Aspirin Flops Again for Dementia Prevention ASCEND trial sides with ASPREE, but can't rule out some potential benefit Nov 15, 2021
Stem Cells Don't Prevent Acute Heart Failure Events DREAM-HF trial does hold some positive signals, though Nov 15, 2021
Some Good News for Curious Afib Patients Looking to Find Their Own Triggers Presumed Afib triggers put to the test in n-of-1 studies Nov 14, 2021
PALACS: A Win for Posterior Left Pericardiotomy for Post-Op Afib Trial offers good news for patients getting coronary, aortic valve, and aortic surgeries Nov 14, 2021
Two Anticoagulants -- When Used Correctly -- Similarly Protective Against Dementia GIRAF trial tested warfarin versus dabigatran in older Afib patients Nov 14, 2021
Coffee Causes This One Arrhythmia, Trial Shows Overall mixed results in the CRAVE randomized trial Nov 14, 2021
Tricuspid Repair Boosts Mitral Valve Surgery Outcomes Randomized trial supports combined surgery for moderate regurgitation Nov 13, 2021
Delaying Surgery Hurts Patients With Silent Aortic Stenosis Early aortic valve replacement wins in AVATAR trial Nov 13, 2021
Early CABG After Stopping Ticagrelor is Possible -- But is It Ready for Prime-Time? RAPID CABG shows non-inferority of shorter wait; expert advises caution for real-world practice Nov 13, 2021
Antibiotics Slow Down Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease in Kids GOAL trial supports screening Nov 13, 2021
COVID's Heart Complications Modest in Large Registry Obese and minority groups at higher risk, though, analyses affirm Nov 18, 2020
AHA: Highlighting Effective 'Real-World' Heart Tx Strategies Studies on overcoming GDMT underuse, improving self-care education, creating new settings for care delivery Nov 17, 2020
Post-Surgery Monitoring Finds Afib in Discharged Patients About 20% of patients had episodes recorded on devices, study showed Nov 17, 2020
Sotagliflozin Prevents Heart Events in Acute HF, Chronic Kidney Disease Two trials show some tantalizing signals for HFpEF and stroke Nov 17, 2020
Novel Screening Approach Promising for Silent CAD More than 40% of healthy Swedish participants still had subclinical coronary artery disease Nov 16, 2020
VITAL-AF, mSToPS: Mixed Results in Afib Screening A signal that screening by continuous ECG monitoring leads to better outcomes Nov 16, 2020
Skip Rhythm Drugs, Go Straight to Cryoablation for Afib Two trials support shift into first-line strategy Nov 16, 2020
ANGPTL3 Blocker Halves LDL in High-Risk Group Evinacumab worked in patients refractory to statins, PCSK9 inhibitors Nov 16, 2020
After Stenting, Aspirin May Be Just as Good Solo After 1-Month DAPT Randomized trial makes a case for dropping the P2Y12 inhibitor Nov 15, 2020
Omega-3s Humbled by Corn Oil Placebo in Two Trials Implications for REDUCE-IT's icosapent ethyl unclear Nov 15, 2020
SAMSON Trial: 90% of Statin Complaints Are Nocebo Effect Placebo challenge had positive results for many patients, though Nov 15, 2020
Xarelto Works for Prevention in Valvular Afib RIVER trial may open the door to use in broader populations Nov 14, 2020
43% Cardiac Arrest Survival? ECMO Strategy Promising in Early Studies Exceeded expectations for outcomes Nov 13, 2020
Polypill, Aspirin Together Make a Difference in Large Outcomes Trial Aspirin proves mettle in primary prevention, TIPS-3 trial shows Nov 13, 2020
Omecamtiv's Benefit in HFrEF Trial Gets Lukewarm Reception Can novel oral drug stand out from the crowd? Nov 13, 2020
SPRINT: African Ancestry Not an Innate CVD Risk in Blacks Study refutes genetic basis for racial disparities in hypertension, CVD Nov 13, 2020
Heart Group Takes Aim at Structural Racism AHA advocates for policies to root out economic, health disparities Nov 10, 2020
Algorithm Has Promise for Finding Undiagnosed FH Cleveland Clinic study used EHRs to screen for familial hypercholesterolemia Nov 20, 2019
Oversupply of Congenital Heart Surgery Programs Slammed Researchers call for fewer hospitals in an organized, regionalized system Nov 18, 2019
Vascepa Mechanism Remains Elusive EVAPORATE now must monitor plaque progression out to 18 months Nov 18, 2019
Colchicine May Not Help Reduce Inflammation From PCI Acutely Modest trial's biomarker results don't measure up to COLCOT Nov 18, 2019
Entresto Data Support Wider Reach of 'Fifth Pillar' HF Drug Benefits observed beyond HF patients with reduced EF Nov 17, 2019
Post-ISCHEMIA: Focus Turns to Testing for Stable Angina Stress test no longer enough to send most stable cases to cath lab? Nov 17, 2019
Even in ACS, Early Aspirin Withdrawal Promising Post-PCI TWILIGHT drug regimen appears to balance safety, efficacy of medical therapy Nov 17, 2019
Apabetalone Falls Short in Patients With T2D and ACS Trial of BET protein inhibitor likely underpowered to show benefit Nov 17, 2019
Xarelto Harm for TAVR Patients Still Unexplained GALILEO showed worse outcomes but less subclinical leaflet thrombosis Nov 16, 2019
ISCHEMIA: Early Invasive Tx on Par With Meds for Stable CAD More than a decade later, it's COURAGE all over again with modern care Nov 16, 2019
