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Top 10: Must-reads from the Month of May

DAIC

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Becomes First Hospital in the Northeast to Adopt Advanced Robotic Technology for Heart Treatment 5. Scientists Suggest a New Method for Diagnosing Heart Diseases 6. Weight Loss Drug Linked with Reduced Need for Diuretics in Heart Failure Patients 7. Tenax Therapeutics Announces New U.S.

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Corvia atrial shunt system: Mean LA pressure reduction device in HFpEF

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Lowering the raised LA mean pressure is a major therapeutic goal in any severely symptomatic left heart disease, whether it is valvular or myocardial disease. Atrial Shunt Device Effects on Cardiac Structure and Function in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: The REDUCE LAP-HF II Randomized Clinical Trial.

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American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

DAIC

24: Joint American College of Cardiology/Journal of the American College of Cardiology Late-Breaking Clinical Trials (Session 402) Saturday, April 6 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

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Semaglutide Leads to Greater Weight Loss in Women than Men with HF, Improves HF Symptoms in Both Sexes

DAIC

The analysis sought to determine whether phenotypic features and treatment effects of semaglutide vary by sex in obesity-related heart failure ( HF ) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Our study sheds light on these differences and the consistent benefits of semaglutide for women and men.”

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Expert Perspective: The Obesity Paradox with Salvatore Carbone, PhD

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

There are significant data that show that if you have obesity, you have a high risk of developing coronary heart disease, heart failure, type 2 diabetes (T2D) or risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. [1] Lean mass abnormalities in heart failure: the role of sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity and cachexia.”

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Characterizing Heart Failure Across the Spectrum of the Preserved Ejection Fraction: Does Heart Failure With Supranormal Ejection Fraction Exist? Data From the Swedish Heart Failure Registry

Journal of the American Heart Association

The risk of allcause and noncardiovascular mortality and first allcause hospitalization was higher with EF values >55% in crude but not adjusted analyses.ConclusionsAmong patients with HF with preserved EF, 21% had EF 60%.