Aspirin Not Proven to Prevent Dementia and Cognitive Impairment – Results of the ASCEND Trial
Key Points: The ASCEND trial sought to determine whether low-dose aspirin could…
Can Your Fitbit Accurately Detect Atrial Fibrillation? Results of The Fitbit Heart Study
Key Points Wearable technologies have optical photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors to measure heart…
Canaglifozin associated with Improved Quality of Life, Regardless of Ejection Fraction or Diabetes
CHIEF-HF Key Points: In the CHIEF-HF study, patients with HF of any…
Avoiding triggers for Atrial Fibrillation has no effect on Quality of Life: results from I-STOP-A-FIB show
Key Points: Interest in this study was generated by patients with atrial…
EHR-Derived Risk Estimates for Clinicians Do Not Change Heart Failure Patient Outcomes – The REVeAL-HF Trial
Key Points: Previously, the impact of risk prediction on clinical decision-making and…
Coffee-drinkers rejoice: caffeine consumption not associated with atrial arrhythmias (in young, healthy patients): CRAVE shows
Key Points: Conventional medical wisdom warns against excessive coffee and/or caffeine consumption…
Multifaceted Interventions Delivered by Rural Physicians Significantly Reduce Hypertension Rates in Rural China: CRHCP
Key Points Rural areas represent particularly vulnerable areas for the control of…
Remotely-delivered algorithmic care pathways reduce key cardiovascular risk factors.
Key Points The rates of control of key cardiovascular conditions like hypertension…
Aortic Valve Replacement can be considered in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis: AVATAR finds.
Key Points Severe aortic stenosis is associated with high mortality once patients…
Earlier CABG after Ticagrelor administration found to be safe: RAPID CABG Trial
Key Points Current US Guidelines recommend a 5- day waiting period for…
Intrepid Transseptal TMVR: No Mitral Regurgitation at 30 days
Key Points Many patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation are not candidates…
Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve shows sustained improvement in Triscuspid Regurgitation at 6 months: TRISCEND
Key Points Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement with the EVOQUE valve is being…
One-year outcomes of two RCTs of sirolimus-coated and paclitaxel-coated balloons in coronary in-stent restenosis lesions
Key Points: Patients undergoing PCI for in-stent restenosis (ISR) were treated with…
CardioMEMS helps decrease Heart Failure events in specific populations: GUIDE-HF substudy shows
Key Points: In this follow-up study to GUIDE-HF, HF patients with hemodynamic-guided…
Less GI injury and bleeding after six months of SAPT compared to DAPT: OPT-PEACE
Key Points: In the OPT-PEACE trial, patients undergoing complete revascularization with current…
SWISS-APERO: better rates of device-related leak with AMULET, but higher procedural complications when compared to WATCHMAN FLX.
Key Points To determine success of percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO),…
AMULET superior to WATCHMAN in peridevice leak at 12 months: clinical impact unknown
Key Points The AMULET Left Atrial Appendage Occluder was shown to be…
SURTAVI: self-expanding TAVR continues to perform against SAVR 5 years out
Key Points The SURTAVI trial randomized patients at intermediate risk for aortic…
STOP-DAPT 2 Total Cohort Study: needle moving closer to one month DAPT strategy
Despite advances in therapy, the choice and duration of antiplatelet therapy following…
Left atrial appendage closure is noninferior to NOACs for atrial fibrillation: PRAGUE-17
Key Points: In the PRAGUE-17 study, patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation were…