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Olezarsen shows promise in managing familial chylomicronemia syndrome, reducing triglycerides and acute pancreatitis events.

Ersilia DeFillipis, MD, discusses a trio of studies she presented at ACC.24 examining different financial hurdles and barriers encountered by people in need of heart transplants.

An ACC.24 analysis found a decline in TTM use post-2013 TTM trial, which investigators suggest indicates a potential misinterpretation of trial findings.

Counting down the most impactful news at major medical meetings, it’s the HCPLive Five! This edition focuses on 5 updates from the American College of Cardiology 2024 (ACC.24) Annual Scientific Sessions.

Laura Ross, PA-C, sits down for a Q&A on the HeartBeet Clinic and the role of reimbursable group visits in cardiovascular disease management and education.

A retrospective analysis of EHR data from ACC.24 provides insight into the effects of ARNI relative to ACEi/ARB in patients with newly diagnosed heart failure and an LVEF greater than 40%.

Safia Chatur, MD, discusses the results of a PARADIGM-HF analysis at ACC.24 examining the effects of ARNI use across the updated 2024 KDIGO Risk Classifications.

Ankeet Bhatt, MD, MBA, discusses a NUDGE-FLU analysis from ACC.24 examining effect of the CV gain-framed nudge in patients with and without history of AMI.

Ahmad Masri, MD, MS, discusses a study from ACC.24 examining trends in incidence and outcomes of emergency department visits related to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from 2006 to 2019.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, MPH, MBA, provides a recap of top trials and new data from the American College of Cardiology's 2024 Annual Scientific Session.

A study on a web app for nonprescription statin therapy shows high concordance with clinician assessment, with 84.5% of participants achieving LDL-C reduction of 20% or more.

José López, MD, discusses a case series from ACC.24 related to leadless pacemaker extraction and reimplantation.

Martin Maron, MD, discusses the results of the IMPROVE-HCM trial and how it informs the community on the potential of ninerafaxstat.

Christie Ballantyne, MD, discusses data from the SHASTA-2 trial and how it informs the community on the potential of plozasiran in management of severe hypertriglyceridemia.

Veraprapas Kittipibul, MD, discusses an analysis of the TRANSFORM-HF trial at ACC.24.

Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, discusses a presentation from ACC.24 assessing the effects of dapagliflozin across a range of left ventricular hypertrophy from DELIVER.

REDUCE-AMI concluded beta-blockers show no significant benefit following myocardial infarction among patients with normal left ventricular ejection fraction

Plozasiran demonstrates a 74% reduction in triglyceride levels at 24 weeks in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia in the phase 2b SHASTA-2 trial.

Veraprapas Kittipibul, MD, discusses a study examining costs associated with heart failure hospitalization among patients with HFrEF or HFpEF from within the GWTG-HF registry.

The STEP HFpEF DM trial at ACC.24 shows significant improvements in symptoms among patients with obesity-related HFpEF and diabetes mellitus.

New data from a phase 3b trial presented at ACC.24 underlines the potential of inclisiran in reducing LDL-C levels among patients with ASCVD.

In this ACC.24 episode of Don't Miss a Beat, hosts are joined by Javed Butler, MD, for a breakdown of the EMPACT-MI trial.

CSL112 infusion did not reduce major cardiovascular events at 90 days but further analysis suggests patients with elevated LDL-C levels could derive significant benefit.

Results of EMPACT-MI suggest use of empagliflozin was not associated with a statistically significant reduction in a composite of death and heart failure hospitalization.

In this post-AAD interview, Cohen discusses his contribution to the presentation titled ‘Psoriasis: Modern Therapeutic Approaches.’

Join us April 01 on Twitter for a pre-meeting Tweet chat ahead of the American College of Cardiology's 2024 annual meeting!

New data suggest children with atopic dermatitis and comorbid ADHD are nearly 3 times more likely to struggle with memory compared to those with just ADHD.

In this post-AAD 2024 interview, Stein Gold commented on her team’s two recent sub-analyses of the phase 4 IMMpulse studies on risankizumab for psoriasis.