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Impaired left atrial (LA) function, particularly atrial electromechanical dissociation (AEMD), appears to increase the risk of cerebrovascular events in patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), suggests a study.

Adherence to healthy dietary patterns improves long-term survival after a myocardial infarction (MI), as shown in a study with more than 15 years of follow-up.

Singapore’s ageing population and growing burden of chronic disease are seen to propel the prevalence of polypharmacy, which has been shown to be significantly associated with age and type of care setting, according to a study.

Catheter ablation does not appear to be superior to a sham procedure in terms of improving atrial fibrillation (AF)-related quality of life, according to the PVI-SHAM-AF study.

A transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI)-first strategy is noninferior to the standard percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)-first approach in terms of clinical outcomes at 1 year in patients with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD), according to the TAVI PCI trial presented at ESC 2026.

Low-voltage zone ablation, when performed in addition to pulmonary vein isolation, helps improve rhythm outcomes and health-related quality of life in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) and significant low-voltage zones, according to the IDEAL-AF trial.

Women with pre-eclampsia face a heightened risk of subsequent kidney disease within the first postpartum year when compared with those whose pregnancies are complicated by gestational hypertension, as shown in a retrospective study.

At the recent European Congress on Obesity (ECO) 2026, held in Istanbul, Türkiye, researchers presented the results of a new post-hoc analysis of the STEP UP trial. The analysis revealed that a subset of patients in the semaglutide 2.4 mg arm experienced significant weight loss of almost 25%.