Diabetes and Your Heart: Why Controlling Blood Sugar Protects Your Arteries If you have diabetes, your heart needs as much attention as your blood sugar. Diabetes and heart disease are closely linked, and understanding that link is one of the most useful things you can do for... 23-Jul-2026
ORBITA-CTO: First Sham-Controlled Evidence That CTO PCI Relieves Angina A note for colleagues — please verify the figures below against the primary JACC publication before relying on them clinically. For decades the symptomatic benefit of opening a chronic total occlusion... 23-Jul-2026
The 2026 ACC/AHA Dyslipidemia Guideline: Lower, Sooner The 2026 ACC/AHA Dyslipidemia Guideline: "Lower, Sooner" and a New CPR Framework The 2026 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Management of Dyslipidemia (published March 2026, JACC ) replaces the 2018 blood-chol... 23-Jul-2026
High Blood Pressure: The Silent Strain on Your Heart High blood pressure, or hypertension, is one of the most common heart-related conditions — and one of the easiest to miss. It usually causes no symptoms for years, which is why it is often called a "s... 23-Jul-2026
Clopidogrel vs. Aspirin After PCI: What SCAI 2026 Suggests After DAPT: Clopidogrel vs. Aspirin Monotherapy Following PCI (SCAI 2026) One of the more practice-relevant threads from the 2026 SCAI Scientific Sessions (Montréal) was the continued re-examination o... 23-Jul-2026
Atrial Fibrillation: When Your Heartbeat Loses Its Rhythm A normal heart beats in a steady, regular rhythm. In atrial fibrillation — often shortened to "AF" or "AFib" — the upper chambers of the heart beat in a fast, disorganised way, so the pulse becomes ir... 23-Jul-2026
Rohan Parikh Stent or Bypass? Understanding Your Options for Blocked Heart Arteries If a test has shown blockages in your heart arteries, you may have been told there are two main ways to restore blood flow: angioplasty with a stent, or bypass surgery. Being offered a choice can feel... 22-Jul-2026
Rohan Parikh Left Main PCI vs CABG: Similar 10-Year Mortality in Updated Meta-Analysis (EuroPCR 2026) Note for colleagues: this is a peer-level digest of a trial presented at EuroPCR 2026 (Paris, 19 to 22 May 2026). Please verify the exact figures, follow-up windows, confidence intervals and any class... 22-Jul-2026
Rohan Parikh Cardiac Arrest vs Heart Attack: Know the Difference and Learn Hands-Only CPR Many people use "heart attack" and "cardiac arrest" to mean the same thing. They are different emergencies — and knowing the difference can save a life in your own home. What is a heart attack? A hear... 20-Jul-2026
Rohan Parikh SCAI 2026 Late-Breakers: Protocolized Shock Care and Drug-Coated Balloons in ACS The 2026 SCAI Scientific Sessions (Montreal) delivered two coronary late-breakers with direct cath-lab implications, summarized in ACC's July roundup. Below is a peer-level digest for colleagues. CERA... 20-Jul-2026
Rohan Parikh Tobacco, Gutka and Your Heart: What Every User Should Know Tobacco is one of the most powerful and preventable causes of heart disease. In our part of Gujarat it reaches the heart in many forms — cigarettes, bidis, hookah, and chewing products like gutka, maw... 17-Jul-2026
Rohan Parikh VESALIUS-CV: Evolocumab in High-Risk Primary Prevention Note for colleagues: this is a plain-language educational summary of a recently presented trial, prepared for a general audience. Please verify all figures against the primary publication before relyi... 17-Jul-2026