The Heart

29/12/2025

Thyroid Emergencies: A Narrative

https://www.endocrinepractice.org/article/S1530-891X(25)00925-5/abstract

29/12/2025

Albuminuria is not just a kidney marker. It’s a systemic "Red Flag." 🚩
1️⃣ Screening is Pivot:(UACR)
2️⃣ Treat the Patient
3️⃣ Watch for Red Flags: Rapid eGFR decline

28/12/2025

🚨Diuretic Use in Heart Failure #

Acute Decompensated HF-
Tackling diuretic resistance:

🔹IV loop→
🔹Sequential nephron blockade→
🔹Max dosing & metabolic-guided add-ons→
🔹Inotropes/mechanical support when needed

🔗https://www.imrpress.com/journal/RCM/26/10/10.31083/RCM39547

28/12/2025

Eleven clinical trials that will shape medicine in 2026

In 2026, eleven major clinical trials will help shape medicine. These include an advanced TB vaccine, new broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV, therapies for long COVID, and more

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-04083-x

28/12/2025

🎯2025 Update on resistant hypertension in CKD: where do we stand and where do we go?

💪🏽Resistant hypertension in CKD🫘

2025 update gives a stage-wise roadmap:
-ACEi/ARB + CCB base
-diuretics & MRA
-SGLT2i, finerenone, GLP-1 RA
-renal denervation in select pts

https://academic.oup.com/ckj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ckj/sfaf285/8266526?login=false

28/12/2025

2026 ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes

https://professional.diabetes.org/standards-of-care

28/12/2025

Magnesium in : an old ion with new lessons

Serum magnesium levels depend on a complex balance between GI absorption and kidney excretion.

Optimal Mg²⁺ targets and the safest, most effective magnesium formulations for diverse heart-failure populations still remain unclear
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf955/8370170?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false

28/12/2025

🚨Is Sexual Activity Safe After a Heart Attack?

💔Fear is common after a heart attack — especially about intimacy.

💔Here’s the medical truth about sexual activity and heart recovery.

🫀 Watch before making decisions.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMDYC6LR8/

Check out Dr. Sintayehu Abebe, MD’s post.

28/12/2025

True Hyponatremia vs Pseudohyponatremia - same sodium value, completely different realities.
One is a water problem.
One is a lab artifact.
Osmolality + direct ISE = the truth.

28/12/2025

Blood Pressure-Lowering Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11906-025-01342-7

28/12/2025

A Practical 5-stage Clinical Scale for Electrical Storm: the STORM Classification

⚡️New ELECTRICAL STORM paper out
We propose the 5-stage STORM classification for electrical storm – a simple bedside scale that stratifies 30-day mortality from 5% to 50% and helps structure multidisciplinary care
https://academic.oup.com/ehjacc/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf159/8369002?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false

28/12/2025

Mitochondrial Dynamics in Aging Heart

🫀"...emerging therapeutic strategies targeting mitochondrial bioenergetics and quality control as promising approaches to preserve cardiac function and extend cardiovascular health span in the aging population."
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/13/11/2603