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SCAI Scientific Sessions 2025 to Feature Presentations on TAVR, PAD and PE 

DAIC

Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

TAVR 52
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Top 10: Must-reads from the Month of May

DAIC

New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies 4. Patent Covering the Use of Levosimendan in Pulmonary Hypertension with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (PH-HFpEF) 10. Tenax Therapeutics Announces New U.S.

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Education and cardiovascular diseases: a Mendelian randomization study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Specifically, this genetic factor was found to lower the risk of type 2 diabetes by 46.5%, coronary heart disease by 37.5%, ischemic stroke by 35.4%, cardiac-related mortality by 28.6%, heart failure by 28.2%, transient ischemic attack by 24%, atrial fibrillation by 15.2%, peripheral artery disease by 0.3%, and hypertension by 0.3%.

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Focus on Intervention | SCAI 2024: Six Takeaways For Practice

American College of Cardiology

Here are my takeaways for what's likely to affect practice in the short and medium-term.

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New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

DAIC

A new joint guideline from the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and nine other medical societies reports early diagnosis and treatment of peripheral artery disease is essential to improve outcomes and reduce amputation risk, heart attack, stroke and death for people with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD).

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Finerenone, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction: A prespecified analysis of the FINEARTS‐HF trial

European Journal of Heart Failure

The beneficial effects of finerenone in patients with heart failure (HF) and mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction were consistent, regardless of a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) status. BMI, body mass index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide.

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Long‐Term Outcomes of Peripheral Artery Disease in Veterans: Analysis of the Peripheral Artery Disease Long‐Term Survival Study (PEARLS)

Journal of the American Heart Association

Prevalence of hypertension (86.6%), heart failure (22.7%), diabetes (54.8%), chronic kidney disease (23.6%), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (35.4%) was high. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. A majority of patients were current (27.1%) or former (30.0%) smokers. At 1 year, 9.4%