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JACC in a Flash | JACC Journals: Live at ESC Congress 2026

Featured topics and Editors' Picks from all of ACC's JACC Journals.

JACC Journals: Live at ESC Congress 2026

The science didn't stop at the podium. At ESC Congress 2026, JACC Journals simultaneously published nearly 60 studies across Hot Lines, Late-Breaking Clinical Trials and other major presentations. Here are a few standout highlights. View the complete collection, and don't miss the ESC Congress feature in this issue.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
REBOOT-PARADOX: TAVR vs. OMT in Symptomatic pLFLG

Despite premature termination, REBOOT-PARADOX offers rare randomized, long-term data on whether TAVR improves survival vs. optimal medical therapy (OMT) in symptomatic patients with paradoxical low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis (pLFLG).

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Short-Term DOAC Therapy Cuts HALT Post TAVR, But Effect Fades

A three-month DOAC regimen after successful TAVR substantially reduced hypoattenuated leaflet thickening (HALT) during treatment vs. single antiplatelet therapy (SAPT) alone, based on NOTION-4 trial findings. However, researchers noted the effect had diminished about nine months after DOAC therapy was stopped.

JACC: CardioOncology
CV Risk Factors May Guide Specialty Care in Prostate Cancer

Uncontrolled modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, including suboptimal cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes, may help identify patients with prostate cancer who are most likely to benefit from routine cardiovascular care, according to RADICAL PC-2 findings.

JACC: Advances
First Medical Contact in ACS: NCDR and the Latest Guidelines

A JACC: Advances Viewpoint examines challenges in implementing revisions to the definition of first medical contact (FMC) introduced in the 2025 ACC/AHA ACS Guideline and their implications for NCDR data collection, specifically ACC's Chest Pain – MI Registry.

Writing With Purpose: Scientific Writing Tips For FITs

For Fellows in Training seeking to strengthen their scientific writing, three recent Editor's Pages offer practical guidance on crafting a compelling manuscript. JACC Editor-in-Chief Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, MACC, shares how to build credibility and engage readers in The Introduction: Earning the Reader's Trust; distinguish data from interpretation in The Space Between Evidence and Implication; and structure a focused, impactful discussion in The Discussion: Where Every Paragraph Has a Job. Together, these articles offer a roadmap for communicating research clearly, accurately and effectively throughout your academic career. Get Started.

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Clinical Topics: Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Care Team, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Prevention, Valvular Heart Disease, Aortic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery and Heart Failure, Cardiac Surgery and VHD, Acute Heart Failure, Interventions and Structural Heart Disease, Hypertension

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