Electronically Delivered Nudges Increase Influenza Vaccination Uptake: The NUDGE-FLU Trial
Key Points Despite the proven benefits of annual influenza (flu) vaccination among patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), uptake remains suboptimal. The NUDGE-FLU... Read more.
RAPID HF: Rate-adaptive atrial pacing for HFpEF not ready for prime time
Key Points Over half of the patients with HFpEF suffer from exercise intolerance, which may be often due to inability to augment heart rate (HR). As such, rate-adaptive... Read more.
PCDS Statin: Automated reminders increase statin use in ASCVD patients
Key Points Despite guideline recommendations, both statin use overall and high intensity statin (HIS) use specifically remains low in patients with established atherosclerotic... Read more.
ACCESS: Eliminating chronic disease medication co-payments for low income elderly adults improved adherence but did not change clinical outcomes
Key Points Cost related medication non-adherence is a common problem among patients with cardiovascular disease and is associated with poor clinical outcomes. Whether... Read more.
Using Causal A.I. to Translate Polygenic Risk for Coronary Artery Disease into Clinically Actionable Information: How much does LDL or SBP need to be lowered to overcome inherited polygenic risk?
Key Points: Polygenic scores (PGS) give insights into a patient’s inherited risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) but it is unclear how this information should... Read more.
Minimally invasive thoracoscopically-guided right mini thoracotomy for mitral valve repair is a safe and effective alternative to conventional sternotomy
Key points : Mitral valve surgery via sternotomy is associated with significant disadvantages, including an increased risk of bleeding, difficult valve access due... Read more.
BETTER CARE-HF: EHR-embedded alert increased MRA prescription in AMBULATORY HFrEF patients
Key Points Many patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) are not on optimal guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT), especially mineralocorticoid... Read more.
TAVR at 3 years showed durable benefits vs surgery: the Evolut Low Risk Trial
Key Points Both transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) procedures offer options for intervention in patients... Read more.
TRILUMINATE: Tri-Clip reduces tricuspid regurgitation and improves quality of life at one year
Key Points: There have been limited data examining the safety and efficacy of transcatheter tricuspid repair systems. In the TRILUMINATE study, Tri-Clip was compared... Read more.
FLAME: FlowTriever use for PE associated with decreased in-hospital adverse outcomes
Key Points: Mortality in high-risk PE remains unacceptably high (25%) despite advances in medical and interventional therapies. The FLAME study was a prospective,... Read more.