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A nomogram incorporating thoracic aortic calcification and clinical factors accurately predicts early myocardial injury in breast cancer patients undergoing anticancer therapy.
Integrating LGE corridors and high-risk genotypes provides superior arrhythmic risk stratification compared to the traditional LVEF ≤35% threshold in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Cardiologist, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro de Majadahonda
These results reinforce the need to move toward a personalized risk assessment in dilated cardiomyopathy, integrating clinical, genetic, and advanced cardiac imaging information into decision-making.
No significant AF risk with tirzepatide; leaves open arrhythmia signal for larger trials.
Systematic review evaluates NT-proBNP against AI-enabled electrocardiography for acute heart failure in emergency departments, highlighting faster noninvasive diagnostic alternatives.
May support biopsy consideration in acute myocarditis; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Prior domiciliary care flags high-mortality TAVI patients; leaves open whether frailty markers should refine selection or post-procedure support.
Direct transfer associated with lower OHCA mortality; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.

Preoperative hs-TnT and NT-proBNP are both associated with postoperative MACE and death, but provide limited incremental predictive value over clinical risk scores (RCRI and age) with no significant difference between the two biomarkers.
Supports acute PVI feasibility with pear two-step PFA in this cohort; leaves open durability, safety, and efficacy for randomized trials.

Advanced plaque imaging should not yet alter carotid stenosis risk stratification; the planned review leaves model performance open to systematic appraisal.