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• ACC CardiaCast: The Role of MRAs in the Management of HF
  In this episode, Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FACC, and Javed Butler, MBBS, MPH, MBA, FACC, discuss best practices incorporating magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) into the heart failure (HF) treatment armamentarium.
• Dive Into the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule, updating the PFS conversion factor from $32.3465 to $33.5675 for qualifying alternative payment model (APM) participants and $33.4009 for non-qualifying APM participants...
• Does AFib Screening With an Implantable Loop Recorder Reduce Stroke, SE Risk?
  Screening with an implantable loop recorder (ILR) for atrial fibrillation (AFib) is associated with a significant reduction in stroke and systemic embolism (SE) in individuals with a higher genetic risk of AFib, but not those with lower genetic risk, according to a prespecified post hoc analysis of the randomized LOOP study...
• ACC CardioSurve: FIT and EC Perspectives on Academic Cardiology Careers Reveal Gender and Career Stage Barriers
  The perspectives of Fellows in Training (FITs) and Early Career (EC) cardiologists regarding academic cardiology careers reveal unique gender and career stage barriers, which emphasize the need to support FIT and EC cardiologists during this transition period...
• Study Finds Routine Genetic Screening of Newborns For FH Feasible
  Routine screening of newborns for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is feasible with first-tier biochemical testing followed by reflex second-tier genetic testing, according to a cross-sectional study published Oct. 29 in JAMA Cardiology.