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• Advancing Equity in Maternal Cardiovascular Care From Pregnancy Through the Fourth Trimester and Beyond: Lessons from ACC.26
  Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the leading causes of death in pregnant patients in the United States, with persistent and widening disparities across racial, socioeconomic, and geographic lines.
• DISCO, LAACS-2, PRAGUE-26, HeartRunner: Insights on Cardiac Arrest, PE, and Surgical Outcomes
  Hot Line studies from ESC Congress 2026 highlight the complexity of improving cardiovascular outcomes, with new evidence refining the role of immediate coronary angiography after cardiac arrest, identifying which patients benefit from left atrial appendage (LAA) closure during cardiac surgery, advancing treatment options for pulmonary embolism (PE), and questioning the impact of community first-responder activation […]
• Analyses Examine mAFP Costs, Compare Mortality With PCI vs. CABG
  Two studies presented at ESC Congress 2026, and published in JACC offer new insights into the costs and long-term outcomes of cardiovascular therapies, with one analysis examining hospital costs associated with microaxial flow pump (mAFP) therapy and another assessing 20-year all-cause mortality after PCI vs. CABG.
• CorCal Outcomes, EVAOLD, ISOLEDS Inform CV Risk Prediction, Post-MI Treatment and Stenting Strategies
  Cardiovascular prevention, acute care and interventional cardiology converged in a wide-ranging Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2026 that delivered new evidence on how clinicians assess risk, treat older heart attack patients and guide complex coronary procedures.
• Temperature Extremes Can Increase Risk of HF Hospitalization
  Heart failure (HF) hospitalization risk increases after short-term exposure to cold spells, lower ambient temperatures and higher ambient temperatures, according to a study presented at ESC Congress 2026 and simultaneously published in JACC.