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• Are Certain Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Associated With Long-Term Increased Risk of HF?
  Women who experienced any of five major adverse pregnancy outcomes have increased risk of heart failure (HF) up to 46 years later and need early preventive actions and long-term clinical care to reduce that risk...
• Study Finds Ozone Pollution Exposure Induces Hypoxia and Contributes to CV Injury
  Short-term exposure to ozone (O3) pollution may reduce oxygen availability, prompting compensatory increases in red blood cell count (RBC) and hemoglobin (HGB), which exacerbate arterial stiffness, according to a study published Jan. 22 in JACC.
• Does OUFR With Combined IVUS-OCT Improve Diagnostic Accuracy of Vessel Lesions?
  Assessment of vessel lesions using optical ultrasonic flow ratio (OUFR) based on hybrid intravascular ultrasound-optical coherence tomography (IVUS-OCT) is safe and effective and provided better diagnostic performance vs. fractional flow reserve (FFR) than OUFR based on either IVUS or OCT alone...
• Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion & Stroke, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Children, Anticoagulation & COVID-19
  In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in patients with AFib. He then discusses a new treatment for severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children. Finally, Dr. Eagle explores anticoagulation for patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19.
• Overweight, Obesity in Patients With HeFH Contribute to Higher ASCVD Risk
  Overweight and obesity are common in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) and are associated with a greater risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) starting in childhood and regardless of LDL-C level and lipid-lowering medication, according to a cross-sectional analysis published Jan. 13 in the European Heart Journal.