SNAP Benefits and BP Meds; Post-PCI Anticoagulation Flop; CPAP’s Potential Harm

Receipt of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits was associated with better adherence to antihypertensive medications. (JAMA Network Open)

A new standard for chest protector equipment is intended to reduce the risk of commotio cordis in athletes. (Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology)

For those undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, routine postprocedural anticoagulation was of no short-term clinical benefit, a randomized trial found. (Circulation)

Routine functional testing surveillance did not improve outcomes for high-risk patients who underwent stenting for multivessel or left main coronary artery disease in the POST-PCI trial. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Areas with more bars and restaurants tended to have residents at greater risk of incident of heart failure. (Circulation: Heart Failure)

Severe maternal grief — namely related to the loss of a partner or older child or unnatural loss of a close family member — before or during pregnancy was tied to an increased risk of heart failure up to middle-age in the child. (JACC: Heart Failure)

New artificial intelligence ECG-based model better predicted out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest than a conventional ECG risk score. (Communications Medicine)

The evidence for Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement grows with 1-year results from a European registry. (JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Beware of vascular complications from left atrial appendage occlusion in people in their 80s and 90s. (EP Europace)

Five-year results of percutaneous intramyocardial septal radiofrequency ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy showed symptom improvement and better hemodynamics in a small cohort. (Heart)

Could continuous positive airway pressure therapy result in unexpected proinflammatory effects that hurt cardiovascular health? (eBioMedicine)

UChicago Medicine and one of its cardiothoracic surgeons are being sued for alleged negligence leading to the death of a 69-year-old hospital executive from surgical complications after a mitral valve annuloplasty and septal shaving. (Becker’s Hospital Review)

Two studies suggesting there is no safe air quality threshold for heart and lung health were published in the BMJ.

People with HIV may have cardiovascular risk reduction from statin therapy attributed to changes in noncalcified plaque volume, lipid oxidation, and arterial inflammation. (JAMA Cardiology)

Four genetic mutations in non-coding regions may enhance the activity of known gene variants in congenital heart disease. (Nature Genetics)

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