Low-Dose DOAC Valuable in Afib After Age 80 Randomized trial suggests benefit on par with warfarin in younger groups Aug 30, 2020
Impressive Results With Early-Rhythm Control in AFib Results from EAST-AFNET 4 trial "should and will change practice," expert says Aug 29, 2020
Novel Tx Turns in Favorable Performance in Obstructive HCM Mavacamten tackles underlying pathophysiology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Aug 29, 2020
Second SGLT2 Drug Scores for HFrEF, Regardless of Diabetes Status EMPEROR-Reduced trial "exceptionally concordant" with DAPA-HF results Aug 28, 2020
Post-MI Survival Better With ICD for Some, Troubled Trial Suggests Potential benefit in STEMI survivors with severe LV dysfunction, other risk factors soon after PCI Sep 04, 2019
Precision Medicine Lowers DAPT Bleeds in STEMI Trial also hits noninferiority mark for adverse cardiac events Sep 03, 2019
SYNTAX at 10 Years: Bypass vs PCI Still a Toss-Up Overall But CABG beats stenting for important subgroups Sep 03, 2019
MITRA-FR Inches in Line With COAPT at 2 Years Despite Contradictory Findings More evidence that the two trials are more concordant than previously thought Sep 02, 2019
Bariatric Surgery Tied to Better Cardiometabolic Health Down the Road Improvements beyond risk factor reduction in patients with T2D and obesity Sep 02, 2019
Antiplatelets Go Head-to-Head in ACS, With Unexpected Result Assumption that ticagrelor would be superior upended in ISAR-REACT 5 Sep 02, 2019
Big Cuts in LDL Possible With Twice-Yearly Injections siRNA may make for a more convenient lipid-lowering therapy for patients Sep 02, 2019
Dapagliflozin Benefits HFrEF Outcomes, Even Without Diabetes DAPA-HF trial affirms similar benefit to diabetes drug regardless of type 2 diabetes status Sep 01, 2019
Risk-Based Thresholds for hs-Troponin I Safely Speed MI Rule-Out HISTORIC suggests benefit to patients, clinicians Sep 01, 2019
Extended DAPT with Brilinta: No Benefit for Stable CAD in T2D Substudy in those with prior PCI might identify group where bleeding tradeoff is worthwhile Sep 01, 2019
COMPLETE Revascularization Gets Its Win for Hard Outcomes Investigators obtain missing piece of the puzzle Sep 01, 2019
Entresto Signals Expansion Into 'Gray Zone' of HFpEF PARAGON-HF may have missed overall, but HF docs see reason for hope Sep 01, 2019
Drive LDL as Low as Possible, ESC Says New guideline emphasizes more intensive reduction across risk groups Aug 31, 2019
ESC: Evidence Grows for HFpEF as Microvascular Disease Studies on exact mechanisms, potential targets still needed Aug 29, 2018
ESC: DCB Works for De Novo Stenoses in Small Coronary Vessels Established for in-stent restenosis, DCBs make their way to native coronary arteries Aug 28, 2018
ESC: Oral Antibiotics Safe for Stable Endocarditis Switching after a period of IV antibiotics didn't raise event rates in POET trial Aug 28, 2018
ESC: ACS Outcomes the Same for High-Sensitivity vs Standard Troponin Tests No reduction in later events with more sensitive assay Aug 28, 2018
ESC: PURE Buries Controversy, Advocates for 'Balanced Diet' But dairy and red meat levels still differ from guidelines Aug 28, 2018
ESC: Interatrial Shunting Safe in HFpEF, Pivotal Trial to Come Device eases left-sided filling pressure, but to what clinical significance? Aug 27, 2018
ESC: MI Redefined in International Guidelines Fourth "Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction" issued Aug 27, 2018
ESC: Tafamidis Cuts Deaths, Admissions in TTR Cardiac Amyloidosis Plus clear advantage seen in 6-minute walk test Aug 27, 2018
ESC: Xarelto Fails to Change Outcomes in Heart Failure No death or hospitalization reduction seen in COMMANDER-HF Aug 27, 2018
ESC: Short DAPT with Ticagrelor Doesn't Improve Outcomes Antiplatelet strategy safe, but misses superiority to standard DAPT after stenting Aug 27, 2018
ESC: MitraClip Fails in Functional Mitral Regurgitation No impact on hard outcomes in MITRA-FR randomized trial Aug 27, 2018
ESC: Aspirin Holds Little Net Benefit for Primary CV Prevention 'No compelling evidence' emerges in two randomized trials Aug 26, 2018
ESC: Omega-3 Supplements No Better Than Olive Oil for CV Risk 1-g dose disappoints in ASCEND trial Aug 26, 2018
ESC: Weight-Loss Drug Clears Major CV Hurdle Trial also shows modest reduction in new cases of diabetes Aug 26, 2018
ESC: Rivaroxaban Doesn't Prevent VTE after Acute Illness Efficacy shown in prior trial is lost, but safety gained in this setting Aug 26, 2018
ESC: Restrictive Transfusion Deemed Safe in Cardiac Surgery Patients Restrictive strategy superior in those ages ≥75, according to TRICS III trial Aug 26, 2018
ESC: Telemonitoring of HF Cuts Admissions, Mortality Remote patient management program works in German trial Aug 25, 2018
ESC: CTA for Stable Chest Pain Prevents More MIs Long Term Better than stress ECG as first-line test, SCOT-HEART investigators say Aug 25, 2018
ESC: Top Videos from This Year's Meeting Highlights include CANTOS history and a Houston cardiologist's take on the flood Sep 01, 2017
ESC: Yusuf, Lloyd-Jones Square Off Over Diet Guidelines PURE not going to change AHA fat recommendations? Aug 30, 2017
ESC: 1-Hour NSTEMI Rule-Out 'Very Safe' in Study ESC's algorithm validated with high negative predictive values Aug 30, 2017