Cardiology
- An uncommon skin manifestation after radial artery catheterization
A rash developed over the dorsum of the patient’s right hand immediately after compression bands were placed over the radial arteriotomy site.
- Should I prescribe statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in older adults?
This decision should reflect the patient’s biological age and functional status rather than chronological age alone.
- Hyperactive delirium in hospitalized older adults: Balancing medication choices and QTc prolongation risk
Medications for managing delirium symptoms, particularly antipsychotics, are associated with prolongation of the QT interval, which is a risk factor for the development of fatal arrhythmias.
- FINEARTS-HF: Improving outcomes in heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction
FINEARTS-HF established finerenone as an effective medical therapy to reduce hospitalizations for heart failure in patients with HFpEF or HFmrEF.
Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential and heart disease: What every internist needs to knowClonal hematopoiesis is increasingly recognized as a driver of different types of heart disease, including ischemic heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, and nonischemic cardiac inflammation.
- Sex-specific risk factors for stroke in women: Focus on the 2024 AHA/ASA guideline
Sex-specific factors like adverse pregnancy outcomes and premature and early menopause play a critical and often underrecognized role in shaping lifetime stroke risk in women.
- Interpreting the DIGIT-HF trial: Time for a new look at digitalis?
Digitoxin reduced the risk of death or first hospitalization for heart failure in patients with symptomatic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction who were already being treated with guideline-directed medical therapy.
- Right ventricular failure in a young man
The patient initially experienced dyspnea only on exertion, but over the 2 months before presentation it had progressed to shortness of breath at rest.
- Profound xanthomas in a young man
The patient had a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia, with a fasting serum triglyceride level of 9,000 mg/dL.
- Xanthomas: A clue to undiagnosed lipid disorders
Given the wide availability of direct-to-consumer laboratory testing, it is reasonable to ask whether a working knowledge of xanthomas still matters for trainees and clinicians.
