AI-Flagged PH & Pericarditis; Lagging Cardiology Workforce; Multi-Day Heart Rhythms

FDA 510(k) clearance was given to Tempus ECG-PH, an artificial intelligence (AI) software that interprets ECGs for signs of pulmonary hypertension (PH).

Researchers also developed p-Cal, an AI-based screening tool for pericarditis using clinical data and 12-lead ECG images as inputs. (Heart)

Urolithin A, which is produced in the body after eating pomegranates, walnuts, and some berries, showed promise in preclinical studies for improving heart function, according to scientists at King’s College London.

Very high-intake alcohol consumers tended to have a higher risk of sudden cardiac death, based on a study of the Danish general population. (European Journal of Preventive Cardiology)

The growth in the U.S. cardiologist workforce, even with more women and foreign-trained doctors, is still not enough to keep up with the increasing population. (JACC: Advances)

For people with anemia undergoing elective cardiac surgery, preoperative IV iron reduced red cell transfusion and boosted recovery, according to the ITACS trial. (The BMJ)

An interventional cardiologist is getting disciplined again by the Texas Medical Board, this time for reportedly leaving a guidewire behind after pacemaker surgery. (KCBD)

Left bundle branch area pacing may result in septal injury and other rare complications, dozens of case studies suggested. (Heart Rhythm)

In a Scottish trial, NT-proBNP screening flagged unrecognized heart failure in one in four people with diabetes. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

In people with atrial fibrillation, left atrial appendage closure was associated with a higher risk of ischemic stroke, but lower risk of major bleeding compared with oral anticoagulation, a meta-analysis showed. Thromboembolic outcomes and mortality did not favor either treatment. (Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology)

Younger people typically went into transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for mitral regurgitation sicker than older peers, but had lower 3-year mortality. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

A 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk score may be more useful than coronary angiography as the initial step in donor heart selection. (European Heart Journal)

Vutrisiran (Amvuttra) attenuated worsening left atrial dysfunction among patients with transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy in the HELIOS-B trial. (JAMA Cardiology)

Researchers found proteomic biomarkers that linked social determinants of health with heart failure. (Science Advances)

A simple clinical risk score was introduced to help predict risk of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity. (JACC: CardioOncology)

St. Peter’s Health Partners in upstate New York is being sued for allegedly threatening 27 cardiologists to enter a non-compete contract that bars them from working with a hospital that recently failed to merge with the health system. (CBS6)

Most people may have infradian, or multiday, heart rhythms that track seasonality and menstrual cycles. (eBioMedicine)