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Key Takeaway Young adults with advanced coronary calcification cannot be considered low risk, even when traditional 10-year risk calculators suggest otherwise. Among nearly 13,000…
Key Takeaway In patients remaining free of atrial fibrillation recurrences for one year following catheter ablation, discontinuing oral anticoagulation was not associated with accelerated…
Key Takeaway In a study of 2,276 US patients with atrial fibrillation who survived a bleeding stroke, 59.8% were restarted on blood thinners within…
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Key Takeaway An atlas of more than 375,000 endothelial cells drawn from 12 human tissues shows that the inner lining of our blood vessels…
Key Takeaway In a post hoc analysis of 340 patients from the randomized ATTENTION trial, mechanical thrombectomy for basilar artery occlusion lost its statistical…
Key Takeaway Until now, tirzepatide's cardiovascular benefit could only be measured against another active drug. By mathematically anchoring SURPASS-CVOT to REWIND, this analysis estimates…
Key Takeaway A new consensus document published in the European Heart Journal urges emergency medical technicians and emergency physicians to classify acute heart failure…
Key Takeaway In a 510-patient imaging study drawn from the CONVINCE trial, stroke and TIA survivors whose CT scans showed high-risk carotid plaque (a…
Key Takeaway Across 55 European nations in 2023, women accounted for 55% of cardiovascular disease cases and half of all cardiovascular deaths; yet their…
Key Takeaway Primary aldosteronism is often more than a one-hormone disease. About 1 in 4 patients also secretes cortisol autonomously, and this pairing is…