AHA: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions

Our top content from the 100th annual American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions included exclusive expert insights and highlighted promising treatments.

Dan Bloomfield, MD, chief medical officer, Anthos, walks through promising findings demonstrating the efficacy of abelacimab, a factor XI (FXI) inhibitor, to reduce bleeding risk in atrial fibrillation treatment.

Oussama Wazni, MD, Cleveland Clinic, discusses insights from the OPTION trial and their potential implication on guidelines for post-ablation management in atrial fibrillation.

COVID-19 infections were associated with greater risk of hospitalization, complications, and mortality in patients with peripartum and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

A SUMMIT trial analysis showed how tirzepatide improves cardiovascular and kidney health in patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Attendees of the centennial American Heart Association (AHA) conference commend the meeting's ability to bring together diverse, interdisciplinary perspectives from across the globe.

The poster session, “Behind the Curtain: How Healthcare Policy Shapes Patient Outcomes,” took place on the final day of the American Heart Association Scientific Session.

Over half of the US adult population may benefit from semaglutide, a drug primarily used for weight loss and diabetes, although concerns about access and cost persist, especially considering its potential for wider health applications.

The implementation of a risk evaluation mitigation strategy (REMS) program to monitor patients on mavacamten further supports its real-world use, according to Milind Desai, MD, Cleveland Clinic.

Community-based researchers can teach clinicians a lot about how to best approach underserved populations disproportionately impacted by cardiovascular health complications.

Results bring more competition to treat this genetically driven target for cardiovascular risk.

New discoveries in atherosclerosis pathways have shed light on the active mechanisms in other diseases such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) and HIV, paving the way for furture therapeutics.

The FINEARTS-HF trial offered novel clinical insights as one of the few cardiovascular trials to feature such a great proportion of female participants.

The SARAH trial was limited to high-risk patients, which the lead investigator said prevented unnecessary exposure to adverse events in patients less at risk of cardiomyopathy.

Follow-up results for the FINEARTS-HF trial focused on specific results for women and men, hyperkalemia risk, and an analysis of the elements of its composite end point.

Lead study author Alexander T. Sandhu, MD, MS, of Stanford said the team will evaluate behavior to understand the results.

A decision from the American Board of Medical Specialties will be made about a new cardiovascular board by this upcoming February.

The connection between brain, mental, and cardiovascular health needs considerable more attention, argues Maureen Hood, PhD, RN, Uniformed Services University.

Posters presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions included results that show how persistent disparities are in cardiovascular (CV) health.

Payers and employers have tightened access to the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist class once these therapies became more commonly prescribed for obesity.

Rebekah Walker, PhD, a first-time participant from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, shares the offerings and opportunities at the 2024 American Heart Association (AHA) meeting that excited her and her team.

Therapies for obesity and inhibitors for lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) are among those to be featured at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions November 16-18, 2024, which will take place in Chicago, where the AHA was founded 100 years ago.

A panel including several experts in cardiology discussed the ways that heart failure (HF) can be diagnosed and treated using the new 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guidelines.

Tochi M. Okwuosa, DO, cardiologist and director of cardio-oncology at Rush University Medical Center, delivered several presentations at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions this year. Chief among them were the importance of cardiovascular health in cancer survivors and cardio-toxicity from cancer treatments.

Kausik K. Ray, MB ChB, MD, MPhil, is professor of public health and a consultant cardiologist at Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. At this year’s American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions, he presented findings from a 4-year open-label extension study of inclisiran, a small interfering RNA that targets proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C).

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA, professor of medicine and the Gerald S. Berenson Endowed Chair in Preventative Cardiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, discusses the results of the recently halted FRESH trial, why there is such a great need for new antihypertensive agents, and possible contributory factors to outcome disparities between Black and White patients.

Posters presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions elaborated on the results of out-of-pocket expenses and adherence for guideline-directed medical therapies in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

The DELIVER trial is the largest trial to date of SGLT2 inhibitor use in heart failure, and these latest data on dapagliflozin in heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction show an extensive benefit on health status, noted Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, cardiologist at St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri.

A panel at the annual American Heart Association conference held in Chicago, Illinois, discussed ways in which cardiovascular disease (CVD) care was affected by equity issues between White and Black patients.

The latest real-world clinical practice data from the VICTORIA trial of vericiguat bolster previous data on the medication’s benefit by showing that 92% of patients hospitalized for a worsening heart failure event would be eligible to start the therapy and that doing so would reduce their risk of heart failure hospitalization and cardiovascular death, noted Stephen J. Greene, MD, Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Clinical Research Institute.