Measurements of pulmonary artery distensibility were more effective to detect pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease than measurements of PA dilatation, in patients with severe heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, aortic stenosis, or primary mitral regurgitation.
A decrease in the number of cardiac catheterization procedures performed during the COVID-19 pandemic was observed at 12 hospitals in the United States.
The Norton scoring system was found to be a powerful predictor of both short- and long-term outcomes in patients with acute heart failure.
Optical frequency domain imaging was found to accurately detect and assess angiographically unvisualized atherosclerotic plaques in the left main arterial wall.
No significant difference in all-cause mortality were observed in patients undergoing interventions with transcatheter heart valve systems vs transcatheter aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis.
Bempedoic acid was found to be safe and effective at lowering LDL-C in patients with hypercholesterolemia.
An algorithm using simple clinical variables was proposed for the diagnosis of dysbetalipoproteinemia.
Detection of left ventricular hypertrophy with electrocardiographic Sokolow-Lyon or Cornell voltage criteria was found to predict stroke and improve risk stratification among patients with hypertension.
Increased Achilles tendon thickness was found to be an independent predictor of carotid atherosclerosis in patients at high or very high cardiovascular risk.
An expert panel released a set of 22 guidelines for the prevention, detection, and treatment of venous thromboembolism.
