Safety and Tolerability of Semaglutide: Pooled Phase 3 Data

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers report an integrated analysis of 18 randomized, controlled trials of semaglutide (17,639 patients), concluding its safety and tolerability are now well characterized—and similar for the subcutaneous and oral formulations.

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Hyperkalemia During Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System Inhibitor Therapy Linked To Poorer Outcomes

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Hyperkalemia is one of the most common adverse reactions to renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitor (RAASi) therapy. In a recent study, Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers found that patients who develop hyperkalemia while receiving RAASi therapy have a higher risk of poor outcomes.

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Inflammation Versus LDL Cholesterol As Predictor of CV Events in Patients Using Statins

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A collaborative analysis of 31,245 participants in three recent randomized trials suggests residual inflammatory risk is more strongly associated with future cardiovascular events than residual cholesterol risk.

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Centralized Protocol Improves Optimization of Guideline-Concordant Medical Therapy for HFrEF Patients Hospitalized for Any Reason

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A multicenter quality improvement study, IMPLEMENT-HF, shows that a centralized virtual team make suggestions to treating clinicians about caring for hospitalized patients with HFrEF improved the use of guideline-concordant medical therapy.

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Applying Engineering Expertise to Enrich Diagnostics, Therapy Planning, and Decision-making

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Farhad R. Nezami, PhD, lead investigator in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is a mechanical and aerospace engineer by training. His lab pulls from engineering, computer science, and bioinformatics to uncover better diagnostic tools and predictors of clinical events.

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Case Report: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy As an Unexpected Mimic of Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction

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Physicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently encountered a patient with exertional dyspnea and inducible laryngeal obstruction at rest who was ultimately diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as the cause of his symptoms.

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Economic Food Insecurity Tied to Greater Risk of Incident CHD and HFrEF

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Rani Zierath, Amil Shah, MD, MPH, and colleagues have published a novel finding that economic food insecurity is a risk factor for new-onset coronary heart disease and new-onset heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

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Sonographic B-lines Facilitate Detection of Pulmonary Congestion After Acute MI

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Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are the first to study the long-term trajectory of lung ultrasound findings after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). They conclude that quantification of B-lines could facilitate early detection, quantification, and monitoring of pulmonary congestion in AMI patients.

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Catheter-directed Thrombolysis Has Durable Effects on Imaging Parameters in Patients With Intermediate-High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism

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Behnood Bikdeli, MD, MS, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and team reported favorable longer-term catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) results for pulmonary embolism. In a randomized clinical trial, they observed a more durable effect of CDT plus anticoagulation than with anticoagulation monotherapy on several metrics.

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3D Bioprinting Yields Blood Vessels Mechanically, Functionally Comparable to Native Vessels

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Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a stretchable double-network hydrogel bioink system for microfluidic bioprinting of small-diameter vascular conduits. They say the conduits recapitulate the structural and biological functions of native blood vessels.

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