Early Vax Myocarditis Data; Novel RAAS Inhibitor; Star Athletes Collapse Mid-Game

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Preliminary CDC data suggest an that may make people, ages 12-24 years, more prone to heart inflammation. (STAT)

Circulation publishes its first annual issue dedicated to , timed to coincide with Juneteenth.

Exercise appeared to put black adults with subclinical myocardial injury at reduced risk of . (JACC: Heart Failure)

Yet physical activity did not make up for the among people with hypertension, dyslipidemia, or diabetes. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

Introducing the and , two new tools for predicting 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease. (European Heart Journal)

People with African ancestry may have genes that make them inherently more , the leading cause of cardiac surgery in Africa. (JAMA Cardiology)

For people with atrial fibrillation or mechanical heart valves, pausing warfarin therapy before a surgery, postoperative bridging with the failed to prevent major thromboembolism. (BMJ)

A machine learning algorithm helped with using electronic health record (EHR) data, a large healthcare system reported. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes)

Five-year survival after heart transplantation was similar between and their younger counterparts, according to registry data. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)

People hospitalized with COVID-19 had lower mortality rates after treatment with to prevent venous thromboembolism. (JAMA Network Open)

decreases over time following transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a prespecified substudy of POPular TAVI found. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Researchers, beware of undercoding of multiarterial grafting in coronary artery bypass grafting . (JAMA Cardiology)

Providing antisense inhibition of angiotensinogen, passed phase I and phase II studies, and continues undergoing development for hypertension and heart failure indications. (JACC: Basic to Translational Science)

The for aortic occlusion was granted FDA 510(k) clearance for people suffering traumatic blood loss. The device will now undergo testing for a cardiac arrest indication as well.

CMS agreed to a Transitional Pass-Through payment for the starting in July, Shockwave Medical announced.

Soccer midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed from a cardiac arrest and was resuscitated. Officials denied that he had COVID or had been vaccinated against it. (Reuters)

An Olympic doubles gold medallist in badminton, Markis Kido of Indonesia, died at 36 from a ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. (Reuters)

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