Daily Archives: November 23, 2025

The Surprising Gap in Heart Attack Prediction

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Traditional atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk- and symptom-based screening misses nearly half of patients under age 66 who go on to experience their first myocardial infarction (MI), revealing major shortcomings in current preventive strategies. In this US retrospective study of 465 adults presenting with a first type 1 MI, simulation […]

Carotid-Artery Stenting Beneficial for Carotid Stenosis

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Adding carotid-artery stenting—but not carotid endarterectomy—to intensive medical management reduced the risk of stroke or death in patients with high-grade asymptomatic carotid stenosis. In two parallel, observer-blinded trials including more than 2,400 participants with ≥70% stenosis, the 4-year incidence of the primary composite outcome (any stroke or death from randomization […]