✨ Key Finding: Elevated lipoprotein(a) levels (≥47.26 mg/dL) nearly doubled the risk of 5-year major adverse cardiovascular events (HR 1.953, 95% CI 1.256–3.034, p=0.003) in Japanese STEMI patients.

“In Japanese patients with STEMI, elevated Lp(a) levels were independently associated with worse long-term outcomes. By Kensaku Nishihira https://t.co/p4jMUDtGsE #circ_j #CardioX https://t.co/k5QFtV3ej9”
✨ Key Finding: Seven-day Holter monitoring increased detection of low-burden paroxysmal atrial fibrillation by 2.57-fold compared to 24-hour monitoring in a large Japanese cohort.

“Seven-day Holter monitoring improved the detection of low-burden AF, especially <10% burden (2.6-fold vs 24-h). AF burden correlated with the longest episode duration (r=0.79). By Kota Nakatsuji, Yuko Inoue, Kengo Kusano https://t.co/5bmF7DRoVh #circ_j #CardioX https://t.co/nYUAEJZDz5”
✨ Key Finding: Machine learning models predict postoperative atrial fibrillation after CABG with moderate accuracy (AUC 0.84, sensitivity 73%, specificity 83%) but face high heterogeneity.
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✨ Key Finding: Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus caused embolic stroke in a young ESRD patient, highlighting its potential as an embolic source in this population.
✨ Key Finding: A 1-SD increase in RetiLE8 score predicted 13% lower all-cause mortality and 10% lower CVD event risk, improving risk stratification beyond LE8 and PCE scores.
✨ Key Finding: Invasive coronary angiography in 87.1% of NSTEMI patients was linked to 64% lower in-hospital mortality vs conservative management (weighted OR 0.36).
✨ Key Finding: Angio-FFR use during PCI showed similar 2-year MACE rates (24.8% vs 23.5%; HR 1.01) compared to pressure wire guidance in US Medicare patients.
✨ Key Finding: Advanced cardiac damage stages post-TAVI increase 12-month mortality: borderline HR 1.61, stage 3 HR 2.06, and stage 4 HR 2.77; stage 4 has highest CV mortality HR 3.13.
✨ Key Finding: A patient with a rare single coronary artery from the right coronary cusp was successfully treated for inferior STEMI with intravascular-guided PCI without complications.