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• How Does Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution Impact CV Mortality, Hospital Admissions?
  Two studies recently published in JACC explore the relationship between short-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and cardiovascular mortality and the impact of long-term exposure to PM2.5 from wildfire smoke on hospitalizations due to cardiovascular disease.
• Cardiomyopathy Gene Variants Increase Risk of AFib
  The genetic variants that cause cardiomyopathy also increase the risk of atrial fibrillation (AFib), even in individuals without heart failure (HF) or overt ventricular disease, according to research published Feb. 18 in JACC.
• Management of Dyslipidemia in People Living With HIV: The REPRIEVE Paradigm in the 2025 ESC/EAS Guidelines Focused Update
  Globally, an estimated 40.8 million people are living with HIV (PWH). Advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART) have enabled PWH to achieve a near-normal life expectancy; however, individuals taking ART remain at approximately twofold higher risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) ...
• Hot Topics in Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology in the Year 2025
  The pace of innovation in congenital and pediatric cardiology continued to accelerate in 2025, shaped by practice‑defining guidelines, multicenter investigations, and growing bench‑to‑bedside translation.
• PREDIMED: Does Moderate Wine Intake Within the Mediterranean Diet Reduce CV Risk, Mortality?
  A high level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality, and this rate was even lower among those individuals who drank wine as part of the MedDiet, according to an extended follow-up using results from the PREDIMED trial...