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Trials say start sacubitril-valsartan in hospital in HF with ‘below normal’ LVEF
The risk-reduction benefit reached 41% among the overwhelming majority of patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction.
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Hopeful insights, no overall HFpEF gains from splanchnic nerve ablation: REBALANCE-HF
The trial’s potential-responder cohort “seemed able to augment cardiac output in response to stress” and to “maintain or augment their orthostatic...
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Spreading out daily meals and snacks may boost heart failure survival
A daily eating window of 11 or more hours, compared with less than 11 hours, corresponded to a greater than 40% drop in risk for CV mortality over...
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Semaglutide win in HFpEF with obesity regardless of ejection fraction: STEP-HFpEF
It remains unknown, however, “whether the improvement in health status, functional status, and reduced inflammation” will translate to reduced...
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The how and why of quad therapy in reduced-EF heart failure
“Yet, when we look at their actual implementation in clinical practice, we’ve seen this slow and variable uptake.”
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Second pig-heart transplant patient at UM faring well
“We’re taking one day at a time. His immune system is still intact, despite the heavy immune suppression.”
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Heart societies ready to split from ABIM over long-standing MOC disputes
“Cardiology is a distinct medical specialty, and physicians want and deserve a clinical competency and continuous certification program that is...
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Anxiety, depression ease after AFib ablation: Clinical or placebo effect?
The finding, say researchers, may point to an overlooked potential benefit of ablation that can be discussed with patients considering whether to...
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Should intravascular imaging be almost routine in PCI?
“The challenge, though, will be convincing the average interventional cardiologist worldwide that it was specifically the imaging and not the...
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Recent leaps in heart failure therapy spur ESC guideline–focused update
The new document gives a boost to recommendations for HF with mildly reduced ejection fraction characterized by an LVEF > 40% to < 50%.
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Parity for prompt and staged STEMI complete revascularization: MULTISTARS-AMI
It appears to be the first trial of its kind to show that operators and patients can safely choose either PCI approach and attain similar outcomes...
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Advanced HF no obstacle to AFib ablation success: CASTLE-HTx
One of the study’s key messages “is that AF ablation is safe and effective in patients with end-stage heart failure” and “should be part of our...
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FIRE a win for physiology-guided MI complete revascularization in older patients
"This is the first trial actually showing a benefit" from physiology-guided CR in older patients with acute MI that is similar to what the...
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ECMO for shock in acute MI won’t help, may harm: ECLS-SHOCK
Risks for moderate or severe bleeding more than doubled and serious peripheral vascular complications almost tripled with addition of ECMO support...
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Triglyceride puzzle: Do TG metabolites better predict risk?
The results were “really, really surprising,” the study’s lead author said. They are “completely novel” and “may make people think differently”...