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HCM Drug Hopeful; Pre-Cardiac Cath Fasting in Doubt; Way to Visualize LAAO Issues?

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Cardio Break over a computer rendering of a heart.

Even in states with laws requiring athletic facilities to have an on-site automated external defibrillator (AED), the odds of . (JAMA Internal Medicine)

A predicted heart failure after acute coronary syndrome. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

Investigational improved exercise capacity and secondary endpoints for people with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the SEQUOIA-HCM trial, according to Cytokinetics.

Successful uptitration of to higher doses generally boded well for people discharged from the hospital for acute heart failure. (JAMA Cardiology)

CVRx announced that FDA approved a labeling update for for heart failure to cite positive post-market phase effectiveness analyses and expand the indication statement.

Fasting before cardiac catheterization was no safer than eating a , a randomized study found. (American Journal of Critical Care)

Beyond 1 year after percutaneous coronary intervention, was not associated with differences in cardiovascular or bleeding events compared with aspirin monotherapy in STOPDAPT-2. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

For transcatheter aortic valve replacement, appeared to cut down on conduction disturbances requiring permanent pacemaker implants. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Coronary optic coherence tomography showed promise for that may cause device‐related thrombus. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

, a newer, more affordable stroke thrombolytic, worked as well as alteplase in a Chinese trial. (Stroke)

Stroke survivors did not show better motor recovery after a regimen of non-invasive brain stimulation, namely therapy, over 10 days in the subacute phase, a small study found. (Lancet Regional Health-Europe)

In atrial fibrillation, among the various subgroups sharing a , the incidence of arterial thromboembolism did not differ significantly. (Circulation)

European centers practice pericardial tamponade, the most frequent severe complication in the electrophysiology lab, survey shows. (EP Europace)

Mendelian randomization study finds that have a causal relationship with cardiovascular risk. (Heart)

Case report suggests that may carry a risk of serious and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding in people being treated for pulmonary arterial hypertension. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Could a blood pressure drug targeting the help prevent diabetic injuries? (European Heart Journal)

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    Nicole Lou is a reporter for 51˶, where she covers cardiology news and other developments in medicine.