Worse-Rated Cardiologists; Afib Pulsed Field Ablation Safety; Healthy Gut Microbe?

Female cardiologists and older cardiologists tended to get lower average online ratings relative to their peers. (JACC: Advances)

Given the geographic clusters in access to cardiovascular care, almost half of U.S. counties had no cardiologists. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

In practice, it would cost $127 billion per year giving semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) to SELECT-like patients in the U.S. for cardiovascular prevention. (JAMA Network Open)

The success and outcomes of atrial fibrillation (Afib) ablation were linked to hospital and operator procedure volumes. (HeartRhythm)

Post-approval safety data were favorable for pulsed field ablation for Afib, based on the MANIFEST-17K study. (Nature Medicine)

A study suggested that direct-acting oral anticoagulants worked about the same in afib patients with epilepsy whether they were taking enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications or non-enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications at the same time. (JAMA Neurology)

Intravascular ultrasound guidance significantly improved the outcomes of drug-coated balloons for femoropopliteal artery disease. (European Heart Journal)

For coronary artery bypass graft surgery, it may be reasonable to carefully select and use radial artery grafts previously instrumented for transradial access. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Advances in heart attack treatment during the past 30 years have almost halved loss of life expectancy. (Circulation)

A proteomics panel in the first trimester of pregnancy was unable to predict the development of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. (JAMA Cardiology)

The gut microbe Blastocystis was linked to a better cardiometabolic profile — and its abundance was boosted with a good diet. (Cell)

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass was associated with reduced atherogenic lipids independent of weight loss. (JAMA Surgery)

Researchers proposed a new measure of outcomes after stroke: days alive and out of hospital at 90 days. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

Mixed shock, characterized by distributive-inflammatory phenotype, affected one in four people with cardiogenic shock. (Circulation: Heart Failure)

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