Medical Cannabis-Arrhythmia Link; Watch Out for Lipoprotein(a); New SAVR Alternative

Medical marijuana was associated with an elevated risk of new-onset arrhythmia in a Danish population with chronic pain. (European Heart Journal)

Severe drug-induced QT prolongation was fairly common in patients taking one of two commonly used antipsychotic drugs, putting them at higher risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. (HeartRhythm)

At similar concentrations, lipoprotein(a) was a bigger contributor to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease than LDL cholesterol, a genetic analysis found. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Lack of leisure time physical activity was a predictor of county-level cardiovascular mortality even after accounting for other social determinants. (British Journal of Sports Medicine)

American Heart Association sets forth a framework for calculating the value of artificial intelligence in cardiovascular imaging. (Circulation)

Regardless of how rich or poor their country was, male heart failure patients around the world had higher mortality rates than female counterparts. (Lancet Global Health)

Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential can count towards a person’s genetic risk of coronary heart disease. (JAMA Cardiology)

Black people maintained disproportionately high stroke rates as recently as 2015 in Ohio and Kentucky. (Neurology)

Mexican American surrogate decision-makers for stroke patients tended to rate communication and collaboration with the physician higher than white representatives. (Stroke)

Elderly people who underwent angioplasty for acute coronary syndrome fared poorly if they had received preprocedural nitroglycerine. (Open Heart)

Cardiovascular therapies did not appear to help survival after Takotsubo syndrome, as Scottish patients still showed excess cardiovascular and noncardiovascular deaths. (JACC: Advances)

In those undergoing mitral valve surgery, concomitant atrial fibrillation surgery was associated with better clinical outcomes up to 15 years later. (Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)

Matching outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement, the emerging technique of trileaflet aortic valve neocuspidization has shown good mid-term results in the U.S. (Annals of Thoracic Surgery)

The very high risk of mortality in people with Down syndrome and congenital heart disease has been coming down since 1990. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

Pediatric cardiologist Roberto Canessa and fellow survivors of an infamous 1972 plane crash (think cannibalism) had their ordeal dramatized in the Netflix series “Society of the Snow.” (NBC News)

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