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• Study Finds Ozone Pollution Exposure Induces Hypoxia and Contributes to CV Injury
  Short-term exposure to ozone (O3) pollution may reduce oxygen availability, prompting compensatory increases in red blood cell count (RBC) and hemoglobin (HGB), which exacerbate arterial stiffness, according to a study published Jan. 22 in JACC.
• Does OUFR With Combined IVUS-OCT Improve Diagnostic Accuracy of Vessel Lesions?
  Assessment of vessel lesions using optical ultrasonic flow ratio (OUFR) based on hybrid intravascular ultrasound-optical coherence tomography (IVUS-OCT) is safe and effective and provided better diagnostic performance vs. fractional flow reserve (FFR) than OUFR based on either IVUS or OCT alone...
• Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion & Stroke, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Children, Anticoagulation & COVID-19
  In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in patients with AFib. He then discusses a new treatment for severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children. Finally, Dr. Eagle explores anticoagulation for patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19.
• Overweight, Obesity in Patients With HeFH Contribute to Higher ASCVD Risk
  Overweight and obesity are common in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) and are associated with a greater risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) starting in childhood and regardless of LDL-C level and lipid-lowering medication, according to a cross-sectional analysis published Jan. 13 in the European Heart Journal.
• An AI Model Applied to ECG Images Can Predict HF Risk
  A novel artificial intelligence (AI) model applied to a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) image was able to identify individuals at elevated risk of heart failure (HF) across multinational cohorts without HF at baseline, according to a study published Jan. 13 in European Heart Journal.