Stent Graft Recall; Asians on DOACs; Lean Muscle and Cardiometabolic Risk

RelayPro thoracic stent grafts from Bolton Medical have failed in some cases, leading to an urgent recall.

Medtronic’s Mosaic Neo mitral valve bioprosthesis was FDA approved for implantation through sternotomy, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and robotic access.

For bioprosthetic mitral valve degeneration, there were tradeoffs in upfront versus long-term outcomes regarding the choice of redo surgical mitral valve replacement or valve‐in‐valve transcatheter mitral valve replacement. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

Candidates for transcatheter aortic valve replacement had the greatest prevalence of bicuspid anatomy in India (43%). (Heart)

Among people with atrial fibrillation, Asians had particularly good safety and efficacy outcomes on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) as opposed to warfarin, a meta-analysis found. (European Heart Journal)

Breast artery calcification detected on routine mammograms was predictive of long-term major adverse cardiovascular events, according to a retrospective cohort study. (JACC: Advances)

Sudden death was rarely caused by pulmonary embolism in U.S. college athletes, a registry showed, while sudden cardiac death was much more common. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

A new polygenic risk score from Mass General Brigham evaluates an individual’s inherited risk for eight common cardiovascular conditions.

The Clotild Smart Guidewire had promising first-in-human results for distinguishing and characterizing clots from within the occluded brain vessel during stroke thrombectomy. (Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery)

The LVOne finger-prick blood test for stroke is launching in London ambulances. (The Times)

A healthy person’s intermuscular fat and lean muscle mass, quantified from MRI, was associated with blood pressure, lipids, and blood sugar levels. (Radiology)

Whether the myocardial flow reserve (MFR) is focally or diffusely impaired was more informative than global MFR on PET imaging. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging)

It took about 16 months from an initial heart failure diagnosis to a subsequent diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis among Medicare enrollees. (JAMA Cardiology)

Nuwellis highlighted a case study showing the feasibility of its Aquadex therapeutic ultrafiltration to treat a child with chemotherapy-induced dilated cardiomyopathy and recurrent fluid overload.