Population Health
March 16, 2026
Where We’ve Been, and Where We’re Going in CV Health March 16, 2026
JACC released its inaugural Cardiovascular Statistics 2026 report covering a wide spectrum of major CV risk factors and conditions, and despite the medical advancements in the last ten years, it’s clear we still have a lot of work left to do. As part of its process, JACC synthesized data from multiple national sources and evaluated […]
Cardiac Imaging
March 12, 2026
IVI or Angiography for Complex PCI Guidance? March 12, 2026
New follow-up data from the RENOVATE-COMPLEX-PCI trial suggests that intravascular imaging continues to provide better clinical outcomes for patients with complex coronary lesions five years after their PCI procedure. The RENOVATE-COMPLEX-PCI trial originally randomized 1.6k patients with complex coronary lesions to receive either IVI or angiography guided PCI and found that IVI led to a […]
Heart Failure
March 9, 2026
Barostim Boosts QoL and LVEF, but Mortality Benefit Still Unknown March 9, 2026
Strong results from two separate studies on CVRx’s Barostim baroreflex activation therapy suggest the technology might offer symptomatic relief even though its mortality benefit is still up in the air. The first of two Barostim studies discussed at THT 2026, the REBALANCE registry enrolled 435 patients with a low average baseline LVEF, mostly NYHA class […]