Entresto Kickback Probe; Aspirin-Metamizole Deaths; Another Soccer Player Collapses

Novartis is cooperating in a Department of Justice investigation on alleged kickbacks for the prescribing of sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto). (FiercePharma)

Pricey SGLT-2 inhibitors find their way onto the World Health Organization’s updated list of essential medicines.

Citing COVID-19 and structural racism, the American Heart Association (AHA) is giving up its stated goal to increase healthy life expectancy by almost 2 years in the U.S. by 2030. Instead, it will work on health equity projects for the year 2024. (Circulation)

Aspirin and metamizole: a bad combination for people with cardiovascular disease? (Journal of the American Heart Association)

For patients with acute myocardial infarction, intravascular ultrasound guidance of percutaneous coronary intervention was associated with long-term clinical benefit in the COREA-AMI registry. (JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Can artificial intelligence diagnose cardiac amyloidosis from ECG? (Heart)

Many consumers are unaware that over-the-counter pain relievers can raise blood pressure, according to a survey commissioned by the AHA.

Symptomatic patients with severe mitral regurgitation sustained clinical improvements 2 years after transcatheter mitral valve replacement with the Tendyne device, a small study showed. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Lost pregnancies were linked to subsequent cardiovascular disease for women in the Nurses’ Health Study II. (European Heart Journal)

Women derived greater clinical benefit from transitional care following hospitalization for heart failure, PACT-HF investigators observed. (Circulation: Heart Failure)

With concerns over myocarditis risk, FDA may not finish deliberations on authorizing Moderna’s COVID vaccine for adolescents by the end of the year, the company announced.

Battery packs for the Cardiosave Hybrid/Rescue intra-aortic balloon pump are under class I recall, the FDA said.

Symmetric collateral blood flow on CT angiography was indicative of slow ischemic core growth, representing a way to identify stroke patients who may be eligible for thrombectomy. (Radiology)

In France, the most common complication of stroke thrombectomy was embolism to a new territory, which occurred in more than 5% of cases. (Stroke)

A case of myocarditis associated with a brown recluse spider bite. (JACC: Case Reports)

The soccer pro who collapsed during a Euro 2020 match this summer is no longer welcome to play for Italy as long as he keeps his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. (ESPN)

Another European soccer player suffered a cardiac arrest mid-game this week. Emil Palsson of Iceland was resuscitated and the match was suspended. (The National)

Adults with atrioventricular septal defects, whether partial or complete, had a high lifetime risk of developing atrial arrhythmias. (JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology)