Saphenous vein graft (SVG) lesions can be treated just as well with bare metal stents (BMS) as drug-eluting stents (DES), suggests a double-blind, randomized trial published May 11 in The Lancet.

Researchers from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a new algorithm which better predicts pre- and post-heart transplant survival than existing methods.

One-fourth of transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) leads has a mechanical complication within 10 years, according to an insurance database analysis published May 10 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Left radial access (LRA) for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains rare in the United Kingdom, according to a registry analysis—but it is associated with similar clinical outcomes as right radial access (RRA) and possibly a reduced risk of stroke.

Patients with stroke-related intracerebral hemorrhage (TICH-2) may benefit from receiving tranexamic acid (TXA), a drug treatment used to treat blood loss from trauma and bleeding after child birth, according to research presented May 16 at the European Stroke Conference in Sweden.

A study published May 8 in the Journal of the American Heart Association suggests black and white patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) derive similar benefit from beta-blockers, despite conflicting previous reports.

Researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Edinburgh have developed machine learning software that detects small vessel disease (SVD)—which can ultimately cause stroke.

Acetaminophen after pediatric heart surgery was associated with an increasingly protective effect against acute kidney injury (AKI), according to an analysis of separate cohorts at two children’s hospitals.