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• Intensive BP Control Provides Net Benefit Between Fewer CV and More Adverse Events
  Intensive blood pressure (BP) control compared with standard BP control offers a net benefit between the decrease in cardiovascular events and increase in adverse events, including kidney-related events, according to a meta-analysis published Sept. 6 in The Lancet.
• Partial Heart Transplant Viable Option For Children With Congenital Valve Disease
  Partial heart transplant provides a safe and effective valve replacement alterative with the capacity for valve growth in children with congenital heart disease, decreasing the need for reoperation, according to a small retrospective study published Aug. 27 in JAMA.
• Clopidogrel Superior to Aspirin For Prevention of MACCE in Patients With CAD
  Clopidogrel monotherapy is superior to aspirin monotherapy for prevention of major adverse cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events (MACCE) without increasing major bleeding risk and supports the use of clopidogrel over aspirin for secondary prevention in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)...
• Research at ASE 2025: AI in Echocardiography, Baseline LV Health and Early TAVR, More
  Research exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in automating echocardiographic measurements, the impact of baseline left ventricular (LV) health on the benefit of early TAVR, and aortic regurgitation (AR) following use of percutaneous transaortic LV assist devices (pLAVD) was presented at ASE 2025 from Sept. 5-7 and simultaneously published in JACC and JACC: Cardiovascular […]
• Nonatherothrombotic MI Events, SCAD in Younger Patients More Common Among Women
  Nonatherothrombotic causes of myocardial infarction (MI) events, especially spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), were more common in younger women than younger men, according to a community-based study published Sept. 15 in JACC.