Drug-coated ballon (DCB) endovascular therapy was found to be a reasonable treatment for femoropopliteal lesions in patients on hemodialysis, according to research published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

Single-pill combination (SPC) therapies, consisting of a statin and one or more antihypertensive drugs with or without aspirin, could potentially prevent up to 72 million deaths from cardiovascular disease and 130 million cases of cardiovascular disease in an intermediate-to-high risk population by 2050, according to one scenario in a new modeling study published in JACC. By simplifying prevention and accelerating the uptake of evidence-based care, SPCs could save millions of lives.

The rising number of cardiovascular procedures moving to non–hospital-based outpatient facilities, such as ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and office-based laboratories (OBLs), and its likely impact on quality, outcomes and access to care, is the topic of a Special Communication article published in JACC.

Baseline left bundle branch block or left anterior or posterior fascicular block in patients undergoing transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) are associated with a higher risk of high-grade atrioventricular block (HAVB) post procedure, according to a study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.