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Crystal Phend

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Crystal Phend is a contributing editor with 番茄社区, where she's been covering medical news of all stripes since 2006.

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ACC over a photo of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair Shows Early Promise

PASCAL device safe and linked to symptom improvement in severe tricuspid regurgitation

ACC over a photo of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

Higher-Dose ANGPTL3 Inhibitor Cuts Lipids but With Questionable Safety

Significant safety signals in dose-ranging trial may end drug's future in CV prevention

ACC over a photo of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

Tranexamic Acid Cuts Surgical Bleeding in Yet Another Setting

But POISE-3 trial leaves open the question of cardiovascular safety

ACC over a photo of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

From 'Pre-HF' to 'HFimpEF': Guidelines Redefine Heart Failure Stages, Classes

Update also adds SGLT2 inhibitor as a pillar of therapy

Illustration of different forms of cardiomyopathy over a heart

Cardiomyopathy: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Pathophysiology

A brief guide through the wide range of cardiomyopathies

Illustration of a question mark and check-off list over a heart with cardiomyopathy

For Your Patients: How to Prepare for Your Cardiomyopathy Appointment

Questions to ask your cardiologist, and answers you might need

A photo of a nurse in full protective gear tending to the IV of a COVID patient in the ICU.

Antiplatelets Don't Get Critically Ill COVID Patients Off Ventilation Sooner

REMAP-CAP trial weighs in on addition of aspirin, P2Y12 inhibitors

A photo of two bottles of Jardiance tablets.

In HFpEF, Do MRA Users Get as Much Benefit From an SGLT2 Inhibitor?

EMPEROR-Preserved trial weighs in

A CT scan of a patient with an intracerebral hemorrhage

More Clues Emerge for Brain Bleed Prognosis

Large study identifies some novel risk factors for mortality, disability

A photo of a prone covid patient in a hospital bed connected to an ECMO machine.

'Exceptional' ECMO Outcomes in COVID-19 Reflect Early Choices

When not used for last-ditch salvage, high proportion survive and recover lung function

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