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• First Look: CMMI Proposes Ambulatory Specialty Model For HF
  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule, which includes the CMS Innovation Center’s (CMMI’s) proposal for a mandatory five-year Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM).
• Novel DCD Techniques: Rapid Recovery With Extended Ultraoxygenated Preservation; Pediatric On-Table Reanimation
  Donation after circulatory death (DCD) without thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion or commercial ex situ perfusion systems is possible using a novel technique – rapid recovery with extended ultraoxygenated preservation (REUP)...
• Can CMR With Extracellular Volume Mapping Assess ATTR-CM Treatment Response?
  Among patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) with extracellular volume mapping may track changes in cardiac amyloid burden and treatment response over time, according to a study published July 11 in EHJ.
• Long-Term Risk of Infective Endocarditis Significantly Higher For MV Replacement vs. Repair
  Mitral valve (MV) replacement is associated with a 3.5-fold higher long-term risk of infective endocarditis compared with MV repair and with patients at moderate risk of infective endocarditis, according to a study published July 11 in EHJ.
• BAV-0 Associated With Better Long-Term Prognosis in Patients With Severe AS Undergoing TAVR
  Compared with tricuspid aortic valves (TAV) and bicuspid aortic valves type 1 (BAV-1; 1 raphe), BAV type 0 (BAV-0; no raphe) was associated with a better long-term prognosis among patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) undergoing TAVR procedures...