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• Frailty and Sarcopenia in HFpEF: Considerations for GLP1RAs
  Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) affects an estimated 3 million people in the United States and up to 32 million worldwide, with an estimated lifetime risk of heart failure (HF) exceeding 10% at 45 years of age in both men and women.
• Eagle’s Eye View: Firefighters & Cardiac Death; HFimpEF & Sex Differences; DAPT, DOAC, and LAAO; Non-lnfarct-Related IRA & CAD
  n this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at a brief report on how cardiac death remains a substantial contributor to on-duty mortality of U.S. firefighters, and how drivers of this trend may not be well identified by the current screening approaches.
• High CAC in Young Adults Signals Higher 30-Year Mortality
  Young adults with a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score >90% face significantly higher long-term risks of all-cause, cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality, according to a CAC Consortium cohort study published Oct. 23 in JAMA Cardiology.
• RELIEVE-HF Analysis: Interatrial Shunt Safety Outcomes Differ By HF Phenotype
  Interatrial shunt implantation was mechanically reliable and durable through two years in patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF), with safety outcomes differing by phenotype, according to findings published Oct. 20 in JACC: Heart Failure.
• ICare-FASTER: Point-of-Care hs-cTnI Testing Reduces ED Time in Patients With Possible MI
  An accelerated diagnostic pathway that tested for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) at the point of care (POC) compared with core laboratory-tested hs-cTn was safe and reduced the length of stay in the emergency department (ED) in patients presenting with a possible myocardial infarction (MI)...