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Most childhood cancer survivors are not up to date on guideline-recommended screening for late effects of cancer treatment or second malignancies, according to study results.

Any doctor seeing patients has had to field questions unrelated to their specialty.

Tailored ablation guided by AI was linked to better 1-year outcomes than pulmonary vein isolation alone for patients with persistent atrial fibrillation, according to the results of the TAILORED-AF trial presented at Heart Rhythm 2024.

In a real-world registry of patients with atrial fibrillation treated with a pulsed field ablation catheter, the system was associated with favorable 30-day outcomes, researchers reported at Heart Rhythm 2024.

A system including a leadless pacemaker and a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator that wirelessly communicate with each other was safe in patients at risk for fatal ventricular arrhythmias at 6 months, researchers reported.

Adults with obesity lost 10.2% of their body weight at 4 years with the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide, according to an analysis of data from the SELECT trial.

An umbrella review of 2 decades of research showed that vegan and vegetarian diets were associated with a greater lipid profile and reduced risk for cancer and death.

In this Healio video exclusive, J. Dawn Abbott, MD, FSCAI, and James B. Hermiller, MD, MSCAI, discuss the impactful research and highlights from the 2024 Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement was associated with similar long-term mortality and stroke risk vs. surgery for severe aortic stenosis, but with greater risk for pacemaker implant with self-expanding TAVR valves, a speaker reported.

For athletes with arrhythmias, the return-to-play decision should be individualized based on appropriate risk assessment and treatment and the shared decision-making process should be used, according to a new expert statement.