{"id":1158936,"date":"2026-08-20T07:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1158936\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:29:20","slug":"autoinjectable-pcsk9-inhibitor-caution-on-coq10-ohio-docs-rape-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1158936\/","title":{"rendered":"Autoinjectable PCSK9 Inhibitor; Caution on CoQ10; Ohio Doc&#8217;s Rape Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FDA approved the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260817106971\/en\/U.S.-Food-and-Drug-Administration-Approves-an-Autoinjector-Version-of-LEROCHOL-lerodalcibep-liga-and-Updated-Indication\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">autoinjector version of lerodalcibep (Lerochol)<\/a>, a PCSK9 inhibitor for LDL cholesterol lowering, LIB Therapeutics announced.<\/p>\n<p>Bracco Imaging announced FDA clearance of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/bracco-marks-major-global-milestone-with-us-fda-510k-clearance-and-health-canada-authorization-for-vueject-the-first-dedicated-ultrasound-contrast-delivery-system-to-support-cardiology-imaging-302848369.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VueJect contrast delivery system<\/a> for use with cardiac ultrasounds.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA alerted to Philips&#8217; recall of over 2,600 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/cdrh\/cfdocs\/cfRES\/res.cfm?start_search=1&amp;event_id=99361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cardiac Workstation systems<\/a> due to a software issue related to inaccurate heart rate readings. Devices may continue to be used, albeit with manual corrections.<\/p>\n<p>Beware marketing claims promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/health\/this-supplement-is-waste-of-money-for-heart-health-according-to-cardiologists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CoQ10 supplements<\/a>, cardiologists say. (Parade)<\/p>\n<p>Actress <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/hayden-panettiere-dies-36\/story?id=135698473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hayden Panettiere<\/a> had been found in cardiac arrest before dying on Sunday at age 36. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p>Bempedoic acid (Nexletol) reduced both cardiovascular and limb events to a notable degree among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahajournals.org\/doi\/10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.125.078469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">patients with peripheral artery disease<\/a>, according to the CLEAR Outcomes trial cohort. (Circulation)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/eurjpc\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/eurjpc\/zwag415\/8763032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Self-proclaimed statin-intolerant people<\/a> were typically more wary of medication and healthcare professionals in general, a survey found. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)<\/p>\n<p>Serial cardiac MRI findings supported <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamacardiology\/fullarticle\/2852859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">vutrisiran (Amvuttra)<\/a> for patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, based on the HELIOS-B trial. (JAMA Cardiology)<\/p>\n<p>An artificial intelligence-based ECG analyzer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacc.org\/doi\/10.1016\/j.jacc.2026.06.013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">trained to flag structural heart disease<\/a> in a hospital-based cohort did less well in a community-based cohort. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)<\/p>\n<p>A registry study did not support a link between <a href=\"https:\/\/heart.bmj.com\/content\/early\/2026\/08\/16\/heartjnl-2025-327169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pre-existing structural heart disease and post-COVID-19 complications<\/a>. (Heart)<\/p>\n<p>A draft Institute for Clinical and Economic Review report found the aldosterone synthase inhibitors <a href=\"https:\/\/icer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ICER_Hypertension_Draft-Report_For-Publication_081226.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">baxdrostat (Baxfendy) and lorundrostat<\/a> only promising at best as a treatment for hypertension over spironolactone, eplerenone, or amiloride.<\/p>\n<p>In Sweden, people with <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/eurheartj\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehag584\/8758725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer&#8217;s disease<\/a> showed modestly slower cognitive decline and a better efficacy-safety balance taking direct oral anticoagulants compared with warfarin or skipping anticoagulation altogether. (European Heart Journal)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1073\/pnas.2503559123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Electromechanical wave imaging via ultrasound<\/a> was introduced as a tool to map arrhythmogenic risks in mitral valve disease. (PNAS)<\/p>\n<p>Outpatient <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinejcf.com\/article\/S1071-9164(26)00448-3\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">lung impedance-guided therapy<\/a> showed promise for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, according to a small trial. (Journal of Cardiac Failure)<\/p>\n<p>Ohio&#8217;s state medical board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2026\/08\/13\/doctor-ali-ghasemzadeh-faces-sexual-assault-charges-patient-lawsuit-indian-hill-cincinnati-ohio\/91250994007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">suspended a cardiologist&#8217;s medical license<\/a> after he was arrested for alleged rape and sexual battery of patients. (Cincinnati Enquirer)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FDA approved the autoinjector version of lerodalcibep (Lerochol), a PCSK9 inhibitor for LDL cholesterol lowering, LIB Therapeutics&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1158937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4315],"tags":[54562,30114,38394,3386,1117,105,4326,16,15],"class_list":["post-1158936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-alzheimer","tag-cardio","tag-cardiomyopathy","tag-covid","tag-covid-19","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117126664469242025","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1158937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}