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The extent of extravalvular cardiac damage at baseline and its change at 1 year provide significant prognostic implications in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR), suggests a study.

Asians with atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (AFL) do well with dronedarone, which lowers the risk of hospitalization for cardiovascular (CV) events or death from any cause to a similar extent as in non-Asian patients from the ATHENA trial, according to the results of a post hoc analysis.

An inverse, independent, and graded association exists between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and mortality risk across the spectra of age, sex, and race, a recent study has found. In addition, there is no risk increase seen among extremely fit individuals.

Applying a stringent salt intake restriction does not appear to be beneficial to patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), with a recent study showing that such an approach rather worsens the prognosis of these patients.

Menopausal hormone therapy with conjugated equine estrogen appears to confer a heightened risk of developing haemorrhagic stroke among postmenopausal women as compared with the use of estradiol, as reported in a retrospective cohort study.