Cardiology

Greg Duck, PA-C shared insights from his CAPP 2024 presentation on tailoring medical management and effective treatment of methamphetamine-induced cardiomyopathy.

Bob Ross, PA-C, shares expert insights on early PAD detection, updated guidelines, and practical tools to improve vascular health outcomes from CAPP 2024.

David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD, and Michael S. Conte, MD discuss Phase 2 results on anatomically directed lower extremity gene therapy for ulcer healing.

Amgen’s MariTide achieved up to 20% average weight loss at 52 weeks without hitting a plateau in individuals with obesity or overweight.

The FDA set the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date for the investigational RNAi therapeutic as March 23, 2025.

With approval, acoramaidis becomes the first agent with a label specifying near-complete stabilization of TTR.

Birgit Vogel, MD discusses racial inequities and geographic variations in peripheral artery disease care in the United States.

Milind Desai, MD describes favorable real-world safety outcomes from mavacamten use over 22 months of the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) program.

Ahmad Masri, MD, MS, discusses data from the FOREST-HCM trial examining effects of aficamten in patients with oHCM eligible for septal reduction therapy at baseline.

Ahmad Masri, MD, MS, discusses a study from AHA 2024 detailing changing risk profiles and outcomes in trials among patients with ATTR-CM.

Stephen Nicholls, MBBS, PhD, provides additional insight into KRAKEN trial data and the potential of muvalaplin.

Marianna Fontana, MD, PhD discusses Phase 1 interim results on the CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy, nex-z, for ATTR-CM.

Stephen J. Nicholls, MD, PhD discusses the robust efficacy and tolerability of zerlasiran for Lp(a) lowering, paving the way for Phase 3 development.

Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, discusses the need for cardiology to embrace a role for GLP-1 receptor agonists and incretin therapies, with a focus on obesity-related HFpEF.

Viet Le, PA-C, DMSc, breaks down new data and updates from AHA 24, spotlighting 3 specific trials and the applicability of artificial intelligence in care.

Muvalaplin, an oral treatment, reduced Lp(a) by up to 85% in a 12-week Phase 2 trial presented at AHA 2024.

Marianna Fontana, MD, PhD describes the prognostic importance of a decline in eGFR in a retrospective cohort of patients with ATTR-CM.

Zerlasiran reduced Lp(a) by over 90% at 60 weeks with consistent efficacy and no serious drug-related adverse events, supporting its phase 3 trial progression.

More than half of US adults—approximately 137 million—are candidates for semaglutide based on diabetes, weight management, or cardiovascular prevention indications.

A nasal spray form of bumetanide reduced tissue swelling from heart failure as effectively as the oral and intravenous formulations.

Sacubitril/valsartan reduced the risk of heart damage among high-risk cancer patients treated with anthracycline chemotherapy agents.

Orly Vardeny, PharmD, MS, discusses the management and monitoring of hyperkalemia among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction using finerenone.

Christian. T. Ruff, MD, MPH describes an analysis of AZALEA-TIMI 71 demonstrating the substantial benefit of abelacimab on bleeding outcomes in patients on antiplatelet therapy.

Ankeet Bhatt, MD, MBA, ScM, provides additional insight into NUDGE-FLU data he presented at AHA 2024.

Electronic messages highlighting cardiovascular benefits of flu shots increased vaccination rates by 1.8% in heart attack survivors.

Barry A. Borlaug, MD describes the beneficial effect of tirzepatide on circulatory pressure-volume overload and end-organ damage in patients with HFpEF and obesity.

An IV infusion of exenatide during cardiac surgeries involving bypass did not significantly benefit mortality or organ injury compared with placebo.

Oussama Wazni, MD, discusses the results of the OPTION trial examining LAAC in atrial fibrillation as well as its reception as AHA 2024.

Obesity-related ischemic heart disease deaths rose from 1999 to 2020, particularly in middle-aged men and Black adults, per CDC WONDER data.

A single dose of nex-z achieved consistent and rapid reductions in serum TTR levels over 12 months of follow-up in patients with ATTR-CM.