Structural Heart Metrics Debut; Amenorrhea-CVD Link; Once-a-Day Antianginal?

American societies endorsed five performance measures in valvular and structural heart disease that may be used for public reporting and pay-for-performance programs. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes)

People with moderate aortic stenosis based on aortic valve area nevertheless had worse outcomes with a high gradient in the picture. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

The Abbott Navitor transcatheter aortic valve system showed good performance out to 1 year in an investigational device exemption study. (MassDevice)

Hypertension, diabetes, and obesity are among the cardiovascular risk factors that are common among those living in extreme poverty around the world. (Nature Human Behavior)

Observational studies link secondary amenorrhea in physically active women to several cardiovascular risk factors. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

Japanese study finds that women show particularly strong links between depression and cardiovascular disease events. (JACC: Asia)

Using quantitative coronary angiography for angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may be good enough when intravascular ultrasonography is not accessible. (JAMA Cardiology)

Introducing the NORPACS risk score for predicting no-reflow in PCI for acute coronary syndrome. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions)

The PragueMi score tested better than the GRACE score for predicting mortality after myocardial infarction, thanks in part to its inclusion of heart failure symptoms. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

Safety and immunomodulation remain open questions for the PeriCord double allogeneic engineered tissue graft following its small phase I trial in people with non-acute myocardial infarction. (eBioMedicine)

Cardiovascular events were halved at a population level in Iranian villages testing a cardiovascular prevention polypill comprising two antihypertensives, one statin, and aspirin. (Heart)

Auxilius Pharma said its investigational AUX-001 extended the half-life of nicorandil in a first-in-human study, setting the stage for a pill taken once a day for chronic stable angina.

Neither practice facilitators nor peer coaching helped rural primary care practices to improve blood pressure control among Black patients. (JAMA Internal Medicine)

Of people with symptomatic cardiac sarcoidosis in a Finnish registry, 14% ended up with terminal heart failure within 15 years from presentation. (Circulation)

How feasible is it for a center to switch from CT to MRI first-line imaging for acute ischemic stroke? (Stroke)

Multi-society expert consensus recommendations have been released for advanced radionuclide imaging in evaluating cardiovascular infections. (Clinical Infectious Diseases)

Focal pulsed field ablation of accessory pathways showed promise for adults and children, based on a case series. (HeartRhythm)

A long-term cancer risk tends to accompany persistent and worsening metabolic syndrome, a Chinese study found. (Cancer)

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