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• Eagle’s Eye View: ACC Updated Expect Consensus Decision Pathway on HFpEF
  In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at a post-hoc analysis of the API-CAT trial that showed recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) is uncommon but associated with poor short-term survival of patients with cancer-associated thrombosis.
• Indexing Ascending Aortic Dimensions to Height vs. Absolute Diameter to Identify High-Risk Patients
  Indexing ascending aortopathy (AA) to height better identifies patients, especially women, who could benefit from earlier surgery rather than absolute diameters, according to a recent study published in JACC: Advances.
• Higher TAVR Volume Associated With Lower Complications, Not Lower Failure to Rescue Rates | NCDR Study
  Higher annualized TAVR volume is associated with lower complication rates but not with lower failure to rescue (FTR) rates, according to a recent study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.
• OPTIMA-AF: 1-Month vs. 12-Month Dual Antithrombotic Therapy Post PCI
  Only one month of dual antithrombotic therapy followed by direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) monotherapy proved to be noninferior in terms of efficacy and superior in terms of bleeding outcomes to the standard 12-month dual antithrombotic therapy post PCI among patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to results of the OPTIMA-AF trial published July 15 in […]
• ACCEL Lite: Top Practice-Changing Advancements in Echocardiography Since ACC.25 
  In this interview, Steven E. Nissen MD, MACC David H. Wiener, MD, FACC discuss practice-changing advancements in echocardiography.