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SSaSS: Salt substitute shows clear reduction in stroke, CV events, death
Switching from regular salt to a low-sodium salt substitute showed a reduction in stroke, cardiovascular events, and death, the new landmark SSaSS...
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MASTER DAPT: 1 month DAPT enough after high-bleeding-risk PCI
The study gives the first prospective randomized evidence for abbreviated dual antiplatelet therapy in this group of patients with high risk for...
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In all-comer approach, FFR adds no value to angiography: RIPCORD 2
Fractional flow reserve studies in all patients at time of angiography is not supported by the randomized RIPCORD 2 trial.
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‘High normal’ sodium, poor hydration linked to heart failure
Because a high-normal sodium level in midlife may predict future heart failure, patients should monitor hydration and clinicians should not assume...
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Coffee drinking in midlife tied to heart benefits
A new study found coffee consumption was linked to better heart structure and function, based on cardiac MRI findings and stroke and mortality...
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APAF-CRT: ‘Ablate and pace’ cuts mortality in narrow-QRS HF, permanent AFib
Heart block by ablation plus CRT emerged as far better than rate-control drug therapy for the trial’s narrow-QRS patients with severely...
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FIDELITY: Finerenone benefits patients with T2D across CKD spectrum
FIDELITY, a prespecified analysis of FIDELIO-DKD and FIGARO-DKD, showed finerenone cuts event rates in patients with normal eGFR and albuminuria...
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Ablation at an early stage of fibrosis appears critical to improved AFib control
A negative clinical trial suggests ablation must be performed at early stages of fibrosis to improve AFib outcomes, but experts are wary of that...
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Dapagliflozin in HFrEF may cut arrhythmias, sudden death: DAPA-HF
Response to the positive findings was tempered, however, by the post hoc nature of the analysis, choice of primary outcome, and inconsistencies...
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ICMs detect serious arrhythmias in high-risk post-MI patients: SMART-MI
In patients with modestly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction after MI, implantable monitors detect many times more arrhythmias than usual...
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GUIDE-HF: CardioMEMS-guided meds fall short in mild to moderate heart failure
Used more broadly than now indicated for the PA pressure monitor implant, the strategy may have cut some prepandemic HF admissions. But the trial’...