Autoimmune Afib; Inappropriate ICD Shocks Down; Dissolving Cardiac Sensors

FDA approved expanded use of inclisiran (Leqvio) for primary hyperlipidemiaopens in a new tab or window atop its existing indications of atherosclerotic cardiovascular and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, Novartis announced.

An estimate gives users of low-dose colchicineopens in a new tab or window an extra 2 years free of myocardial infarction, stroke, or cardiovascular death in a lifetime. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

A mouse model supports the existence of an autoimmune pathogenesis of atrial fibrillationopens in a new tab or window. (Circulation)

New omnipolar mapping technologyopens in a new tab or window produced slightly higher voltages that were helpful for guiding ventricular tachycardia ablation. (HeartRhythm)

In Denmark, people with congenital heart disease are prone to more out-of-hospital cardiac arrestopens in a new tab or window (OHCA), with typical odds of survival. (European Heart Journal)

Bystander response and OHCA survival rates were improved with activation of volunteer responder networksopens in a new tab or window in several European regions. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Contemporary implantable cardioverter-defibrillators carry a low risk of inappropriate shocksopens in a new tab or window, at 1.6% in 2 years, based on postmarketing data. (EP Europace)

The MIB1 geneopens in a new tab or window was identified as having a role in whether a person develops a bicuspid aortic valve. (JAMA Cardiology)

One-year outcomes of taking direct oral anticoagulants or vitamin K antagonists after transcatheter aortic valve replacementopens in a new tab or window were comparable in a real-world German population. (Heart)

An artificial intelligence model has been taught to identify low ejection fraction and various types of valvular heart diseaseopens in a new tab or window based on chest X-rays. (The Lancet Digital Health)

Separate from socioeconomic status, population well-beingopens in a new tab or window was independently associated with cardiovascular outcomes. (JAMA Network Open)

Black women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy have an estimated 66% higher long-term risk of strokeopens in a new tab or window. (NEJM Evidence)

Tenecteplase (TNKase)opens in a new tab or window performed comparably to alteplase in the subset of stroke patients with large vessel occlusions in the ACT trial. (JAMA Neurology)

At least 3 months after COVID-19 hospitalizationopens in a new tab or window, people still had excess emergency visits or hospitalizations for cardiovascular diagnoses, according to records from Alberta, Canada. (JACC: Advances)

Health Canada declared a shortage of dipyridamoleopens in a new tab or window, forcing patients to put off myocardial perfusion scans. (CBC News)

Four years after lower-extremity femoropopliteal peripheral intervention for intermittent claudication, the incidence of repeat revascularization rose to 16.7%, and amputations grew to 4.3%.opens in a new tab or window (JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Scientists report how they created a dissolving cardiac deviceopens in a new tab or window, roughly the size of a postage stamp, that can temporarily perform electrical mapping and pacing. (Science Advances)

Researchers found that impaired heart rate variability in sepsisopens in a new tab or window can hinge on reduced responsiveness of cardiac pacemaker cells. (PNAS)