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Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering notable publications spanning advanced risk stratification in heart failure and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, anticoagulation strategies in mechanical circulatory support, and the clinical n… This week's papers: 1. Standard-dose unfractionated heparin versus low-dose unfractionated heparin and low-molecular-weight heparin in extracorporea...

Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we are covering eight notable papers spanning major updates in heart failure definitions, evolving antithrombotic and antiplatelet strategies, and precision cardio-oncology. Let us dive in. We begin with… This week's papers: 1. AHA/ACC/ESC/WHF Expert Consensus Document: Second Universal Definition of Heart Failure (2026) — European Heart Journal 2026 2...

Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 9 notable papers spanning advanced heart failure management, novel interventional strategies for hypertension and arrhythmias, and critical updates in preventive cardiology and cardiovascul… This week's papers: 1. Interaction of heart failure with chronic kidney disease, liver disease and cancer: the need for systems cardiology. — Europe...

Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 9 notable papers spanning interventional cardiology and device updates, strategies for optimizing medical therapy and risk stratification, and a look at managing special populations with un… This week's papers: 1. Defining Cardiovascular Endpoints in Oncology Trials: Challenges and Opportunities: A Scientific Statement From the American...

Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 9 notable papers spanning major advances in cardio-renal protection, new strategies for secondary prevention in atherosclerotic disease, and fresh insights into the lifelong management of s… This week's papers: 1. Effects of SGLT2 inhibition on incident heart failure in carriers of cardiomyopathy-associated genetic variants. — Nature med...

Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning the optimization of medical therapy for atherosclerotic disease, the expanding role of finerenone in chronic kidney disease, new insights from advanced imaging an… This week's papers: 1. P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy after abbreviated dual antiplatelet therapy following percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-...

Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning heart failure management, new insights into antithrombotic and lipid-lowering drugs, important findings in arrhythmia, and the practicalities of clinical practice… This week's papers: 1. Adverse Effects and Treatment Discontinuation of Blood Pressure-Lowering Drugs and Combinations: A Network Meta-Analysis. — J...

Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning critical care and resuscitation, new insights into cardiomyopathies and vascular disease, and a look at the future of therapy from the world of basic science. Let… This week's papers: 1. Ambient fine particulate matter exposure and prognosis in patients with valvular heart disease. — Heart 2026 2. Coronary micr...

Welcome to This Week in Cardiology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning heart failure management, advances in structural and rhythm disorders, and new strategies in prevention. Let's dive in. [PAUSE] Our first theme is the managemen… This week's papers: 1. Contemporary Management of Acute Heart Failure: From Emergency Presentation to Long-Term Remission. — Journal of the American C...