http://www.acc.org/Feed/LatestCardiology?topicID=8d7f3960-0beb-4a23-b87d-661262d0bb4f ACC Feed: Latest in Cardiology en /Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2026/08/12/20/15/ai-enabled-clinician-13aug2026 In this episode, Drs. Ami Bhatt, Rupal O’Quinn, and Leon Ptaszek delve into the role of consumer wearables in cardiovascular care. 1786636800000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Journal-Scans/2026/08/12/19/08/ACC Community A Viewpoint published in JACC: Advances makes the case that addressing persistent inequities in cardiovascular health will require scalable, community-centered approaches that bring care, education, and preventive services directly into the communities where people live. 1786567020000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Journal-Scans/2026/08/12/19/08/Leadership Gap Women remain underrepresented in authorship and leadership roles of clinical trials of structural heart disease (SHD), and targeted efforts and policies to diversify trial leadership may help address the downstream inequities in the generation of cardiovascular evidence, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published Aug. 12 in JACC: Advances. 1786563780000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Journal-Scans/2026/08/10/15/19/COMBINE-AF Clinically relevant extracranial bleeding affected approximately one in four patients receiving oral anticoagulation (OAC) for atrial fibrillation (AFib) over two years, potentially providing a more comprehensive measure of bleeding burden than major bleeding alone, according to a recent COMBINE-AF analysis published in Circulation. 1786546740000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Journal-Scans/2026/08/10/15/19/Long-Term-ASCVD-Risk Nearly 25 million more adults in the U.S. are eligible for statin therapy, based on recommendations in the 2026 ACC/AHA/Multisociety Dyslipidemia Guideline, compared with the previous guideline, according to original research published Aug. 12 in JACC. 1786544280000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2026/08/11/19/27/CMS-Proposes-Updates-to-Ambulatory-Specialty-Model-For-HF The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed several changes and clarifications to the Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM) for heart failure (HF) in the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. 1786539960000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2026/08/10/13/07/eagles-eye-view-12aug2026 In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at the wide variation in antithrombotic regimens after valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Next, he examines PARTNER-3, a 7-year study on TAVR versus surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) outcomes in low-risk patients. 1786537680000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Journal-Scans/2026/08/10/15/19/MERCURI-2 Starting dapagliflozin one day before elective cardiac surgery reduced the incidence of postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) during the first seven days after surgery, according to results from the double-blind, placebo-controlled MERCURI-2 trial published July 30 in JAMA. 1786471800000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Journal-Scans/2026/08/10/15/19/FFR-in-Focus Two studies recently published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions provide fresh insights into coronary physiology, suggesting that angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) may be a practical alternative to wire-based FFR, while highlighting the prognostic significance of definite discordance between FFR and nonhyperemic pressure ratios (NHPR). 1786468140000 Articles and Stories /Latest-in-Cardiology/Journal-Scans/2026/08/10/15/19/Central-Adiposity Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) provide additional diagnostic and prognostic value compared with conventional BMI categories alone, which may misclassify cardiovascular disease risk, according to results from the Cross-Cohort Collaboration (CCC) Obesity Working Group published Aug. 11 in JACC. 1786462920000 Articles and Stories