Mon May 13 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – 2019 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS expert consensus statement on catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias – Heart Rhythm (free)

See also: Executive Summary (free)

2 – Kissing may be an important and neglected risk factor for oropharyngeal gonorrhoea: a cross-sectional study in men who have sex with men – Sexually Transmitted Infections (free)

Commentary: Deep kissing – a neglected route for throat gonorrhea – OnMedica (free) AND Deep Kissing Might Spread Oropharyngeal Gonorrhea in MSM – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

3 – Association of High Intakes of Vitamins B₆ and B₁₂ From Food and Supplements with Risk of Hip Fracture Among Postmenopausal Women in the Nurses’ Health Study – JAMA Network Open (free)

4 – “The Case of the Magician’s Sleight” – EMNerd (free)

See also: EXTEND Alteplase Shenanigans! – Emergency Medicine Literature of Note (free)

Original Study: Randomized Trial: Thrombolysis Guided by Perfusion Imaging up to 9 Hours after Onset of Stroke (free)

Related Cochrane Review: Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke (free)

Related Opinion: Thrombolytics for stroke: The evidence – First10Em (free)

“Using statistical magic to extend the time window for IV tPA” (via @emcrit see Tweet)

5 – Targeting Huntingtin Expression in Patients with Huntington’s Disease – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Experimental Drug For Huntington’s Disease Jams Malfunctioning Gene – NPR (free) AND Huntington drug successfully lowers levels of disease-causing protein, study shows – University of British Columbia (free)

6 – Engineered bacteriophages for treatment of a patient with a disseminated drug-resistant Mycobacterium abscessus – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Viruses genetically engineered to kill bacteria rescue girl with antibiotic-resistant infection – Science (free) AND Genetically Modified Viruses Help Save A Patient With A ‘Superbug’ Infection – NPR (free) AND Genetically Tweaked Viruses Just Saved A Very Sick Teen – Wired (a few articles per month are free) AND Phage therapy’s latest makeover – Nature Biotechnology (free) AND Genetically modified virus saves teen’s life, offers hope in fight against antibiotic resistance – CNN (free) AND Scientists use engineered phages to help save teen – CIDRAP (free)

7 – Turkish Society of Cardiology Consensus Paper on The Rational Use of Cardiac Troponins in Daily Practice – The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (free PDF)

8 – Alcohol-related harm to others in England: a cross-sectional analysis of national survey data – BMJ Open (free)

Commentaries: One in five people in England harmed by others’ drinking over past year – Blog BMJ Open (free) AND One in five people harmed by other people’s drinking – OnMedica (free) AND One in five harmed by others drinking alcohol over past year, survey finds – The Guardian (free) AND Expert reaction to study quantifying the harm of other people’s drinking – Science Media Centre (free)

9 – Impact of non-drug therapies on asthma control: A systematic review of the literature – European Journal of General Practice (free)

10 – Important food sources of fructose-containing sugars and incident gout: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies – BMJ Open (free)

Commentary: Meta-analysis: high intake of sugary drinks, juice tied to gout – Univadis (free registration required)