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Tragus Stimulation for High BP; House Passes HEARTS Act; Risk in Pregnancy Surrogacy

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Cardio Break over a computer rendering of a heart.

Noninvasive, low‐level modestly reduced blood pressure (BP) in relatively healthy people with grade 1 hypertension. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

The House passed the , which would support CPR and automated external defibrillator training in schools. Now the bipartisan bill is headed to the Senate.

The PREVENT risk calculator can be to be more accurate for local populations. (JAMA Cardiology)

face a higher risk of hypertension and other adverse pregnancy outcomes compared with women who carry their own pregnancies. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Central and obstructive apnea are highly prevalent and predictive of mortality in those with . (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

Following a positive opinion by a European regulatory body, expectations are building that the FDA will approve an expanded indication for . (Barron's)

A nationwide report found opportunities for for heart failure. (Circulation: Heart Failure)

Sustained ventricular arrhythmias occurring during the were predictive of recurrent arrhythmias and 1-year mortality. (European Heart Journal)

People with existing pacemakers did not clinically benefit from , though site type may matter based on the OPT-PACE trial. (Nature Medicine)

A global study found a due in part to increasing contributions from preventable environmental, metabolic, and behavioral risk factors. (Lancet Neurology)

Daily may help stabilize aortic growth in patients with Marfan syndrome. (Heart)

Researchers report good results from decades of at Boston Children's Hospital. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Congenital heart disease occurs disproportionately more often among people , according to research highlighted by the American College of Cardiology.

In patients with type 2 diabetes and cancer, use of SGLT2 inhibitors was linked with a lower risk of , a retrospective study showed. (JACC: CardioOncology)

For pulmonary arterial hypertension, to double therapy was associated with reduced hospitalization and disease progression. (JAMA Network Open)

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