Worse-Rated Cardiologists; Afib Pulsed Field Ablation Safety; Healthy Gut Microbe?

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Cardio Break over a computer rendering of a heart.

Female cardiologists and older cardiologists tended to get relative to their peers. (JACC: Advances)

Given the geographic clusters in access to cardiovascular care, almost half of U.S. counties . (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

In practice, it would for cardiovascular prevention. (JAMA Network Open)

The success and outcomes of were linked to hospital and operator procedure volumes. (HeartRhythm)

Post-approval safety data were favorable for , based on the MANIFEST-17K study. (Nature Medicine)

A study suggested that in afib patients with epilepsy whether they were taking enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications or non-enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications at the same time. (JAMA Neurology)

Intravascular ultrasound guidance significantly improved the outcomes of . (European Heart Journal)

For coronary artery bypass graft surgery, it may be reasonable to carefully select and use . (Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Advances in heart attack treatment during the past 30 years have almost halved . (Circulation)

A proteomics panel in the first trimester of pregnancy was unable to predict the development of . (JAMA Cardiology)

The was linked to a better cardiometabolic profile -- and its abundance was boosted with a good diet. (Cell)

was associated with reduced atherogenic lipids independent of weight loss. (JAMA Surgery)

Researchers proposed a new measure of outcomes after stroke: . (Journal of the American Heart Association)

, characterized by distributive-inflammatory phenotype, affected one in four people with cardiogenic shock. (Circulation: Heart Failure)

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    Nicole Lou is a reporter for , where she covers cardiology news and other developments in medicine.