August 25, 2023 6:30 am ET Program plans to enroll approximately 17,000 participants across three global studies RAHWAY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the initiation of the company’s Phase 3 clinical program, CORALreef, for MK-0616, an investigational, oral proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 […]
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Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 Wegovy has shown cardiovascular benefit again, this time in the Phase III STEP HFpEF trial, on top of the expected weight loss, the company announced at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress today. Against placebo, 2.4 mg of Wegovy (semaglutide) showed “large” reductions in heart failure-related symptoms and physical limitations, as […]
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Siemens Healthineers has unveiled Acuson Origin, a new cardiovascular ultrasound system with robust artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that allow it to identify the anatomy being imaged and anticipate the next steps needed to advance patient care. The new system includes AI algorithms to automate approximately 500 different measurements. The system was unveiled Friday, Aug. 25, at ESC […]
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ANI | | Posted by Tapatrisha Das, Amsterdam Aug 25, 2023 02:26 PM IST Share Via Copy Link The study explores how the sense of feeling safe from crime can reduce the risk of premature death and heart attack. According to the research of more than 35,000 adults published at the ESC Congress 2023, feeling […]
ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines 25 Aug 2023 The current Guidelines on cardiovascular disease and diabetes are designed to guide prevention and management of the manifestations of CVD in patients with diabetes. In contrast to the previous 2019 ESC Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases—only focus on CVD and diabetes and – given the lack […]
Sophia Antipolis, 25 August 2023: Competency-based cardiac imaging delivery is needed for effective and efficient patient care, according to a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) statement published today in European Heart Journal, a journal of the ESC.1 All seven ESC subspeciality associations have endorsed the document, namely the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), Association […]
Amsterdam, Netherlands – 25 Aug 2023: Patients with type 2 diabetes are more than twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) than their healthy peers. Advice to lower that risk is launched today in the 2023 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, published in […]
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Middle-aged adults with three or more unhealthy traits, including slightly high waist circumference, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose have heart attacks and strokes two years earlier than their peers, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2023. “Many people in their 40s and 50s have a bit of fat around the […]
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Friday, Aug 25, 2023 • Herb Booth : Contact The American Heart Association’s (AHA) Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences has selected Juhyun Lee, assistant professor in the Bioengineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, as a fellow. Juhyun Lee “It is an honor to be elected a fellow of the American Heart Association […]
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UH Elyria Medical Center now serving cardiovascular patients in new, advanced facility
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The recent opening of a new, upgraded cardiac catheterization laboratory at University Hospitals (UH) Elyria Medical Center provides cardiovascular patients in and around Lorain County with access to expanded services and an improved, more efficient experience close to home, according to a news release. A cardiac catheterization laboratory, also referred to as a cath lab, […]