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A new ACC scientific statement looks at how eating well can help with the prevention and management of CVD. Plant-based foods as well as healthy fats and proteins are recommended over foods high in refined starches, added sugars and unhealthy fats. 

An illustration showing how the Mitria Medical Subvalvular Spacer (SVS) helps repair remodeling of the heart that distorts the valve and prevents proper leaflet closure due to functional mitral regurgitation (FMR). Structural Heart, April 2022, https://www.structuralheartjournal.org/article/S2474-8706(22)01273-8/fulltext.

The new device, designed to perform mitral valve repair in patients with functional MR, was co-invented by cardiologist Samir Kapadia, MD, and surgeon Jose Navia, MD.

Karl Storz Tipcam1 Rubina video endoscope for use in selected cardiac surgical procedures.

The newly cleared system can now assist clinicians during mitral valve repair, tricuspid valve repair, LAAO and other advanced cardiac procedures. 

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A new analysis found that one approach may outperform the other when it comes to minimizing the patient's risk of major cardiovascular events.

The Fastwave Sola laser IVL system energy burst to break up coronary calcium.

FastWave Medical's laser intravascular lithotripsy system successfully fractured calcified coronary artery lesions in 30 patients.

Surgery

The American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and other U.S. medical societies have collaborated on new recommendations that cover everything from preoperative patient evaluations to postoperative care. 

Innovation at work

Cardiologists have always wanted a better way to identify heart patients in need of care early in their course of disease. Artificial intelligence may be the tool physicians have been waiting for. 

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