Single-Center Experience of Omitting Preprocedure Transesophageal Echo for MitraClip Patients by Ethan Korngold, MD, Kateri J. Spinelli, PhD, Michael P. Simanonok, PhD, Hsin-Fang (Grace) Li, PhD, Logan Vincent, MD, Brandon Jones, MD

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A systematic review of Randomized Controlled Trials about some non-pharmacological interventions for treatment of hypertension: Physical exercise, sodium restriction, weight and al... by Amobi Akonobi, Jawad Khan

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Treatment selection factors and outcome comparison in acute myocardial infarction by Elham Gholamian, Nasrin Hanifi, Parvin Shiri Ghidari

“…Multiple regression analysis revealed that the availability of a 24/7 operational catheterization lab and immediate access to an on-call interventional cardiologist were significant predictors of treatment selection (P< 0.05). …”
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Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement: Current Options and Future Perspectives by Guido Del Monaco, Gianluca Mincione, Alessandro Sticchi, Bernhard Reimers, Antonio Colombo, Antonio Mangieri

“…Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a potentially lethal condition and represents a significant clinical challenge both for clinical and interventional cardiologists. Traditionally managed medically and surgically, transcatheter therapies are now an emerging option, especially in patients with prohibitive surgical risk due to age or comorbidities. …”
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Anatomy-Informed Multimodal Learning for Myocardial Infarction Prediction by Ivan-Daniel Sievering, Ortal Senouf, Thabo Mahendiran, David Nanchen, Stephane Fournier, Olivier Muller, Pascal Frossard, Emmanuel Abbe, Dorina Thanou

“…<italic>Results:</italic> The results of our framework on a clinical study of 445 patients admitted with acute coronary syndromes confirms that multimodal learning increases the predictive power and achieves good performance (AUC: <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.67\pm 0.04$</tex-math></inline-formula> &amp; F1-Score: <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.36\pm 0.12$</tex-math></inline-formula>), which outperforms the prediction obtained by each modality independently as well as that of interventional cardiologists (AUC: 0.54 &amp; F1-Score: 0.18). …”
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Perceptions of Cardiovascular Healthcare Professionals Regarding Clinical Trials: A Survey-Based Study from the Middle East by Zainab Atiyah Dakhil, Hasan Ali Farhan, Mohammed Dheyaa Marsool, Mohammed Saad Qasim, Michele Peters, Jose Leal

“…Results: We surveyed n = 255 specialists (20% were women); interventional cardiologists constituted 44.7%, followed by cardiology trainees at 31%. …”
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Redo Aortic Valve Replacement After Prior Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from Western Experience by Arber Aliu, Klodiana Durici, Ira Lazo, Altin Veshti

“…This trend underscores the need for this informative article, which aims to provide insights into the risks and outcomes of aortic valve reoperations, particularly in light of efforts by interventional cardiologists to expand the indications for TAVR to younger and lower-risk patients. …”
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