Patients in a randomized trial who have had a myocardial infarction kept an automated external defibrillator at home, but it did not seem to improve their chances of staying alive. Medscape Medical News
Six-week treatment with sibutramine appears to be efficacious, tolerable and safe in high-risk patients with CVD -- a population for whom sibutramine is usually contraindicated. European Heart Journal
The authors of a new WHI analysis say the results emphasize the potential CHD safety of hormone therapy in women with a "healthy" lipid profile. Heartwire
Might hormonal status affect gender differences in outcomes after cardiovascular surgery? What did a retrospective study find when examining the effects of age and gender on risk during heart surgery? The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
Summaries focus on sleep apnea in kids, nursing education, military nurses, pulmonary thromboembolism in the elderly, and physician/NP perceptions. Medscape Nurses
For the LV-assist device, evolution means becoming simpler; the latest ones have free-floating blood "impellers" and no other moving parts to wear out. They are proving themselves as bridges to transplantation, but it will be destination therapy that tests their promise of greater durability. Heartwire
