A Virtual Care Team-Guided Strategy Improved GDMT in Hospitalized HFrEF Patients: the IMPLEMENT-HF Study
Key Points Despite an extensive body of evidence supporting the benefit and use of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for patients with heart failure with... Read more.
Lifelong Endurance Not linked to Favorable Coronary Plaque Composition but Less Vulnerable ones: MASTER at HEART Trial
Key Points Cardiovascular risk mitigation strategies such as the recommendation to engage in a more active lifestyle are common in primary care and cardiovascular... Read more.
Treat-to-target LDL Strategy Non-inferior to High-Intensity Statin Therapy In CAD Patients: the LODESTAR trial
Key Points Appropriate lipid management is of critical importance in preventing further cardiac events in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, yet... Read more.
Black women with TTR V122I variant have higher risk of CVD and all-cause mortality
Key Points: The prognostic significance of the V122I variant (associated with wt-ATTR) in Black women has not yet been established. A substudy of the WHI... Read more.
The Final Word on Transcatheter edge-to-edge Repair with MitraClip– COAPT Five Year Results
Key Points: Two-year results showed improved outcomes with the MitraClip device but long-term results had not been reported; TEER was allowed in the control arm... Read more.
Pulsed Field Ablation Effective to treat Paroxysmal and Persistent AF: The PULSED AF Pivotal Trial
Key Points: – Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is a novel ablation technology which utilizes electrical pulses to deliver irreversible electroporation and induce... Read more.
COORDINATE-Diabetes – A Coordinated, Multifaceted Intervention Increases Prescription of Evidence-based Therapies for Adults with T2D and CV Disease
Key Points Evidence-based therapies that reduce cardiovascular risk remain underused among individuals with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease The COORDINATE-Diabetes... Read more.
The GCCF Project: Remote monitoring reduces cardiology’s carbon footprint
Key Points Cardiac device monitoring is a repetitive, long term activity that can be resource intensive. The Global Cardiovascular Carbon Footprint (GCCF) project... Read more.
Elevated hs-cTnL levels precede and predict pre-eclampsia
Key Points: There have been limited data regarding the biomarkers that may predict the development and severity of preeclampsia. hs-cTnI was significantly elevated... Read more.
TEER for degenerative MR Safe, Effective: a real world analysis using the STS/ACC TVT registry
Key Points While transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) is FDA approved for treatment of degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients at high surgical risk,... Read more.