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• New Studies Reveal Rising Rates of HF and High Blood Pressure
  The prevalence of heart failure (HF) and hypertension, respectively, are on the rise among U.S. adults, according to two separate studies published in JACC that use data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
• ACC Survey of US Cardiologists Highlights Continued Need to Improve Professional Culture and Climate
  Cardiologists and trainees hold varied views of their professional culture and climate, with half desiring change, according to a national online survey conducted by the ACC and published in JACC.
• ACCEL Lite: ALONE-AF: Discontinuing Long-Term Oral Anticoagulation After Successful AFib Ablation
  In this interview, Dhanunjaya “DJ” Lakkireddy MBBS, FACC and Boyoung Joung, MD, PhD discuss “ALONE-AF: Discontinuing Long-Term Oral Anticoagulation After Successful AFib Ablation”.
• HRS/ACC Release Guidance For EP Ablation in ASCs
  With ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) continuing to emerge as alternatives to hospital-based care, “appropriately selected procedures in the field of cardiac electrophysiology … could increasingly shift to an ASC setting,” according to a new Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/ACC Scientific Statement providing “Guiding Principles on the Performance of Intracardiac Ablation Procedures in [ASCs].” The document outlines […]
• Olezarsen for Managing Severe Hypertriglyceridemia and Pancreatitis Risk
  CORE-TIMI 72a and CORE2-TIMI 72b trials found that olezarsen significantly reduced triglyceride levels at 6 months, as well as decreased the incidence of acute pancreatitis.