American academic societies have approved five performance measures for valvular heart disease and structural heart disease that can be used in public reporting and pay-for-performance programs. (Circulation: cardiovascular quality and outcomes)

Nevertheless, people with moderate aortic stenosis based on aortic valve area had higher image gradients and worse outcomes. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

The Abbott Navitor transcatheter aortic valve system performed well over a one-year period in an investigational device exemption study. (mass device)

Hypertension, diabetes, and obesity are among the common risk factors for cardiovascular disease among people living in extreme poverty around the world. (nature human behavior)

Observational studies have associated several cardiovascular risk factors with secondary amenorrhea in physically active women. (American Heart Association Journal)

A Japanese study found that women showed a particularly strong association between depression and cardiovascular disease events. (JACC: Asia)

When intravascular ultrasound is not available, the use of quantitative coronary angiography for angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may be sufficient. (JAMA Cardiology)

We present the NORPACS risk score to predict non-reflow of PCI for acute coronary syndromes. (Circulation: cardiovascular interventions)

The PragueMi score tested better than the GRACE score in predicting mortality after myocardial infarction, in part because it includes symptoms of heart failure. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

After a small phase I study in patients with non-acute myocardial infarction, unanswered questions about the safety and immunomodulation of PeriCord dual allogeneic tissue transplantation remain. (e-biomedicine)

In an Iranian village testing a cardiovascular prevention polypill consisting of two antihypertensive drugs, a statin, and aspirin, cardiovascular events were halved at the population level. (heart)

Aucirius Pharma said its investigational AUX-001 extended the half-life of nicorandil in a first-in-human study, making it ready for a once-daily pill for chronic stable angina. .

Neither practice facilitators nor peer coaching were able to improve blood pressure control among Black patients in rural primary care practices. (JAMA Internal Medicine)

Among patients with symptomatic cardiac sarcoidosis in the Finnish registry, 14% developed end-stage heart failure within 15 years of symptom onset. (Circulation)

How feasible is it for your center to switch from CT to MRI as first-line imaging for acute ischemic stroke?stroke)

Multi-society expert consensus recommendations have been published for advanced radionuclide imaging in the evaluation of cardiovascular infections. (clinical infections)

Based on case series, focal pulsed-field ablation of accessory pathways has been shown to be promising for adults and children. (heart rhythm)

A Chinese study found that long-term cancer risk tends to be associated with persistent and worsening metabolic syndrome. (cancer)