Letter to the Editor regarding “Association between vasopressin administration and mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock”

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Letter to the Editor regarding “Association between vasopressin administration and mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock”
We read with great interest the retrospective cohort study by Sarma et al (Am Heart J 2025;286:88-96) examining the association between vasopressin administration and in-hospital mortality in patients with cardiogenic…
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Veteran voices on the MISSION act: Satisfaction and care preferences following community referral for structural heart disease care

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Veteran voices on the MISSION act: Satisfaction and care preferences following community referral for structural heart disease care
Highlights • Veterans reported high satisfaction with both VA and community care. • Most veterans preferred the VA for their general healthcare. • Veterans demonstrated no statistically significant difference in…
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Cumulative effect of hyperglycemia and insulin resistance on cardiac dysfunction: The coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) study

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Cumulative effect of hyperglycemia and insulin resistance on cardiac dysfunction: The coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) study
ABSTRACT We investigated whether cumulative fasting glucose (FG) and insulin resistance (IR) over 20 years are associated with midlife cardiac dysfunction in young adults with or without type 2 diabetes…
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Enhancing risk stratification for incident systolic heart failure through machine learning and natural language processing

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Enhancing risk stratification for incident systolic heart failure through machine learning and natural language processing
ABSTRACT Background Clinical guidelines advocate use of validated risk models in patients experiencing heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) to inform prognosis and assist with management. We developed models…
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Complete revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction and multivessel disease: Pooled analysis of Kaplan-Meier-derived individual-patient-data

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Complete revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction and multivessel disease: Pooled analysis of Kaplan-Meier-derived individual-patient-data
Highlights • The present study incorporated data from 9 RCTs and 9,658 patients with time-to-first event data examining CR versus IR strategies in patients with acute MI and MVD. •…
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Vericiguat and hypotension in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: VERIFY-HF registry

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Vericiguat and hypotension in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: VERIFY-HF registry
Highlights • This study investigated the associations between patient characteristics, hypotension, and outcomes after initiating vericiguat in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). • Although symptomatic or…
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Functional coronary angiogram findings in angina with non-obstructive coronary arteries patients with coronary slow flow

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Functional coronary angiogram findings in angina with non-obstructive coronary arteries patients with coronary slow flow
Highlights • The Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon (CSFP) is characterized by the slow passage of angiographic contrast in patients with angina and non-obstructive coronary artery disease (ANOCA), and is considered…
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Self-expanding versus balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valves in patients with excessive aortic valve cusp calcification

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Self-expanding versus balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valves in patients with excessive aortic valve cusp calcification
Highlights • TAVR with BEV vs SEV in patients with excessive cusp calcification. • There was no significant differences in the rate of technical and device success. • TAVR with…
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Myocardial work indexes in elite athletes: An emerging echocardiographic tool to confirm physiologic cardiac remodeling in elite athletes with mildly reduced systolic function

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Myocardial work indexes in elite athletes: An emerging echocardiographic tool to confirm physiologic cardiac remodeling in elite athletes with mildly reduced systolic function
ABSTRACT Background Athlete’s heart, characterized by cardiac chambers adaptations to exercise has some diagnostic overlaps with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). In the setting of differential diagnosis, myocardial work indexes (MWI), afterload-independent…
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