Microplastics in Water; New NCD for CardioMEMS; Valve Surgery Amid Los Angeles Fires

A study showed that microplastics — small enough to pass into human blood and organs — were found in tap and bottled water in France. (PLOS Water)

Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled non-experts to produce high-quality images from lung ultrasounds in a diagnostic validation study. (JAMA Cardiology)

Multiple societies endorsed the new appropriate-use criteria for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy, and pacing. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expanded Medicare access to CardioMEMS with a new national coverage determination (NCD), Abbott leadership announced on LinkedIn.

Cedars-Sinai shared the story of a Hollywood writer who kept his appointment for mitral valve surgery right after escaping the Eaton fire that destroyed his Altadena home.

Lower hepcidin levels were associated with a higher risk of incident heart failure (HF) and cardiac dysfunction among older adults in the longitudinal Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

A dietary inflammatory score was predictive of incident HF events, but only in younger people and those with HF with reduced ejection fraction, results from the REGARDS study showed. (Journal of Cardiac Failure)

Endovascular baroreflex amplification with the MobiusHD device continued to show promise at 24 months in a pilot trial in patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction. (JACC: Heart Failure)

Regardless of baseline HbA1c level, semaglutide (Wegovy, Ozempic, Rybelsus) improved HF symptoms and reduced weight, according to a prespecified analysis of the STEP-HFpEF DM trial. (Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)

For East Asians undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a lower body surface area contributed to a reduced incidence of prosthesis-patient mismatch compared with Western populations, a study suggested. (JACC: Asia)

Rheumatoid arthritis was tied to a higher risk of atrial fibrillation (Afib) recurrence after catheter ablation, a meta-analysis of three retrospective studies found. (Clinical Cardiology)

The LINQ family of insertable cardiac monitors with AI-based algorithms detected Afib episodes and identified high-risk patients 80% of the time in the DEFINE AFib study, Medtronic announced.

Boston Scientific said its Farapulse pulsed field ablation system for persistent Afib had good results when tested for pulmonary vein isolation and posterior wall ablation in the ADVANTAGE AF study.

Patients with Afib and malignancy had a similar risk of stroke, but a higher risk of bleeding, compared with cancer-free patients, according to a population-based cohort study. (JACC: CardioOncology)

Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh announced he will soon undergo a third cardiac ablation for an irregular heartbeat, along with hip replacement surgery. (AP)

Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia are no longer prematurely dying, but age at incident coronary heart disease was still about 7 years earlier compared with those without the condition, a Danish nationwide study showed. (European Heart Journal)

Prourokinase was no better than standard care as a fibrinolytic for mild ischemic stroke in the PUMICE randomized trial. (JAMA Neurology)

In a POISE-3 substudy, prophylactic tranexamic acid before general surgery appeared to prevent perioperative bleeding without increasing cardiovascular risk. (JAMA Surgery)

After recovering from nonsevere COVID-19, nearly all participants in the Rotterdam Study cohort had normal ventricular volume and function, save for small drops in left ventricular ejection fraction and global longitudinal strain on echocardiography. (Heart)

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