Tag: News

FRESH –First-in-Class Aminopeptidase-A Inhibitor Firibastat Fails in Resistant Hypertension

Key Points Hypertension remains a major public health threat contributing significantly to…

Leah Kosyakovsky

PRECISION –Dual Endothelin Receptor Antagonist Aprocitentan Superior to Placebo in Resistant Hypertension

Key Points Despite the many drug classes available to treat hypertension, the…

Leah Kosyakovsky

RAPID – Self-Administered Etripamil Improves PSVT Conversion to Sinus Rhythm

Key Points -The RAPID study achieved its primary efficacy endpoint of terminating…

Leah Kosyakovsky

FLASH: The FlowTriever system has an excellent safety profile in the treatment of pulmonary embolism

Key Points: Mortality for acute PE remains high. While percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy…

Leah Kosyakovsky

Reported muscle pain and weakness often not due to statin therapy: meta-analysis shows.

Key Points Statin therapy is in wide use globally to prevent cardiovascular…

Wally Omar

Radial cath associated with fewer deaths and bleeding: RTC study

Key Points Transradial access has emerged as the preferred initial access method…

Wally Omar

Sacubitril/Valsartan “wins” against ramipril in post-hoc analysis of PARADISE-MI

Key Points The PARADISE-MI trial randomized patients to receive sacubitril/valsartan or ramipril…

Wally Omar

PANTHER analysis suggests P2Y12 inhibitors safer, more effective than Aspirin, for secondary prevention

Key Points Antiplatelet therapy is a cornerstone of secondary prevention in patients…

Wally Omar

Full-dose anticoagulation prevents thrombotic events in COVID patients: COVID-PACT

Key Points Given the increased thrombotic risk in COVID patients, there has…

Wally Omar

Abbreviated DAPT continues to prevail beyond one year: MASTER-DAPT subanalysis shows

Key Points: In this pre-specified MASTER DAPT sub-study, patients with high bleeding…

Wally Omar

Coronary Artery Plaque Activity Predicts Recurrent Cardiac Events: results from the PRE-18FFR Trial

Key Points Understanding the future risk of myocardial infarction and death for…

Wally Omar

When and How Much Should We lower LDL and Systolic Blood Pressure in Our Patients? Artificial Intelligence and Causal Effects May Provide Answers

Key Points: • Current risk estimating algorithms exclude causal effects and therefore…

Wally Omar

It’s Time to Randomize: Smartphone-Based Screening for Atrial Fibrillation – The Siteless, Digital, Randomized eBRAVE-AF Trial  

Key Points  Wearable technologies based on photoplethysmographic measurements of irregular pulses can…

Wally Omar

Artificial Intelligence can improve detection of severe aortic stenosis from echocardiograms: AI-ENHANCED AS shows.

Key Points Aortic stenosis, despite being life-threatening, is often underdiagnosed. It is…

Wally Omar

AI outperforms humans in LVEF assessments: EchoNet-RCT

Despite major advances in the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in Cardiology,…

Wally Omar