Got something special in the mail this weekend ;) And I’ve already read through a quarter of Shelley Wood (she/her)’s latest novel. It’s obvious that this is going to be one that will leave me missing it when I’m done. #theleapyeargeneofkitmckinley

A novel, school-based intervention to prevent childhood obesity has the potential to lower abdominal adiposity measurements, with earlier initiation of the program producing more substantial improvements over time, says a new, randomized study from Spain. tctmd.com/news/schoolwid…

Children who live in cities with excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages tend to have lower BMI than those who live in cities that do not have such taxes, according to new data from California. tctmd.com/news/taxes-sug… Deborah Rohm Young Kaiser Permanente Research

Enjoying the #Olympics? Read Michael O'Riordan's story about what goes into making sure the athlete's are in good cardiovascular shape before competition. tctmd.com/news/olympic-h…

Using AI to produce patient-friendly echocardiogram reports might help save time and alleviate confusion around the findings before patients have had a chance to speak with their clinician, according to new data. tctmd.com/news/chatgpt-g… Lior Jankelson Rohan Khera Shaan Khurshid

Mortality has substantially dropped over the past two decades for children awaiting a heart transplant, but still one in eight die while on the wait list, according to an analysis of US data. tctmd.com/news/fewer-kid… William F Parker, MD, PhD

New on the TCTMD Fellow Talk blog: Cardiothoracic surgery resident Veronica Toro (Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai) explores what she's learned from rowing in the #Olympics and how that can help her in training. tctmd.com/news/what-rowi…

The results confirm that advances in GDMT and PCI have been successful in improving patient outcomes following MI but also suggest that use of ICDs may no longer be appropriate for primary prevention, the study’s authors say. james tctmd.com/news/sudden-de…

Early insight into the #TriClip commercial experience around the US. Much thanks to Dr. Gilbert Tang Bruce Rutkin MD / [email protected] Kashish Goel Brandon Jones, MD and hospital PR folks who helped me navigate thunderstorms and dropped calls. tctmd.com/news/initial-u…

“Especially as more and more women are going into cardiology, I think we're realizing it's a bigger issue,” Leila Haghighat, MD MPhil said. tctmd.com/news/pregnant-… Manzo-Silberman Stephane Ann Marie Navar

Or how they haven't...

The results suggest it may be feasible to apply the scoring in clinical practice as a way of gauging where HFrEF patients are vs where they should be with OMT. Vishal Rao Gregg Fonarow MD #HF #HFrEF tctmd.com/news/scoring-s…

Decision-making in cardiology—specifically the choice to send a patient to either surgery or a percutaneous intervention—may one day be successfully aided by AI, according to a small, proof-of-concept study. tctmd.com/news/hey-chatg…

Negotiated prices for the first 10 drugs selected for review by the Biden-Harris Administration were revealed Thursday by CMSGov, representing the first time the US government has reached such an agreement with drug manufacturers. tctmd.com/news/cms-annou…

Even after stopping treatment with the novel siRNA olpasiran, patients experience sustained lowering of lipoprotein(a) for almost 1 year, according to new phase II data from OCEAN(a)-DOSE. tctmd.com/news/lpa-still… Michelle O'Donoghue Anurag Mehta

Rivaroxaban’s effect on the primary endpoint was not modified by #frailty status. Marc Bonaca MD MPH Mario Enrico Canonico #PAD tctmd.com/news/new-data-…

Lp(a) remained low almost 1️⃣ year since last olpasiran injection, according to a recent study in #JACC. Lead author @DrM_Odonoghue discussed the findings with Yael L. Maxwell: bit.ly/4dupcbp TCTMD

Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery, women are less likely than men to develop postop AF after adjustment for other relevant factors, but long-term mortality is higher for those women who do, according to new data. tctmd.com/news/af-after-… Sergey Karamnov Katie Wagner, MD MSc

“Hopefully we can do the right test for the right patient under the right circumstances and do so in a responsible and a cost-effective way," says writing committee chair John U. Doherty, MD. tctmd.com/news/appropria… American College of Cardiology

"We realized that using case vignettes would help clinicians see the practical applications of the guidance that is being provided here." Geoff Barnes Marc Bonaca MD MPH #PAD tctmd.com/news/scientifi…