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August 2020, Vol 5, No. 8, Pages 858-968

Original Investigation

Cost-effectiveness of Contemporary Statin Use Guidelines With or Without Coronary Artery Calcium Assessment in African American Individuals

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):871-880. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1240

This economic evaluation creates a model of African American individuals at intermediate risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease to estimate the cost-effectiveness of coronary artery calcium assessment in the decision to use statin therapy.

Complete vs Culprit-Lesion-Only Revascularization for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):881-888. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1251

This meta-analysis of 10 randomized clinical trials assesses whether complete revascularization is associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality and whether heterogeneity is found in treatment outcomes when fractional flow reserve– and angiography-guided nonculprit lesion percutaneous coronary intervention strategies are performed.

Development of Persistent Opioid Use After Cardiac Surgery

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):889-896. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1445

This cohort study examines the proportion of opioid-naive patients who develop persistent opioid use after cardiac surgery.

Association of Low Socioeconomic Status With Premature Coronary Heart Disease in US Adults

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):899-908. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1458

This study uses a computer simulation to estimate the excess burden of a cardiovascular event and its downstream and upstream risk factors among adults with a low socioeconomic status.

Association Between Preterm Birth and Arrested Cardiac Growth in Adolescents and Young Adults

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):910-919. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1511

This cross-sectional cohort study characterizes cardiac structure and function in adolescents and young adults born preterm using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Exercise Electrocardiography and Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography for Patients With Suspected Stable Angina Pectoris: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Randomized SCOT-HEART Trial

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):920-928. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1567

This post hoc analysis of the Scottish Computed Tomography of the Heart (SCOT-HEART) open-label randomized clinical trial in patients with suspected angina secondary to coronary heart disease evaluates the utility of exercise electrocardiography in contemporary practice and assesses the value of combined functional and anatomical testing.

Identification of Susceptibility Loci for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):929-938. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0872

This genetic association study evaluates common single-nucleotide variations associated with spontaneous coronary artery dissection susceptibility.

Sex-Based Outcomes in Patients With a High Bleeding Risk After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and 1-Month Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: A Secondary Analysis of the LEADERS FREE Randomized Clinical Trial

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):939-947. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0285

This prespecified secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial examines the variables contributing to the incidences of major or minor and vascular or nonvascular bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention (bare metal stent or polymer-free, biolimus A9-eluting drug-coated stent) and dual antiplatelet therapy in women and men at an increased risk for bleeding.

Brief Report

Association of Optimal Implementation of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Therapy With Outcome for Patients With Heart Failure

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):948-951. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0898

This decision analytical model quantifies the projected gains for deaths prevented or postponed with comprehensive implementation of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2-i) therapy for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in the United States.

Efficacy of Evolocumab on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Recent Myocardial Infarction: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis From the FOURIER Trial

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):952-957. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0882

This prespecified secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial examines the clinical efficacy of evolocumab in patients with recent myocardial infarction.

Research Letter

Association Between Delays in Mechanical Ventilation Initiation and Mortality in Patients With Refractory Cardiogenic Shock

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):965-967. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1274

This study investigates the association between timing of mechanical ventilation initiation and mortality in patients with refractory cardiogenic shock.

Viewpoint

Performance Metrics to Improve Quality in Contemporary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Practice

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):859-860. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0904

This Viewpoint discussing implementing quality assessment metrics in percutaneous coronary intervention programs.

Reducing Tobacco-Related Morbidity and Mortality—A Call to Action

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):860-862. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0996

This Viewpoint considers significant past legislation, agreements, taxation, and possibly social media to reduce smoking and vaping prevalence in the United States.

Does Every Patient With Stable Chest Pain Need Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography, Usually After a Standard Stress Electrocardiogram?

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):862-863. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1579

This Viewpoint describes several articles reporting results of the Scottish Computed Tomography of the Heart trial and discusses their implications.

A Call to Include Death Disclosure Training Alongside Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training: After the Code

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):864-865. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1279

This Viewpoint advocates for the inclusion of death disclosure training in advanced cardiovascular life support training curricula.

Editorial

Coronary Artery Calcium Score–Guided Statin Therapy for Primary Prevention in African American Adults—One Size Does Not Fit All

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):866-868. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1260

Functional vs Anatomical Testing for Patients With Stable Chest Pain—Binary or Directional Thinking?

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):868-870. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1582
Invited Commentary

Slowing the Opioid Epidemic by Controlling a Source: Disabling the Pump

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):896-898. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1468

Socioeconomic Status and Heart Health—Time to Tackle the Gradient

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):908-909. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1471
Special Communication

The Clinical Challenge of Clonal Hematopoiesis, a Newly Recognized Cardiovascular Risk Factor

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):958-961. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1271

This Special Communication provides 3 clinical vignettes describing clinical concerns for patients with clonal hematopoiesis.

JAMA Cardiology Clinical Challenge

Shock in an Octogenarian During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):963-964. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1439

A man in his 80s presented with myocardial infarction. Following a percutaneous coronary intervention, he abruptly became hypotensive. Despite stenting and administration of vasopressors, his blood pressure continued to decline and he experienced a cardiac arrest. What would you do next?

Cardiovascular Images

A Woman in Her 90s With Dyspnea on Exertion and a Systolic and Diastolic Murmur

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):962. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1453

This case report describes a right-sided pleural effusion and splaying of the carina consistent with left atrial enlargement.

A Man in His 30s With a New Continuous Murmur and Fever

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):e203255. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3255

This case report describes the diagnosis of a patient in his 30s who presented with a fever, a new heart murmur, no history of drug use, and negative blood culture results.

Guided by the Light—Transillumination of a Paravalvular Leak

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):e203260. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3260

This case report describes a woman with severe paravalvular mitral regurgitation in whom transesophageal echocardiography was used for diagnosis and repair.

Comment & Response

Frailty Measurement Using Administrative Data in Older Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):967-968. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1552
Correction

Changes to Author Contributions

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):968. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.2338

Additional Conflict of Interest Disclosures

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):968. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.2577

Errors in Data in Results Section of Abstract and Text

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):968. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.3050
JAMA Cardiology Masthead

JAMA Cardiology

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JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(8):858. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2019.3470
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