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Written by Moira McCarthy on February 22, 2021 Fact checked by Jennifer Chesak
According to a new study, women who have a female cardiologist may have better treatment outcomes than those who see a male doctor. Luis Alvarez/Getty Images
A new study concludes that women with heart health issues get better treatment if they’re seen by a female cardiologist.
Experts say female doctors simply understand female patients better than men do.
They say it’s important to improve medical training for both male and female cardiology students.
When it comes to long-term outcomes in heart health, the gender of your cardiologist may play a role in how well things go.
The American College of Cardiology abandoned plans to have an in-person component to its meeting in May.
Bernard Lown, MD heart defibrillator inventor, pioneer in lifestyle medicine for cardiovascular disease, and peace activist died at 99 after suffering from congestive heart failure. (
AP)
JAMA Neurology)
Quality measures? Meh, say interventional cardiologists. Survey says feedback from case conferences and informal peer interactions are more useful. (
American Heart Journal)
After severe COVID-19 with elevated troponin, about a quarter of patients had what looked like myocarditis and about a quarter had infarcts or ischemia. (
European Heart Journal)
CT surveillance of abdominal aortic aneurysms smaller than 4.25 cm can be safely pushed to at least 2 years, analysis of randomized trial data suggested. (
There is growing evidence that ketone bodies may be beneficial to heart disease patients regardless of the method of delivery used to increase ketone delivery to the heart. A Journal of the American College of Cardiology review paper examines emerging evidence regarding ketone bodies effects on the heart and the potential for ketone therapy as a cardiovascular intervention in heart disease patients.