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- ACC Issues Guidance For Diagnosing and Managing MyocarditisThe ACC has issued guidance for the diagnosis and management of acute myocarditis in adult patients, delivering a streamlined decision-making framework that reflects recent advancements in clinical practice. The 2024 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway (ECDP) on Strategies and Criteria for the Diagnosis and Management of Myocarditis, published in JACC, includes a 5-step care pathway, […]
- ACCEL Lite: Top Takeaways from 2024: Preventive Cardiology with Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACCIn this interview, Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, and Alison L. Bailey, MD FACC, discuss the Top Preventive Cardiology Takeaways from 2024. Dr. Bairey Merz discusses the SELECT and SUMMIT trials, the impact of cardiac interventions on the carbon footprint, and more.
- State-of-the-Art Review Provides Strategies to Address Post-TAVR CDs and PPIA State-of-the-Art review published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions covers the epidemiology, clinical implications, risk factors and preventive strategies for new-onset conduction disturbances (CDs) and the need for permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) after TAVR, which the authors note are a limitation of this therapy.
- Poll: Mavacamten Use in Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyA 63-year-old woman presents to the office for a second opinion on chronic chest pain and heart failure management. She has a medical history of mixed connective tissue disease, obstructive sleep apnea, hepatic steatosis, and long-standing hypertension diagnosed in her twenties.
- Reshaping the Use of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Patients With Heart Failure: the RESHAPE-HF2 TrialThe RESHAPE-HF2 (Randomized Investigation of the MitraClip Device in Heart Failure: Second Trial in Patients With Clinically Significant Functional Mitral Regurgitation) trial was an international, open-label, multicenter, randomized controlled trial designed to provide additional information regarding the safety and effectiveness of M-TEER in this patient population.