Michael O'Riordan

1 week ago | tctmd.com | Michael O'Riordan

News Conference News ACC 2025 The “passive” notification led to more patients with severe AS undergoing valve replacement, but more can be done still. CHICAGO, IL—A personalized alert system that informs healthcare providers about the detection of severe aortic stenosis on echocardiography and provides recommendations around patient management appears to improve the quality of aortic valve care, according to results from the DETECT-AS study.

2 weeks ago | tctmd.com | Michael O'Riordan

The study is the latest showing that it doesn’t matter how exercise gets done in a week, as long as it gets done. Concentrating the weekly recommended amount of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) over a couple of days is associated with a significantly lower risk of mortality when compared with inactivity, and a similarly low risk of mortality when contrasted with a more evenly spread-out pattern, according to a new analysis.

2 weeks ago | tctmd.com | Michael O'Riordan

The drug was approved last year for patients with hypertension currently not controlled on other BP-lowering agents. The US Food and Drug Administration will no longer require aprocitentan (Tryvio), a novel endothelin receptor antagonist, to be part of its drug safety program, according to an announcement from manufacturer Idorsia Pharmaceuticals.

2 weeks ago | tctmd.com | Michael O'Riordan

News Conference News ACC 2025 For every 100,000 runners who complete the full 42.2 km distance, there will be one cardiac arrest, new data show. CHICAGO, IL—Despite more and more Americans participating in long-distance running races, the incidence of sudden cardiac arrest during these events has remained relatively stable over a recent 10-year period, the RACER study shows.

2 weeks ago | tctmd.com | Michael O'Riordan

News Conference News ACC 2025 The “passive” notification led to more patients with severe AS undergoing valve replacement, but more can be done still. CHICAGO, IL—A personalized alert system that informs healthcare providers about the detection of severe aortic stenosis on echocardiography and provides recommendations around patient management appears to improve the quality of aortic valve care, according to results from the DETECT-AS study.