TAVI Superior to Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Women: RHEIA Trial
Key Points: The RHEIA trial found that TAVI was superior to surgical…
SWEDEGRAFT Trial: No Advantage of No-Touch vs Conventional Vein Harvesting in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Key Points: The SWEDEGRAFT study is a prospective, binational multicenter, open-label, registry-based…
Transcatheter Mitral-valve Repair Lowers Hospitalization or CV Death vs Medical Therapy Alone in HF with Moderate to Severe MR: RESHAPE-HF2 Trial
Key Points: The Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (M-TEER) procedure with the MitraClip…
Continuation of Anticoagulation Non-Inferior to Interruption during TAVI: POPular PAUSE TAVI Trial.
Key Points: Many patients who undergo transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) have an…
Pooled Analysis Showed Semaglutide Reduced Combined CV death or Worsening HF and Worsening HF alone but No Significant Effect on CV Death
Key Points: Heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction (hereafter…
Transcatheter Edge-To-Edge Repair Is Non-Inferior To Surgery In Patients With Secondary Mitral Regurgitation: MATTERHORN Trial
Key Points: The MATTERHORN trial found that the transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER)…
T-TEER Significantly Reduced the Severity of Secondary Tricuspid Regurgitation and Improved Quality of Life. TRI-FR Trial
Key Points: The TRI.FR trial found that tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER)…
ABYSS – Beta Blocker Interruption in Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients
Key Points: In the ABYSS trial, 3700 patients who had a left…
Vitrusiran Reduces Risk of Death and CV Events in Patients with ATTR-CM
Key Points: ATTR amyloid cardiomyopathy, resulting from accumulation of TTR amyloid protein…
IVUS-Guided DES Reduced MACE at 1 year Compared to Angiography-Guided PCI: IVUS-ACS Trial
Key Points: The IVUS-ACS trial assessed whether the use of intravascular ultrasound…
IVUS -DBC: IVUS-guided drug-coated balloon angioplasty improves primary patency
Key Points: One-year success rates of angioplasty in peripheral artery disease (PAD)…
A technology assisted Web App allowed >90% of consumers to correctly self-select for statin use and achieve clinically important LDL-C reduction
Key Points: Nonprescription statin access may help statin-eligible patients receive appropriate treatment.…
PROACT: Enalapril Does Not Mitigate Anthracycline Toxicity in Breast Cancer and NHL
Key Points: Anthracycline toxicity is an important cause of cardiomyopathy; it is…
Topical TXA Does Not Reduce Peri-Operative Seizures but Increases Risk of Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery Compared to Intravenous TXA
Key Points: IV TXA is used to prevent peri-operative bleeding in cardiac…
IMPROVE-HCM: Cardiac Mitotrope -Ninerafaxstat- Improves Functional Capacity in Symptomatic Non-Obstructive HCM
Key Points: Despite the high symptomatic burden, very few effective treatments exits…
A Restrictive Benzodiazepine Strategy During Cardiac Surgery Does Not Reduce Post-Operative Delirium
Key Points: Benzodiazepine use contributes to delirium before and after cardiac surgery,…
TRAVERSE: Transseptal approach to LV ablation results in fewer cerebral emboli compared to retrograde aortic approach
Key Points: Among patients who undergo endocardial ablation for left ventricular arrythmias,…
FFR-Guided Complete Revascularization in STEMI did not reduce MACE vs Culprit-lesion only PCI: The FULL REVASC Trial
Key Points Researchers compared outcomes in patients with STEMI or very-high-risk non-STEMI…
PREVENT: PCI of non-flow-limiting vulnerable plaques reduced MACE compared to medical therapy alone
Key Points: Vulnerable plaques can lead to acute coronary syndromes, but it…
EMBO-ABL: Cryoballoon non-inferior to radiofrequency catheter ablation for AF for silent cerebral events
Key Points: Among AF patients undergoing catheter ablation, cryoballoon was non-inferior compared…