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AirPods-Pacemaker Risk; Not Enough Valve Interventions; Baby-Shaking Cardiologist

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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at 30-60 minutes per week was associated with a survival benefit -- any more was not better for preventing death from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. (British Journal of Sports Medicine)

What do Apple AirPods Pro, Microsoft Surface Pen, Apple Pencil, and the iPhone 12 Pro Max have in common? Their with implanted cardiac devices. (Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology)

Introducing a for coronary artery disease, which highlights the interplay between genetic risk and clinical risk in a primary prevention setting. (European Heart Journal)

An artificial intelligence tool was able to screen for with fairly good accuracy. (JAMA Cardiology)

Researchers raise concerns on how a major systematic analysis came to tie (e.g., heart disease, ischemic stroke) so strongly. (The Lancet)

Growth in the number of may be outpacing the expansion of aortic valve replacement. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

The ultrathin outperformed Xience at 5 years in terms of target lesion failure and target-vessel MI, according to Biotronik's announcement about the BIOFLOW-V trial.

Early outcomes with the looked good in a large national registry, Boston Scientific said.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles reports that the first-in-human implantation was successful for Renata Medical's novel cardiac stent, designed for babies and young children, that can be .

Women are historically in trials leading to FDA approval of cardiovascular drugs. (JAMA Network Open)

The president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology advocates for the addition of to routine SPECT and PET myocardial perfusion imaging. (Journal of Nuclear Cardiology)

Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, says it is debuting a -- the first of its kind in the country.

Strategies to reduce are reviewed in a statement from the American Heart Association. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes)

Neurofilament light showed promise for neurologic prognostication in . (JAMA Neurology)

Stenting without contrast media and X-rays? offer some hope in preclinical research. (JACC: Basic to Translational Science)

Mutations in one gene could be the , mouse study suggested. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

A Long Island cardiologist was sentenced to 3 years in prison for . He had forcefully shaken the child, causing brain bleeding and leg fractures, according to a press release from the Suffolk County District Attorney.

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