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• High CAC in Young Adults Signals Higher 30-Year Mortality
  Young adults with a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score >90% face significantly higher long-term risks of all-cause, cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality, according to a CAC Consortium cohort study published Oct. 23 in JAMA Cardiology.
• RELIEVE-HF Analysis: Interatrial Shunt Safety Outcomes Differ By HF Phenotype
  Interatrial shunt implantation was mechanically reliable and durable through two years in patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF), with safety outcomes differing by phenotype, according to findings published Oct. 20 in JACC: Heart Failure.
• ICare-FASTER: Point-of-Care hs-cTnI Testing Reduces ED Time in Patients With Possible MI
  An accelerated diagnostic pathway that tested for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) at the point of care (POC) compared with core laboratory-tested hs-cTn was safe and reduced the length of stay in the emergency department (ED) in patients presenting with a possible myocardial infarction (MI)...
• Comparing Add-On Treatments For Resistant or Uncontrolled HTN
  No significant differences were identified among add-on treatments to reduce blood pressure (BP) in patients with resistant or uncontrolled hypertension, according to a meta-analysis of 35 randomized trials recently published in JACC: Advances.
• ACCEL Lite: Remote Exercise SWEDEHEART: Cross-over Trial on Cardiac Telerehabilitation
  In this episode, Nanette Kass Wenger MD, MACC and Maria Bäck, Professor, FESC discuss Remote Exercise SWEDEHEART: a cluster randomized cross-over trial on cardiac telerehabilitation.