17+ hour, 50+ min ago  (576+ words) NEW ORLEANS, LA'A pilot program that provided financial aid to low-income patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFr EF) after a hospitalization resulted in better medication adherence at 1 month when compared with controls, according to the FUND-HF trial....

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (375+ words) NEW ORLEANS, LA'Treating patients with symptomatic rheumatic heart disease (RHD) with digoxin appears to modestly reduce the risk of all-cause mortality or new-onset or worsening heart failure (HF), results of the DIG-RHD trial show. The study, which was presented last…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (524+ words) African representation is severely lacking in some of the world's leading general medical journals, even more so among those focused on cardiology, a multiyear comparison study shows. Less than 4% of the 2, 472 RCTs published in five leading journals between 2019 and 2024 were…...

6+ day, 49+ min ago  (67+ words) TCTMD. com Mamas Mamas, Navin Kapur, and Sunil Rao discuss the use of Impella prior to PCI in patients with anterior MI without cardiogenic shock. New at TCTMD? Register today! Become a PREMIUM MEMBER or LOG IN to view exclusive…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (431+ words) Hypertension's burden has continued to rise around the world, with disparities between lower- versus higher-income countries diverging over the past 20 years, a meta-analysis confirms. There were, however, some gains in measures of disease awareness, antihypertensive treatment, and blood pressure control....

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (576+ words) NEW ORLEANS, LA'Less than a quarter of people at high risk for preeclampsia, the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, use aspirin as a protective measure during pregnancy, according to observational data from Mass General Brigham. " Preeclampsia affects up…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (643+ words) NEW ORLEANS, LA'Providing culturally tailored meals to patients with heart failure (HF) can significantly reduce hospitalizations, according to the MUTTON-HF trial. The innovative but short-term study involved a food-based intervention as well as other support for participants living in the…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1667+ words) NEW ORLEANS, LA'Three trials comparing IVUS with angiography for PCI guidance in patients with complex coronary artery disease took many attendees of American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2026 Scientific Session by surprise because only one, DKCRUSH VIII, showed there was any…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (433+ words) At 12 months, though, there was no difference in the percent change in noncalcified plaque volume between study and control groups (placebo-adjusted least-squares mean difference 2. 98%; 95% CI -3. 4 to 9. 3; P = 0. 36). To TCTMD, lead author Nicholas Marston, MD, MPH (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (797+ words) NEW ORLEANS, LA'Automated notifications sent through the electronic health record (EHR) to clinicians increase timely management of patients with significant aortic stenosis (AS) or mitral regurgitation (MR), according to results of the cluster-randomized ALERT trial. Hospitals that implemented the system…...