Advancing in-hospital mortality prediction for acute myocardial infarction: An analysis from the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines–Coronary Artery Disease Registry

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Advancing in-hospital mortality prediction for acute myocardial infarction: An analysis from the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines–Coronary Artery Disease Registry
Highlights • We trained and validated a new AMI mortality model from a national GWTG–CAD Registry. • LightGBM achieved the highest AUROC 0.874 with excellent calibration across groups. • The…
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Validity of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes in diagnosing myocardial infarction subtypes

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Validity of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes in diagnosing myocardial infarction subtypes
ABSTRACT Background International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes are commonly used for identifying myocardial infarction (MI) in clinical research and increasingly used to capture events in clinical trials;…
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Corrigendum to “Accuracy of Site versus Core Laboratory Interpretations of Right Heart Catheterization Hemodynamics” [American Heart Journal:295:107351. AMHJ-D-25-01362 (YMHJ_107351)]

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Corrigendum to “Accuracy of Site versus Core Laboratory Interpretations of Right Heart Catheterization Hemodynamics” [American Heart Journal:295:107351. AMHJ-D-25-01362 (YMHJ_107351)]
The authors regret that the digitized hemodynamic waveform images were incorrectly described as originating from 20 sites in the United States. In fact, the participating sites were in both the…
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An online, predominantly plant-based, dietary intervention for improving cardiovascular risk: A randomized controlled trial in people with type 2 diabetes

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on An online, predominantly plant-based, dietary intervention for improving cardiovascular risk: A randomized controlled trial in people with type 2 diabetes
Highlights • Randomized trial of a 12-week, online, plant-based intervention in T2D patients. • Plant-based to total protein ratio increased by 35% (95% CI 21, 49%). • HbA1c decreased by…
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Marshall-Plan ablation strategy versus pulmonary vein isolation in persistent atrial fibrillation: Clinical trial design

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Marshall-Plan ablation strategy versus pulmonary vein isolation in persistent atrial fibrillation: Clinical trial design
ABSTRACT Background Beyond pulmonary veins isolation (PVI), the ablation strategy that has prevailed over the past two decades remains controversial: (1) the left atrium partition using linear lesions (“cox-maze” strategy);…
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Design and rational of the the PRACTICAL-HERO trial: A randomized trial of higher and lower doses of heparin vs placebo for elective diagnostic coronary angiography

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Design and rational of the the PRACTICAL-HERO trial: A randomized trial of higher and lower doses of heparin vs placebo for elective diagnostic coronary angiography
Highlights • PRACTICAL HERO: RCT in patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization. • Evaluates heparin vs placebo for preventing radial artery occlusion. • Compares high-dose vs low-dose unfractionated heparin strategies. •…
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Rationale and design of the Corrie Lipids Program: Impact of a digital health–enabled implementation initiative to improve lipid management

Jun 27, 2026 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Rationale and design of the Corrie Lipids Program: Impact of a digital health–enabled implementation initiative to improve lipid management
Highlights • Patients at high cardiovascular risk do not always receive recommended therapy. • The Corrie Lipids Program aims to address lipid-lowering treatment (LLT) gaps. • The Corrie smartphone app…
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