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Global stress myocardial blood flow (MBF) and perfusion reserve (MPR) derived from perfusion mapping cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) are independently predictive of adverse outcomes in patients with prior coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), reports a study.

Acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) patients receiving blood pressure (BP)-lowering treatment with renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors before the index event exhibit less severe stroke and develop intracranial haemorrhage less frequently compared with those on non-RAS inhibitors prior to stroke, according to a study.

Recipients of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) usually develop haemorrhagic events, which may lead to excess mortality, according to a recent study. While gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is the most common, intracranial haemorrhages are most strongly associated with death.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with the SAPIEN 3 valve is a more cost-effective alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who are at low risk of surgical mortality, a recent Italy study has found.

The primary repair (PR) approach to managing neonates with symptomatic tetralogy of Fallot (sTOF) results in lower costs than that for staged repair (SR), a study has shown.

The electronic health record (EHR) score has improved prediction and reclassification for coronary artery disease (CAD), exhibiting its capacity for population health monitoring of short-term CAD risk in large health systems, reveals a recent study.

The atrial fibrillation (AF) screening tool, MyDiagnostick, demonstrates comparable sensitivity and specificity with manual pulse checking, validated across studies performed in a multiethnic Asian population, according to a Singapore study. Of note, AF prevalence in this cohort is similar to that in other countries.