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• Racial Disparities in Age at Treatment, Access in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Transcatheter Interventions | NCDR Study
  Racial disparities were observed among pediatric cardiovascular patients receiving transcatheter interventions for both age at treatment and access to care, according to a recent study published in JACC: Advances.
• Semaglutide Associated With Reduced Hospital Admissions, Length of Stay; More on GLP1-RAs
  Semaglutide in patients with established cardiovascular disease who are overweight or obese without diabetes was associated with a reduced rate of hospital admissions and shorter length of stay, according to an exploratory analysis of the SELECT trial recently published in JAMA Cardiology.
• ACCEL Lite: AI-Enabled Nationwide Opportunistic Screening of Non-Contrast Chest CT for Death and CV Outcomes
  In this interview, Deepak L. Bhatt MD, FACC and Tzung-Dau Wang, MD, PhD discuss “AI-Enabled Nationwide Opportunistic Screening of Non-Contrast Chest CT for Death and CV Outcomes”.
• Inaugural JACC Stats Report Reveals State of US CV Health
  In an effort to clearly understand the state of cardiovascular health in the U.S., the inaugural JACC Cardiovascular Statistics 2026 report offers a comprehensive picture of the major cardiovascular risk factors and conditions that collectively account for the most deaths and disability across the country.
• Dinesh Kalra, MD, FACC, Named Editor-in-Chief of JACC: Advances
  Dinesh Kalra, MD, FACC, has been selected to serve as the incoming editor-in-chief of JACC: Advances.