Even Less Aspirin With Ticagrelor-Based DAPT Safe After Stenting for ACS T-PASS trial weighs stopping aspirin within a month Oct 26, 2023
Drug-Coated Balloon Answers 'Embarrassing' Need for In-Stent Restenosis in U.S. Agent device avoids additional layer of stenting in patients with recurrent blockages Oct 25, 2023
Aortic Regurgitation Device Passes in Pivotal Trial JenaValve device hits benchmarks with improvement in pacemaker rates Oct 25, 2023
Combining TAVR, LAA Closure in Same Procedure Safe, Trial Says WATCH-TAVR suggests percutaneous approach can follow surgical pattern in not staging procedures Oct 25, 2023
Amulet vs Watchman Comparison Still Muddy Any Which Way LAA Leaks Are Defined The two devices continue to lead to similar clinical outcomes Oct 24, 2023
Low-Risk TAVR Converging or Diverging With Surgical Outcomes, Depending on the Valve Intermediate-term reports from PARTNER 3 and Evolut Low Risk trials Oct 24, 2023
Extravascular ICD OK'd; Win for Million Hearts; SGLT2i Struggles at EF>60% Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 24, 2023
CT for Endovascular Tx; Aortic Dissection Patch; Rape Trial for Denver Cardiologist Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 17, 2023
Fast-Acting Spray for PSVT; Undiscounted Entresto's Value; CTCA-Aided Angiography Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 03, 2023
New Cardiology Board to Come; 2nd Pig-Heart Xenotransplant; Uric Acid as Stroke Tx? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 26, 2023
Reassuring Registry Data on Going Into TAVR Sans Symptoms Would intervention beat watchful waiting for asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis? Sep 20, 2023
FXI Inhibitor Cuts Bleeds in Afib; COAPT Extends to Real World; AI Stroke Triage Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 19, 2023
Guide to the Coronary Artery Calcium Scan: 2023 Update The Skeptical Cardiologist on how CAC scans fit into current practice in preventive cardiology Sep 16, 2023
No Avoiding Mitral Valve Implant Obstruction With Preemptive Ablation LVOT obstruction remains thorn in the side of TMVI in small case series Sep 15, 2023
Upfront Ezetimibe in ACS; New Watchman LAA Occluder OK'd; Low-Cost FH Genotyping Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 12, 2023
Afib Catheter Ablation Wins Points for Psych Improvement REMEDIAL trial finds reduced anxiety, depression after procedure vs medical therapy Sep 12, 2023
Beneficial Produce Scripts; Aortic Dissection Deaths Up; New Opioid & Cardiac Arrest Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 05, 2023
No Aspirin After PCI? Extended P2Y12 Monotherapy? Trials Weigh In Two trials read out, but generalizability is the question Aug 29, 2023
OCT Angioplasty Win; Congenital Defect Found in Bronny James; Gene Tx for Angina Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Aug 29, 2023
Compound in Beetroot Juice Fends Off Contrast-Induced AKI "Provocative" results for inorganic nitrate pill shown in NITRATE-CIN trial Aug 29, 2023
STEMI Complete Revascularization: No Point in Waiting MULTISTARS AMI trial helps answer the timing question in multivessel disease treatment Aug 28, 2023
Ambulance Routing Might Not Matter After Cardiac Arrest Trial in best-case scenario setting shows sending patients to specialty centers doesn't help Aug 28, 2023
Pulsed Field Ablation Measures Up in Head-to-Head Trial Novel catheters on par with thermal ablation, but do they meet the early high hopes? Aug 28, 2023
Afib Ablation Exceeds Expectations in Sickest Heart Failure Patients Death and surgeries delayed in end-stage heart failure Aug 28, 2023
Complete PCI Better for Older MI Patients Too Trial affirms advantage over culprit-lesion-only stenting in those ages 75 and up Aug 26, 2023
SGLT2 Inhibitors, Rapid Titration, IV Iron Get a Boost in New European HF Guideline Other recommendations also released for endocarditis, cardiomyopathies, ACS, and more Aug 25, 2023
Medtronic's Renal Denervation System for Hypertension Splits FDA Panel Once resurrected, is radiofrequency renal denervation heading back to limbo? Aug 24, 2023
FDA Advisors' Recommendation on Renal Denervation Hinges on Effectiveness Question Device-based hypertension treatments have only modest BP reductions Aug 21, 2023
Study Questions Relationship Between Hospital Competition and Surgical Quality Outcomes were mixed, depending on the operation Aug 02, 2023
Impella Devices Recalled After Deaths, Injuries Tied to TAVR Interactions Recall involves new instructions for use without devices needing to be returned Jul 28, 2023
American Guidelines Sour on Beta-Blockers for Chronic Coronary Disease For some people, revascularization to improve symptoms or help survival also endorsed Jul 20, 2023
PPI Still Common With Self-Expanding TAVR But rates are now "Sapien-like," editorialist says Jul 19, 2023
Half-Dose TNKase Holds Up for Pharmaco-Invasive Reperfusion in STEMI Excess brain bleeds nevertheless persist with lower dose Jul 14, 2023
Autoimmune Afib; Inappropriate ICD Shocks Down; Dissolving Cardiac Sensors Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jul 11, 2023
Bicuspid Aortic Valves and Aortopathy Cluster Among Close Relatives Large study supports wider screening of family members of probands Jun 15, 2023
Cautious Hope for Endovascular Aortic Tx in Connective Tissue Disease Success observed in usually contraindicated Marfan, Loeys-Dietz syndromes Jun 14, 2023
Real-World Data Affirms Next-Gen TAVR Device Advantage TVT registry compares outcomes with Evolut FX and Pro+ Jun 11, 2023
Strategies May Cut Pacing Needs With Navitor TAVR Approval study analysis suggests best practices Jun 11, 2023
Poor Nutrition Status Linked With Survival After MitraClip But procedure no less effective for this higher risk group, COAPT trial post hoc analysis shows Jun 10, 2023
Transapical Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Trial Raises Questions Pooled 2-year data show risks, raise concern about impact on ventricles Jun 09, 2023
