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Only extremely high elevations in hs-cTnI in the days after surgery were associated with an increased 30-day risk of mortality.

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin thresholds used to diagnose MI and injury after cardiac surgery may need to be considerably higher than those currently recommended, a new study suggests.

An eagerly awaited review is spurring calls to stop bickering and agree on the “facts” about left main revascularization.

With an essential role established for SGLT2 inhibitors for patients with progressive renal dysfunction or heart failure, researchers discuss how best to use these agents in those with type 2 diabetes.

email article An international committee proposed a universal definition for heart failure (HF) and two standard classifications that go beyond reduced and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). "HF is a clinical syndrome with symptoms and or signs caused by a structural and or functional cardiac abnormality and corroborated by elevated natriuretic peptide levels and or objective evidence of pulmonary or systemic congestion," according to the consensus document from the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), European Society of Cardiology, and Japanese Heart Failure Soci...