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• Quick Tips and Considerations for COVID-19 Vaccination in Heart Failure and Transplant Patients
  It has been over a year since the World Health Organization declared SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020.
• Review Explores Obesity Management and CV Implications
  Obesity is a heterogeneous condition and the prevalence is increasing globally, according to a review published July 26 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. As part of managing obesity, attention should be given to two main subgroups: overweight or moderately obese patients with an excess of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and severely […]
• Poll Summary: Threshold for Intervention on Aortic Root Aneurysm
  This poll asked readers to consider the appropriate treatment for a patient with an aneurysmal aortic root and ascending aorta that do not currently meet the guideline-recommended threshold for surgical intervention.
• CMS Releases Proposed 2022 OPPS Rule
  The proposed 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 19 indicates a 2.3% payment update for hospitals and other proposals.
• ACC, ARMUS Corporation Launch Global Quality Solutions Initiative to Improve CV Care
  The ACC and ARMUS, a health care data management and data science services corporation, are collaborating to launch Global Quality Solutions, a new initiative to improve cardiovascular health at hospitals and health systems around the world through localized quality improvement initiatives.