What are your top takeaways from AHA 2023?

• SELECT trial
• ARIES-HM3 trial
• SPEC-AI trial

Cardiac benefits of weight loss therapy; benefits of sodium reduction on BP, no need for aspirin with VAD therapy.

1. The Sudden Cardiac Death in National Collegiate Athletic Associate Athletes: A 20-year study which was simultaneously published in Circulation. Petek et al., PMID 37955565
2. Arrhythmic risk in Biventricular pacing compared with left bundle branch area pacing. Herweg et al., PMID 37950738
3. Off-label do...

I think the most exciting is the factor XI antibody phase II trial that was stopped early (Azalea TIMI 71). Clearly, more studies are needed especially to delineate efficacy, but the safety profile of this drug seems great and holds a lot of promise.

ARTESIA is also interesting but probably poses mor...