Algorithm identifies macro-reentrant atrial tachycardia circuits with 88% accuracy in retrospective study
Algorithm helps identify heart rhythm pathways in patients with scar-related atrial tachycardia
A retrospective observational study of 51 patients with 60 macro-reentrant scar-related AT cases found an automated LAT-derived graph algori…
A new computer algorithm correctly identified abnormal heart rhythm pathways in scar tissue 88% of the time, helping doctors map complex ele…
CTO PCI does not affect diastolic coupling in STEMI patients; elevated baseline LACI predicts mortality
Does opening a blocked artery after a heart attack help the heart relax?
In this RCT of 200 STEMI patients with concurrent CTO, CTO PCI did not significantly affect left atrioventricular coupling index (LACI) at 4…
Opening a blocked artery after a heart attack doesn't help the heart relax, but early heart relaxation scores predict who is most at risk of…
Very high-intensity statin with ezetimibe lowers LDL-C more than high-intensity regimen after AMI
Can a stronger statin dose after a heart attack lower cholesterol more?
A single-center RCT of 220 AMI patients compared very high-intensity vs. high-intensity statin, both with ezetimibe, initiated during hospit…
A stronger statin dose after a heart attack lowers bad cholesterol better but causes more side effects, forcing some patients to cut back on…
Factor XIa inhibitors show higher stroke risk but lower bleeding risk versus DOACs in atrial fibrillation
New blood thinners cut bleeding risk but triple stroke risk in heart rhythm patients
A meta-analysis of 3 RCTs in 16,845 patients with atrial fibrillation found Factor XIa inhibitors were associated with a 3.32 times higher r…
New blood thinners for atrial fibrillation cut bleeding risk by 59% but triple the risk of stroke, raising concerns they may be too gentle t…
LLM ensemble shows potential for PCI decision support in retrospective analysis of 93 patients
AI models show promise for heart procedure decisions but need more testing
A retrospective cohort study of 93 patients from Ruijin Hospital evaluated 15 large language model versions for PCI decision support. An ada…
Combining multiple AI models improved heart procedure advice, but performance gaps appeared at specific ages like 73, 75, and 76.
Guidelines recommend routine imaging for relatives of patients with non-syndromic thoracic aortic disease
New guidelines: Should your family get screened for hidden aortic disease?
New co-produced guidelines for non-syndromic thoracic aortic disease (NS-TAD) make a strong recommendation for routine imaging of first-degr…
New guidelines say if you have non-syndromic thoracic aortic disease, your parents, siblings, and children should get routine imaging to che…
ECG abnormalities associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk in REGARDS cohort analysis
Can a simple heart test spot hidden risk in people considered low risk?
A prospective cohort analysis of 19,173 participants without baseline CVD found ECG abnormalities were associated with incident CVD events. …
A routine heart test can spot hidden risks in people considered low risk, as those with major ECG abnormalities faced a 53% higher chance of…
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in cancer patients shows non-significant bleeding trend
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation shows similar outcomes in cancer and non-cancer patients
A meta-analysis of 69,819 patients from eight observational studies compared catheter ablation outcomes in atrial fibrillation patients with…
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation works similarly in cancer and non-cancer patients, with a trend toward more bleeding in cancer sur…
GLP-1 receptor agonists reduce new-onset heart failure risk in patients with diabetes or obesity
Could diabetes drugs also help protect the heart from failure?
A meta-analysis of 6 RCTs involving 52,752 participants without heart failure found GLP-1 receptor agonists decreased new-onset HF risk (HR=…
Diabetes drugs like semaglutide lower the risk of new heart failure by 23% in people with Type 2 diabetes or obesity, offering heart protect…
Covariate adjustment method for hierarchical outcomes improves statistical power in win ratio analyses
New statistical method may improve analysis of complex clinical trial outcomes
Methodological research using simulation studies and EMPEROR-Preserved trial data found that covariate adjustment for prognostic variables c…
A new statistical method boosts trial power when analyzing complex outcomes like hospitalizations and deaths by adjusting for patient charac…
RAS Inhibitors After TAVR Associated With Reduced Mortality in Meta-Analysis of 36,000 Patients
Heart medication after TAVR valve procedure linked to lower death risk in analysis
A Bayesian meta-analysis of 12 observational studies in 35,988 patients undergoing TAVR for aortic stenosis found RAS inhibitor therapy was …
Taking certain heart medications after a TAVR valve procedure is linked to a lower risk of death and fewer hospitalizations for heart failur…
Meta-analysis finds no outcome differences between free versus in situ right internal mammary artery in CABG
Study finds no major outcome differences between two coronary artery bypass graft techniques
A meta-analysis of 13 studies involving 9899 CABG patients found no statistically significant differences in mortality, graft occlusion, MAC…
Two coronary artery bypass techniques using the right internal mammary artery show no difference in survival or heart complications after 1 …