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• First-Ever Guideline Addresses CKM Syndrome
  The new 2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome is the first ever to address the "interrelated condition characterized by the interconnections among metabolic risk factors (including obesity and type 2 diabetes)...
• Optimizing Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Diabetes and Multivessel Disease Undergoing PCI: The TUXEDO-2 Trial
  The TUXEDO-2 (Ultrathin Strut vs. Xience in a Diabetic Population With Multivessel Disease 2—India Study) trial demonstrated that among patients with diabetes mellitus and multivessel coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)...
• ACCEL Lite: Key Take-Home Messages From the 2025 Sports Cardiology Guidelines
  In this interview, Alison L. Bailey, MD, FACC and Aaron Baggish, MD, FACC examine the latest sports cardiology guidelines.
• QI.PI Project Grant Recipient Develops Digital Biomarker For PAD Screening
  A quick, noninvasive toe-based light measurement combined with artificial intelligence demonstrated efficacy in screening for peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to a recent study published in npj Digital Medicine by a 2024 recipient of an ACC Accreditation Services' QI.PI Project Grant.
• Racial and Sex Disparities in M-TEER Outcomes | NCDR Study
  Black patients undergoing mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) were more likely to present with more advanced disease, had lower procedural success and higher heart failure (HF) readmission rates vs. White patients, and female patients had lower procedural success rates vs. male patients...