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• ACC.26 Consumer Science: Screen Time, Alcohol and CV Risk, Exercise Timing and More
  From screen time and alcohol choices to vaccination and blood pressure trends, new research being presented at ACC.26 highlights how everyday behaviors and preventive care can significantly shape cardiovascular risk – especially for younger adults and women.
• New Expert Consensus Systems of Care Document Address Operator, Institutional Guidance For TTVI
  A new multisociety Expert Consensus Systems of Care document provides operator and institutional recommendations and requirements for tricuspid interventions. Published in JACC, the document provides guidance on implementing and maintaining a transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention (TTVI) program in a rapidly evolving field.
• Medicare Reforms Linked to Fewer Seniors Skipping Heart Medications
  Medicare beneficiaries with heart disease or major cardiovascular risk factors reported less cost-related medication nonadherence after two provisions of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) limiting out-of-pocket drug costs took effect in January 2024, according to a Young Investigators Award study...
• Is Premature Menopause Associated With Increased CHD Risk?
  Premature menopause was associated with an increased lifetime risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in Black women and White women in the U.S., according to a population-based cohort study published March 18 in JAMA. These findings emphasize the importance of reproductive factors in cardiovascular disease risk assessment.
• Work-Related Stressors Associated With Complications in Pregnant CV Clinicians
  Pregnant physicians and cardiovascular team members with self-reported work-related stressors were more likely to experience complications, according to a study being presented at ACC.26 and simultaneously published in JACC: Advances.