Acute Coronary Syndromes
Feature
Death of pig heart transplant patient is more a beginning than an end
The landmark case will have much to teach; still, it “turns back the clock” to a time when immunosuppression was especially intense “because we...
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Early treatment may delay atherosclerosis in familial hypercholesterolemia
Cholesterol-lowering treatment early in life appeared to slow intima-media growth in a meta-analysis.
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Cardiac arrest survival lower in COVID-19 inpatients
“We were surprised by the magnitude of COVID’s impact on the cardiac arrest incidence,” researcher says.
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How Lp(a) can help improve ASCVD risk assessment
Calcium scores and lipoprotein(a) levels predict 10-year risk independent of each other, and together could swing shared decision-making about...
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AHA targets ‘low-value’ heart care in new scientific statement
Low-value cardiovascular care providing little or no benefit is common, potentially harmful, and costly, and it will take key stakeholders to...
Conference Coverage
More evidence links MI to cognitive decline over time
Researchers are increasingly recognizing the vascular contribution to cognitive impairment. This could involve “silent” or subclinical strokes...
News
Biden’s FDA chief nominee narrowly wins Senate confirmation
Dr. Robert Califf returns to lead the FDA as the U.S. continues to cope with the pandemic and opioid epidemic.
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Statin intolerance ‘overestimated and overdiagnosed’
Fewer than 10% of patients experience statin intolerance, meaning that the vast majority of patients can be treated effectively, with very good...
Feature
Novel drug targets raised Lp(a): topline results released
Significant reductions in lipoprotein(a) were sustained out to 150 days in patients without cardiovascular disease in top-line phase 1 results...
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Merits of short DAPT, de-escalation in ACS challenge guidelines
Results from the meta-analysis should put the alternative strategies on par with each other or even dethrone standard DAPT in current guidelines,...
Guidelines
SCAI refines cardiogenic shock classification system
The second iteration of the SCAI cardiogenic shock classification system is based on valuable information gleaned from validation studies and real...