Surgeries & Interventions
March 10, 2025
TAVR Long Term Outcomes Trump Surgery March 10, 2025
A new JACC study highlighted the long term benefits of TAVR using the Evolut valve (Medtronic) compared to surgical AVR when it comes to avoiding bioprosthetic valve dysfunction (BVD). Pitting data from the two techniques head-to-head, researchers examined 5.6k patients from the US High Risk Pivotal and SURTAVI randomized controlled trials, finding that TAVR patients […]
Cardiology Policy
March 6, 2025
ABMS Rejects Independent CV Board, Doesn’t Explain Why March 6, 2025
In a move that could mark a serious setback for independent cardiology certification, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) denied the joint ACC/AHA/HRS/SCAI/HFSA request to launch a new American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine. Pushing for independence since 2023, the new American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine would have been completely independent of the ABIM and […]
Cardiology Pharmaceuticals
March 3, 2025
Better Understanding Finerenone’s HF Impact March 3, 2025
Finerenone (Bayer’s Kerendia) seems to be the gift that keeps on giving, and we can now add the ability to reduce worsening HF events in patients on diuresis to its growing list of benefits thanks to a new JAMA substudy of the FINEARTS-HF trial. Diving deeper into the data from the FINEARTS-HF trial, researchers found […]
