Acute Coronary Syndromes
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Similar 10-year survival after CABG, PCI in heavy calcification
Patients with heavily calcified lesions had higher mortality 10 years after revascularization than those without, but survival was similar after...
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Surgical groups push back against new revascularization guidelines
They suggest that established evidence supporting bypass surgery was given short shrift by a guidelines’ writing committee that lacked equitable...
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Midlife cardiovascular conditions tied to greater cognitive decline in women
Even though men in midlife have more cardiovascular (CV) conditions and risk factors than women of the same age, women are more affected by these...
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SGLT2 inhibitors improve cardiovascular outcomes across groups
A comprehensive meta-analysis finds cardiovascular improvement across age, sex, and race/ethnicity for high-risk individuals with type 2 diabetes...
News
FDA approves first-in-class inclisiran to lower LDL-C
Injectable Inclisiran (Leqvio) is now indicated as an adjunct to maximal statins in adults with cardiovascular disease and patients with...
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Cardiac device interrogation after death ‘richly informative’
Probing cardiac implantable electronic devices after death often yields information about device malfunction, premortem abnormalities, and...
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Valentin Fuster: ‘Atherosclerosis starts in the femoral artery’
Imaging genomics, which identifies genes that influence the brain, cognition, and risk for disease, shows that the development of cardiovascular...
Conference Coverage
Don’t panic over lamotrigine, but beware of cardiac risks
“It’s still a good drug,” former AES chief says, but “we need to plan more carefully when we use it.”
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Discharge within 24 hours of PCI can be safe in select STEMI
A third to a fifth of all patients presenting to heart centers would be suitable for the early discharge pathway, some researchers propose.
Guidelines
ACC, AHA issue new coronary revascularization guideline
The clinical practice guideline calls for greater equity in patient care and tackles the timely issues of revascularization in stable ischemic...
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New data on rare myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination
Most adolescents and young adults recover quickly from the rare complication of myocarditis following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, a new study shows...