Industry $$ for New Cardiologists; Strokes After Falls; Self-Cleaning TAVR Valve?

The woman who received a pig kidney transplant soon after getting a mechanical heart pump has died. (New York Times)

Skeptics continue to question the safety of the MitraClip after three device recalls and reports of patient injury and death. (KFF Health News)

Most early-career cardiologists received some industry payments — those in procedural subspecialties got a median $1,801 in their last year of fellowship and $1,112 annually after a few years out of training. (JAMA Internal Medicine)

Using a lower-dose of edoxaban (Savaysa) for atrial fibrillation patients over 80 years old even if they don’t meet dose-reduction criteria appeared safer in a post-hoc trial analysis. (JAMA Cardiology)

An emergency department treat-and-release visit for a fall may signal risk of an ischemic stroke in the following weeks. (Stroke)

After getting a transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, patients were several times more likely to develop tricuspid regurgitation than those who got a subcutaneous device, according to post hoc analysis of a randomized trial. (JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology)

For patients with acute heart failure, early and intensive uptitration of neurohormonal blockade was associated with more efficient and sustained decongestion in the STRONG-HF trial. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

For emergency patients with acute decompensated heart failure, the VExUS ultrasound score for venous congestion predicted heart failure-related hospitalization and mortality in a small study. (European Heart Journal Open)

The rMLS, a simplified multilipid score tracking the quality of dietary fats consumed, can be used to draw a line connecting lipid metabolism and health outcomes. (Nature Medicine)

Population-level increases in blood pressure can be expected if climate change causes saltwater intrusion on coastal areas, salinizing the groundwater used for drinking water. (Scientific Reports)

In acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism, the Composite Pulmonary Embolism Shock score went beyond identifying normotensive shock and actually predicted clinical events. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions)

SGLT2 inhibitors did not appear to have their cardiovascular and kidney benefits diminished by concomitant GLP-1 receptor agonist use, meta-analysis found. (Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)

Taking a page from the physics of bird flight, researchers are trying to develop a passive flow-controlled, self-cleaning TAVR valve to inhibit valve thrombosis and improve valve performance. (European Heart Journal)

Surgeons reported how they implanted a bovine bioprosthetic aortic valve in a person with severe allergy to the alpha-galactose saccharide found in red meat. (Annals of Thoracic Surgery)

Physician-modified endografts performed well for complex abdominal aortic aneurysms and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, based on a multicenter study. (Circulation)

A New York cardiologist and registered sex offender will lose his medical license after pleading guilty to more child pornography charges. (LongIsland.com)

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