, infected patients have less impairment of their right ventricular function as a cardiac manifestation of COVID‐19. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

An interview with cardiologist , whose startup Cleerly applies artificial intelligence to coronary CT angiography to characterize atherosclerosis in a given individual. (CNBC)

People with in the U.K. Biobank were at heightened risk of cardiovascular disease despite having fewer traditional cardiovascular risk factors. (BMJ Medicine)

New Zealand's 5-year cardiovascular disease risk prediction equations were validated in . (The Lancet)

did not deliver additional benefits over conventional CPR in the INCEPTION trial. (New England Journal of Medicine)

Victoria, Australia, saved money when people who had the ambulance called for chest pain underwent . (JAMA Internal Medicine)

was associated with more heart failure in women and Black men, independently of cardiovascular disease and socioeconomic status. (JAMA Cardiology)

A software update is now available to people with LivaNova's , which had its controller component recalled months ago due to software issues.

FDA approved the boasting cellular, wifi, GPS, and Bluetooth connectivity, the device maker said.

A large genome-wide association study suggests SGLT2 inhibition therapy for people with the linked to an increased risk of coronary artery disease. (Science Translational Medicine)

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