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Early LV recovery after TAVR tied to 5-year mortality
A new study found that the relationship between early left-ventricular recovery after TAVR and improved mortality was robust and durable.
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CV admissions on the rise in Americans with cancer
“I would say that this increase in cardiovascular admissions, that’s a failure from a preventative perspective.”
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RADIANCE II: Positive signal for ultrasound renal denervation
Top-line results from the pivotal trial add to two earlier successes notched by the investigational Paradise system in the treatment of...
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Exceeding exercise guidelines boosts survival, to a point
“I think we’re worried more about the lower end and people that are not even doing the minimum.”
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Pig heart transplants and the ethical challenges that lie ahead
Keeping a deceased recipient in a brain-dead state is part of xenotransplantation research, but experts debate the question: For how long, and...
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Overly tight sodium restriction may worsen HFpEF outcomes
Results of a new TOPCAT analysis point to the need to determine the optimal salt restriction range for patients with heart failure with preserved...
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Interventional imagers take on central role and more radiation
A new study found higher exposures during two increasingly common structural heart procedures, compared with their colleagues in the room at the...
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The heartache of bereavement can be fatal in heart failure
“Having an awareness of the risk and trying to follow patients or at least not let them fall out of usual care, asking questions, trying to...
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Women benefit but lag behind in intracoronary imaging in PCI
Despite guideline recommendations advocating for intracoronary imaging, adoption in women is actually slowing.
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Meta-analysis points to safety of acetylcholine coronary testing
Experts hope the study will provide assurance and prompt greater adoption of invasive functional angiography to diagnose and treat coronary...
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Data concerns mount despite ISCHEMIA substudy correction
A second correction is forthcoming, and cardiac surgeons are calling for full disclosure of the trial’s coronary artery disease severity data for...
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Distal radial snuffbox technique comes up short in DISCO RADIAL
The trial missed its primary endpoint but bolsters the case for using the technique when coupled with best practices to prevent radial artery...
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ISCHEMIA substudy data don’t add up, cardiac surgeons say
Discrepancies between the paper and supplemental data have been slow to come to light, but the substudy authors say it’s a simple formatting error...
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FDA approves Medtronic’s Onyx Frontier drug-eluting stent
The low-profile stent shares the same platform as the previous-generation Resolute Onyx zotarolimus-eluting stent and features an enhanced...
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Antithrombotic therapies shifting for Watchman LAA occlusion
National registry data show substantial deviation from the treatment protocols used in the pivotal randomized trials in the years following...