2018: Cardiology News at A Glance
COAPT trial This prospective, multicenter, open-label, randomized trial aimed to assess the…
Mechanistic Study Delves Into Heart Failure Benefits Noted With Empagliflozin
The EMPA-HEART trial showed that empagliflozin resulted in beneficial effects on left…
Dapaglifozin ‘DECLARED’ Effective in the Reduction of Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Diabetic Population
The DECLARE–TIMI 58 trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine…
Fish Oil or Vitamin D Supplementation as Protection Against Cardiovascular Events or Cancer Suffers Deteriorating ‘VITAL’ Signs
The VITAL trial conducted by Manson et al. showed that supplementation with…
The Latest Incarnation of the Blood Cholesterol Management Guideline 2018: Numbers Matter, Lower LDL-C is better
The AHA/ACC 2018 guideline on the management of blood cholesterol, endorsed by…
Type 2 Diabetes: SGLT2 Inhibitors Demonstrate Robust Benefits on Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes
The results of a study presented at AHA 2018 have shown that…
Periprocedural loading dose of Atorvastatin reduces MACE in patients with ACS undergoing PCI: Is this a Pleiotropic effect?
A study by Lopes and his colleagues published in JAMA Cardiology has…
Vascular Video Series Part 9: AHA’s Goal for Reducing Cardiovascular Death by 20% in 2020
This video is supported by an unrestricted educational grant.
Portico TAVR study demonstrates low rates of stroke, death at 1 year
Results from the Portico 1 study were presented during a late-breaking session…
Pulmonary Artery Denervation Improves Pulmonary HTN in Heart Failure
The findings of the Pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) trial, presented at the…
Tiered Approach for Management of Angina Patients With No Obstructive CAD Shows Benefit
For angina patients without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), adjunctive testing of…
‘Rota Regret’ Makes Training in High-Speed Rotablation A Necessity, for Interventionalists Dealing with Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesions
The results of PREPARE-CALC trial, presented at TCT 2018, have shown that…
Encouraging Outcomes in ABSORB IV Pave the Way for Polymeric Coronary Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds
In the long saga of ABSORB trials, the ABSORB IV trial presented…
Optimal IVUS Guidance for Stent Placement: A Clear Winner?
The results of the ULTIMATE trial, presented at the TCT conference 2018,…
How Accurate is the Fractional Flow Reserve Derived From Routine Coronary Angiography?
The FAST-FFR study conducted by Fearon and his colleagues, and presented at…
Tricuspid Edge-to-Edge Valve Repair Safe in Patients with Torrential Tricuspid Regurgitation
Results from a subgroup analysis of the TriValve Registry presented at TCT…
Corevalve Evolut R (Medtronic) and Edwards Sapien 3 (Edward Lifesciences) Valves Reveal Equivalence in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) in a Head-to-Head Comparison
Results from an open-label, multi-center, 2x2 factorial design randomized trial powered for…
Landmark COAPT trial Demonstrates the Benefit of Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair Using MitraClip in Patients with Heart Failure
The spectacular results of the Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous…
Polymer-Free Amphilimus-Eluting stents: A Novel Elution Technology
Polymer-free amphilimus-eluting stents (PF-AES) are non-inferior to permanent-polymer zotarolimus-eluting stents (PP-ZES) in terms…
Polymer coated sustained-release Eluvia DES outshines non-polymer coated Zilver DES for femoropopliteal artery stenosis
A randomized global, prospective, multi-center, single-blind trial comparing the Eluvia paclitaxel-eluting stent…