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FXI Inhibitor Cuts Bleeds in Afib; COAPT Extends to Real World; AI Stroke Triage

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Cardio Break over a computer rendering of a heart.

People who were tended to also be at higher risk of cardiometabolic disease. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

Early real-world experience at a Dutch lipid clinic suggests than what was seen in clinical trials. (Journal of Clinical Lipidology)

PCSK9 inhibitor therapy led some people to . (Journal of the American Heart Association)

Healthy meals do not offset the cardiometabolic ills of , an observational study finds. (European Journal of Nutrition)

Anthos Therapeutics announced that , a factor XI inhibitor, reduced major bleeding compared with rivaroxaban (Xarelto) in the AZALEA-TIMI 71 trial of people with atrial fibrillation (Afib).

Weight gain was tied to a greater risk of incident Afib, whereas compared with stable weight over 5 years. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

In people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, predicted sudden cardiac death and worsening heart failure. (Clinical Cardiology)

Roughly one in three Danish children with congenital heart disease (CHD) by their 18th birthday. (Circulation)

Postpartum CHD patients may have predicted by two risk scales. (Open Heart)

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force finalized its B-level recommendation for .

Another study shows aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection is not associated with . (European Heart Journal)

Perceived hard work with was associated with coronary heart disease. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes)

The safety and effectiveness of was affirmed by the COAPT post-approval study. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

For acute stroke triage, improved in-hospital workflows and reduced delays to thrombectomy treatment. (JAMA Neurology)

correlated with better poststroke outcomes among resident stroke survivors in one Texas county. (Stroke)

Medicare plans to pay hospital-owned outpatient clinics more than physician offices for . (STAT)

In Denmark, surveyed cardiac arrest survivors reported up to 20 years later. (JAMA Cardiology)

European regulators are losing patience waiting for cardiovascular safety data for weight-loss drug and will now conduct their own review.

Denver cardiologist Stephen Matthews, MD, is as he faces dozens of felony charges related to sexual assault. (CBS News)

Scientists discovered how nitric oxide, with its very short half-life, moves through the bloodstream to . (Nature Chemical Biology)

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    Nicole Lou is a reporter for ľֱ, where she covers cardiology news and other developments in medicine.