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• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Excess COVID-19 Deaths
  What is an estimate of US excess deaths by racial and ethnic group during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic?
• Reduction of Cardiovascular Events With Icosapent Ethyl–Intervention Trial
  The goal of the REDUCE-IT trial was to assess the safety and benefit of icosapent ethyl compared with placebo in reducing cardiovascular (CV) events among patients with high triglycerides (TGs).
• Impact of Amiodarone on Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
  Despite its multiple well-described side effects, amiodarone remains the drug of choice for arrhythmias refractory to the other antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD).
• Intensive Blood Pressure Management in the STEP Trial: A Geriatric Cardiology Perspective
  The three largest and most important anti-hypertension trials that addressed the benefits of a more intensive systolic blood pressure (SBP) goal of ≤ 120 mm Hg were: ACCORD.
• Guest Editorial | Reviving Public Trust in Science
  I learned about trust in science around the dinner table, on the hallway phone, and in the driveway. My dad was a family practitioner, the only doctor for several counties in rural Arkansas.