Myocardial Infarction

PHILADELPHIA — In patients without diabetes or heart failure presenting with acute MI and impaired left ventricular function, dapagliflozin improved cardiometabolic outcomes compared with placebo, according to the DAPA-MI trial.

PHILADELPHIA — In patients with acute MI and anemia, there was no difference between liberal and restrictive transfusion strategies for the composite outcome of death and MI at 30 days, according to results of the MINT trial.

I was driving out of our cul-de-sac around 7:20 this morning, heading to work.

SAN FRANCISCO — A paclitaxel-coated balloon was superior to conventional balloon angioplasty for treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis, according to the results of the AGENT IDE trial presented at TCT 2023.

Data show CMS’ Million Hearts CVD Risk Reduction Model, which provided payments for CVD risk assessment and reduction, reduced incidence of first-time MIs and strokes over 5 years without significant changes in Medicare spending.

HONOLULU — Young patients with obstructive sleep apnea faced heightened odds for major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events if they abused drugs, according to an abstract presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Implementing sex-specific troponin thresholds for diagnosing acute MI did not significantly affect outcomes for transgender patients, researchers reported.

Researchers in South Korea showed that statin therapy for treatment-naive patients with already low LDL hospitalized for first-time stroke may reduce risk for all-cause death in the following months.

Compared with patients with type 2 MI or takotsubo syndrome, those with type 1 MI had higher in-hospital mortality rates, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

All-cause and cardiovascular mortality rates remained flat from 2006 to 2020 for people with type 1 diabetes who had a first-time myocardial infarction, despite mortality rates declining for type 2 diabetes, according to two presenters.