Cardiac Implant ID-er; CVD Gaps by County; Gov. Asked to Act on Cardiology Lawsuit

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

The FDA cleared BridgeSource's SmartRead systemopens in a new tab or window for easy identification of cardiac implants by brand. (Mass Device)

LDL cholesterol has noticeably improvedopens in a new tab or window in young people without atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), researchers gleaned from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 1999 to 2023. (Circulation)

Despite the sustained progress in CVD survival in the U.S., there is still much county-by-county variationopens in a new tab or window -- which can be bigger than the gaps between states. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

European cardiovascular groups released guidance on how clinicians can advise their patients regarding the harms of extreme heat on heart healthopens in a new tab or window. (European Heart Journal)

Researchers made a case for the new U.S. Candidate Risk Scoreopens in a new tab or window facilitating better prioritization of the sickest adult heart transplant candidates, showing a potential of reduced waitlist deaths without increasing distance for grafts to travel based on registry data modeling. (JAMA)

For donor heart recovery, investigators described pediatric-specific rapid recoveryopens in a new tab or window with the extended ultra-oxygenated preservation technique. (New England Journal of Medicine)

In ATTRibute-CM, early serum transthyretin increasesopens in a new tab or window were associated with later NT-proBNP changes, and putting the two together yielded a ratio predictive of hard outcomes. (JACC: Heart Failure)

Cytokinetics announced additional cardiopulmonary exercise testing data from the ACACIA-HCM trial supported aficamten (Myqorzo) use in nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyopens in a new tab or window.

Popular artificial intelligence chatbots were often mistaken about whether a blood pressure (BP) monitor on the market is validated or notopens in a new tab or window, according to research highlighted by the American Heart Association.

A meta-analysis favored intensive BP loweringopens in a new tab or window in people with hypertension, even if they have chronic kidney disease. (JAMA Cardiology)

Real-world records linked pregnancy complications to higher risksopens in a new tab or window of subsequent CVD, type 2 diabetes, high BP, and chronic kidney disease. (BMJ Medicine)

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) should step inopens in a new tab or window to ensure that 50,000 cardiology patients don't lose access to their doctors amid litigation between Ellis Medicine and St. Peter's Healthcare over noncompete agreements, said state Sen. James Tedisco.

Johnson & Johnson said that Shockwave peripheral intravascular lithotripsyopens in a new tab or window therapy continued to show safety and effectiveness 24 months into the DISRUPT BTK II postmarket study in calcified below-the-knee lesions.

The FDA raised concerns of fatal arrhythmia linked to the experimental schizophrenia drug evenamideopens in a new tab or window, for which a clinical hold is still in place. (Reuters)

Statin users appear to be protected from glaucoma worseningopens in a new tab or window to require surgery, a global observational study found. (British Journal of Ophthalmology)