Alaska Chapter of the American College of Cardiology

Beta-Blocker Therapy in Patients With Takotsubo Syndrome Associated With Lower Mortality
Among patients with takotsubo syndrome (TTS), beta-blocker therapy was associated with lower follow-up mortality but not lower TTS recurrence, according to a study published Feb. 5 in JACC: Heart Failure.
New Patient-Centered Metric For Pediatric Patients After CV Surgery?
Days alive out of health care and hospitalization (DAoH), a novel measure of outcomes in children undergoing cardiovascular surgery, offers advantages over the traditional outcome measure of days alive and out of hospital used in adults...
Post-MI Risk of Incident HF Higher Than Risk of Recurrent MI
The risk of incident heart failure (HF) after a myocardial infarction (MI) is up to six-fold higher than the risk of recurrent MI and the prognosis is worse among those who develop incident HF, regardless of LVEF category...
Does a History of CVD Affect Chance of SCD?
Patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, compared with those without, had a higher incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to a study of 5.5 million Danish citizens in 2010...
Tighter Blood Pressure Control Reduces ED Visits in Postpartum Patients
A lower treatment threshold of â‰¥130/80 mm Hg was associated with reduced postpartum emergency department (ED) visits for a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDOP), according to a study...