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• ACC Cardio-Obstetrics Member Section Advocates For Legislative Solutions to Improve Maternal Health
  Members of ACC's Reproductive Health & Cardio-Obstetrics Member Section met virtually with representatives from 11 congressional offices on May 7 to push for stronger federal action on maternal health.
• Rapid Initiation, Titration of GRMT Feasible in Patients With HFrEF
  Initiating guideline-recommended medical therapy (GRMT) in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) quickly after diagnosis is feasible in a real-world setting, according to findings from the ongoing TITRATE-HF registry ...
• OCT-Guided PCI Performs Better Than Angiographic PCI Guidance
  The use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) plus predefined algorithmic management achieved better stent implantation results than angiographic guidance when performing PCI in patients with calcified lesions...
• Is Aficamten Plus Disopyramide More Effective Than Aficamten Alone in oHCM?
  The addition of aficamten to disopyramide was effective and well-tolerated in patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM) with persistent left ventricular overflow tract (LVOT) obstruction, and the withdrawal of disopyramide did not reduce the effectiveness of aficamten...
• Significant Physician-Level Variation Persists in Contrast Volume During PCI
  There was a consistent yet modest decline in contrast volume used during PCI between 2018 and 2022, with notably less contrast in patients at high risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) and significant variation at the physician level...