Many heart failure patients still skip cardiac rehab altogether. Offering a home-based option could potentially help reverse that trend. 

The difference in atrial fibrillation risk was unexpected, surprising researchers.

“It has the added advantage of avoiding oral anticoagulation drugs and the risks associated with lifelong anticoagulation," one researcher explained. "In fact, most of our patients are not on any cardiac medications following one year after surgery.”

Cardiologists have warned for years that healthy adults with no family history of CVD should not be taking low-dose aspirin every day—but as the saying goes, old habits die hard. 

The so-called "weekend effect" seen with other cardiovascular diseases appears to exist for patients with severe aortic stenosis as well. 

Previous NLP algorithms for heart failure looked for certain words or phrases, but this updated model makes decisions based on clinical context. 

Scott Lim, MD, details his experience using intracardiac echo to help guide structural heart procedures with or without traditional TEE. One key benefit of ICE, he explained, is its ability to overcome imaging challenges posed by prior cardiac surgeries.

Many PAD patients do not even know they have the disease until it is too late, leading to unnecessary amputations and increasing the risk of other adverse patient outcomes. Awareness is especially limited among Black and Hispanic adults, experts warn, creating an added sense of urgency when looking to accelerate patient education efforts.