The tool is less apt to overestimate ASCVD risk than the pooled cohort equations and in turn could reduce overtreatment.

With both new and revised measures, the document’s authors aim to provide clinicians usable advice in a digestible format.

It’s not as “perfect as they are selling it,” but it does avoid the more catastrophic complications of thermal ablation, says ...

Cath labs need to be redesigned so that operators aren’t at risk for future injury, even if it requires some hospital ...

The main message is that absolute levels of Lp(a) matter more than which genes may have caused them, Robert Clarke says.

Not surprisingly, older patients fared worse, but some older and younger patients saw stroke benefits requiring more study.

Yet the disparities by sex, race/ethnicity, and location pale in comparison to a striking overall lack of adoption.

When levels are high, doctors tend to be less aggressive with statins, even though HDL shouldn’t be used to guide treatment.

Though women have a lower risk of ventricular arrhythmias than do men, it still exceeds the threshold to justify a device.

The agency’s decision for the balloon-expandable Sapien 3 platform is based on groundbreaking results from EARLY TAVR.

Despite the positive results, there are open questions about LBB pacing, including long-term lead performance. RCTs are ...

The US guidelines are likely to change following the release of the VANISH2 results last year, Christine Albert anticipates.