A retrospective study of patients with acute MI complicated by cardiogenic shock presented at SCAI 2018 supported the message from the randomized CULPRIT-SHOCK trial: culprit lesion PCI is associated with lower mortality than multivessel revascularization.

The first-ever risk score for predicting 30-day readmission rates in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) can be easily folded into electronic medical records and inform perioperative care decisions, researchers reported at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions 2018 Scientific Sessions.

DUBLIN and SAN DIEGO — April 26, 2018 — Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced two-year outcomes for the Harmony(TM) Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) from its early feasibility study. Presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 41st Annual Scientific Sessions, data from 18 patients followed out to two years revealed the Harmony TPV showed solid valve function and no paravalvular leak (PVL).

Physician-manned ambulances could improve the quality of advanced life support given to people who experience traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), suggests a study published April 25 in JAMA Surgery.

Individuals who receive surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) within three months of an ischemic stroke are almost 15 times more likely to suffer another stroke than SAVR patients without previous strokes, according to a Danish registry study published April 25 in JAMA Cardiology.

Ambulatory blood pressure measurements are a stronger predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality than clinical blood pressure measurements, according to a study published April 19 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) is associated with high rates of mortality in patients with severe mitral annular calcification, but survivors show significant improvements in heart-related symptoms.

A randomized trial published April 24 in JAMA suggests patients with lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) can’t be expected to improve walking performance on their own, even with the aid of wearable activity trackers and telephone coaching sessions.

Modifying the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening algorithm to include one repeat pulse oximetry test instead of two could identify more infants with other serious diseases that require attention, according to a study published online April 24 in Pediatrics.

Individuals with obesity are more likely to develop atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to a study published April 18 in the American Journal of Cardiology.