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A late-breaking study at ACC.22 showed differences in COVID-positive heart attack patients between 2020 and 2021. #ACC22 #ACC2022

New results from the North American COVID-19 STEMI (NACMI) registry showed a 25% reduction in early mortality in 2021 compared to 2020 among STEMI patients with a confirmed COVID-19 infection. 

The new recommendations went live just ahead of ACC.22. They can be read in full in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation or Journal of Cardiac Failure.

The new findings, based on data from nearly 500,000 patients, were presented during ACC.22.

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Researchers presented their findings at EuroEcho 2021.

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The group's findings will be presented in full at ACC Middle East 2021 in Egypt.

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The new study examines yet another way the pandemic impacted cardiovascular care. 

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One researcher described the findings, presented at the Heart Failure Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting, as "great news for patients and clinicians."

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This secondary analysis of data from the FIDELIO-DKD trial was presented May 17 at ACC.21 and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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The study's authors believe they are the first group to investigate the real-time relationship between alcohol consumption and AFib events.

Researchers explored data from the GALACTIC-HF trial to evaluate how the severity of a patient's reduced ejection fraction impacts the benefits of omecamtiv mecarbil.

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The full analysis is scheduled to be presented May 16 at ACC.21.

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