Cardiovascular Disease
February 3, 2025
Cardiovascular Disease and Deaths On the Rise February 3, 2025
Another year, another AHA report reasserting heart disease’s dominance as the number one killer in the United States, and the latest data shows that this trend is still gaining momentum. Four years after that goal’s due date, the burden of CVD in the U.S. is at an all time high, with 942k cardiovascular disease-related deaths […]
Structural Heart
January 30, 2025
Why Mechanical AVR Valves Still Matter January 30, 2025
A presentation at this year’s Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) conference suggests mechanical valves might lead to better survival compared to bioprosthetic valves in patients aged 60 or younger undergoing SAVR even though it seems like they’re going out of style. Researchers examined STS registry data on ~109k patients ages 40 to 75 years who […]
Pharmaceuticals
January 27, 2025
Abelacimab Stops Bleeding, But Stroke Impact Uncertain January 27, 2025
Anthos Therapeutics published the full results of its Phase 2 AZALEA-TIMI 71 trial for its novel Factor XI inhibitor, abelacimab, confirming the drug’s lower bleeding risks, but leaving researchers uncertain about its ability to prevent stroke in AFib patients. To see if abelacimab was a safer alternative, researchers randomized 1,287 AFib patients at risk of […]
