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Jeremiah Stamler, MD, founding chair and professor emeritus of Preventive Medicine, passed away on January 26. He was 102 years old.
email article A direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) was no better than existing antithrombotic treatments after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to ATLANTIS trial investigators. TAVR patients randomized to apixaban (Eliquis) instead of antiplatelet therapy or warfarin saw no reduction in the trial's primary endpoint, a composite of death, MI, stroke, systemic emboli, intracardiac or bioprosthesis thrombus, episode of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE), and major bleeding over 1-year follow-up (18.4% vs 20.1%, HR 0.92, 95% CI 0.73-1.16). These find...
As participants at all levels resume their sports, what risks do their hearts carry if they’ve had COVID? Initial data shows the risk may be low but still possibly deadly.
Yves here. We’re running this post as an apparently badly needed reminder that the consequences of getting Covid extend beyond the risk of death, hospitalization, and missing time from work. Many who contract Covid suffer from damage that may be lasting, from serious lung abnormalities to kidney impairments and brain inflammation. This post focuses on the heart. For sports fans across the country, the resumption of the regular sports calendar has signaled another step toward post-pandemic normality. But for the athletes participating in professional, collegiate, high school or even recreati...
/ As participants at all levels resume their sports, what risks do their hearts carry if they’ve had COVID? Initial data shows the risk may be low but still possibly deadly. For sports fans across the country, the resumption of the regular sports calendar has signaled another step toward post-pandemic normality. But for the athletes participating in professional, collegiate, high school or even recreational sports, significant unanswered questions remain about the aftereffects of a COVID infection. Chief among those is whether the coronavirus can damage their hearts, putting them at risk fo...