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• New ACC/AHA Guideline Addresses Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure
  The latest Clinical Practice Guideline from the ACC and the American Heart Association (AHA) and 11 other societies provides updated recommendations for clinicians on the prevention, detection, evaluation and management of high blood pressure in adults.
• AGENT IDE: Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon in Patients With Multilayer ISR
  Treating patients with multilayer in-stent restenosis (ISR) with a paclitaxel-coated balloon was associated with reduced risk of target lesion failure (TLF) at one year vs. an uncoated balloon, according to a subgroup analysis of the AGENT IDE trial published Aug. 11 in JACC.
• Does P2Y12 Inhibitor Monotherapy Reduce NACE, Bleeding in Patients With ACS After PCI?
  In patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing PCI, the benefits of shortening dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) vary based on monotherapy, with P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy “significantly reducing” net adverse clinical events (NACE) and major bleeding, whereas aspirin monotherapy had “neutral results,”...
• Eagles Eye View: Can Compression Stockings Reduce Vasovagal Syncope?
  In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at whether compression stockings reduce vasovagal syncope recurrence.
• Clinical Practice Algorithms For Wolff-Parkinson-White Pattern in Pediatric Patients
  In 1930, Drs. Louis Wolff, John Parkinson, and Paul White characterized a condition that was described as an abnormally short PR interval, bundle branch block, and episodes of tachycardia and/or atrial fibrillation, which was subsequently named Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome.