Latest in Cardiology from ACC.org

• JACC: Advances Report Highlights Continued Sex Disparities in CV Clinical Trials
  Despite longstanding inclusion policies to increase the enrollment of women in cardiovascular clinical trials, a brief report published Sept. 25 in JACC: Advances confirms that this disparity persists, with women representing only a third of patients in the late-breaking clinical trials (LBCTs) presented at ACC.26.
• Eagle’s Eye View: ACC/AHA Joint Perioperative Guidelines; Atenolol and MACE Risk; Yoga and VPCs; DECIPHER & CMR
  In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at how the most recent perioperative guideline published in 2024 remains valid and current.
• Racial, Ethnic and Place-Based Disparities in CVD Mortality in the US
  Despite sustained declines in overall cardiovascular disease mortality in the U.S., racial, ethnic and place-based disparities persist, with mortality varying far more across counties than states, according to a county-by-cause-by-population analysis published in JACC.
• Stellate Ganglion Block Reduces POAF After CABG
  Preemptive left stellate ganglion block (SGB) was associated with a reduced incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) within five postoperative days in patients undergoing CABG with cardiopulmonary bypass, according to results from a prospective controlled trial published Sept. 29 in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.
• OCTOBER Analysis: 1-Stent vs. 2-Stent PCI in True Bifurcation Lesions
  In patients with true bifurcation lesions, clinical indication, left main coronary artery (LMCA) bifurcation and side branch (SB) disease severity were the strongest predictors of two-stent PCI, while optical coherence tomographic (OCT)-guided one-stent PCI was associated with the lowest risk for major adverse cardiovascular events...