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Why Telehealth in Cardiology is a Double-Edged Sword, Per Hoag’s Dr. Subbarao Myla
Setting the expectations too high for telehealth’s expansion in cardiology could have unintended consequences, says Subbarao Myla, MD, director of the cardiovascular catheterization laboratories at Newport Beach, Calif.,-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian’s Jeffrey M Cantor Heart & Vascular Institute. Dr. Myla recently joined Becker’s cardiology podcast to discuss how heart care may evolve in the … Read More
Hoag Begins Enrolling Patients with Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease in Clinical Trial Using a Less Invasive Surgical Treatment
The Condition Mitral valve prolapse, also known as click-murmur syndrome, Barlow’s syndrome, balloon mitral valve, or floppy valve syndrome, manifests as bulging of one or both of the mitral valve flaps (leaflets) into the left atrium during the contraction of the heart. For more details, follow the link to the description at the American Heart Association. This … Read More
Suspect a Stroke? Act F.A.S.T.
If you suspect that you or a loved one is having a stroke, call 911. It’s a call that can mean the difference between life or death. Unfortunately, during the pandemic, it is a call that too few made. Across the nation, stroke death rates increased as people elected to stay home with stroke symptoms rather than … Read More
Dipti Itchhaporia Named New American College of Cardiology President
Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, has officially started her term as the 70th president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Itchhaporia, an interventional cardiologist, currently serves as the chair of cardiovascular health and director of disease management at the Hoag Heart & Vascular Institute in Newport Beach, California. She is also an associate professor at the … Read More
Clopidogrel Should Remain Antiplatelet of Choice in Elective PCI: ALPHEUS
Patients with high-risk features undergoing elective PCI and treated with the more-potent antiplatelet agent ticagrelor (Brilinta; AstraZeneca) instead of clopidogrel fared no better with respect to protection from periprocedural myocardial infarction or major myocardial injury, according to the results of the ALPHEUS study. And while use of ticagrelor in the elective setting wasn’t associated with … Read More
Long-term TARGIT-A Data Support Single-Dose Intraoperative Breast Cancer Radiotherapy
The 5-year results of the TARGIT-A trial have demonstrated the non-inferiority of risk-adapted, single-dose targeted intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT-IORT) delivered during lumpectomy to conventional radiotherapy for the adjuvant treatment of early-stage breast cancer. Noting that “TARGIT-IORT has similar long term local control and cancer survival outcomes to whole breast radiotherapy,” the researchers say that “[s]ingle dose … Read More
US Mortality Rates for CVD Have Stalled as Racial Disparities Widen
Gains made in decreasing mortality for ischemic heart disease in the United States over the past two decades have been offset by stagnant or increasing death rates for most other forms of heart disease, including heart failure and hypertension, according to a new analysis. Moreover, stark racial disparities continue to exist within all subsets of … Read More
Walk for Victory at TeWinkle Park Honored Rare Disease Day
Having a rare genetic disease that you share with about one in 5,000 people could be isolating. But Christian D’Angelo feels like part of a community. His team at Hoag Health Network — doctors, nurses, specialists and staff from the Heart and Vascular Institute — will join him Saturday for the Southern California Walk for … Read More
A Cardiologist's Advice to Women: How to Keep Your Heart Healthy and Happy
One of the most important things to understand about heart health is that a woman’s needs change over time. Risk factors for heart disease like high blood pressure and high cholesterol can become more important as a woman ages. Hypertension and high cholesterol are not things we may feel. This is why hypertension is called … Read More
Major Heart Organizations Now Led by Women
Female cardiologists are increasingly being tapped for leadership roles in major cardiology organizations, including, in 2020, the American College of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, the Heart Rhythm Society and others. Christine Albert, MD, MPH, is one of them. She is president-elect of the Heart Rhythm Society and founding chair of the newly established … Read More