Transapical mitral valve replacement by catheter eliminated mitral regurgitation and improved hemodynamics in a frail high-risk population, results of the SUMMIT trial show.
Screening with an AI-enhanced digital stethoscope doubled the diagnoses of life-threatening peripartum cardiomyopathy in Nigeria, where the incidence is the highest in the world.
In patients with obesity, dual energy cardioversion is more reliable and just as safe as conventional single energy cardioversion as an initial strategy in AF, a new study shows.
Filling an evidence gap, a pooled analysis of patients with heart failure across the LVEF spectrum supports starting sacubitril-valsartan in the hospital.
An otherwise negative trial may have identified a subgroup of patients likely to respond well to this potential transcatheter therapy for heart failure.