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TAVR rates in patients with aortic stenosis increased in all age groups since 2016, including those younger than 65, even though 2020 valve replacement guidelines recommend surgery in those patients.
Although it is known that prosthesis-patient mismatch causes worse outcomes in surgical aortic valve replacement, a new meta-analysis shows this is also the case in transcatheter procedures.
A new review of studies of cardiovascular imaging in individuals with HIV shows a large variation in findings, making conclusions difficult, but there are suggestions that myocardial fibrosis may play a role.
Infarct-artery occlusion was less likely at cath if heparin was started in the ambulance or ED, without extra risk of major bleeding, in a large registry analysis.
Two noninvasive imaging methods -- cardiac MRI and PET with rubidium stress -- had nearly identical accuracy for rule-in or rule-out of coronary artery disease, in a head-to-head comparison.