Cardiology Research Review: Issue 160, with commentary by A/Prof John Amerena

In this issue:

• Relationship of daily step counts to all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events
• Apixaban for stroke prevention in subclinical AF
• Inflammation predicts cardiovascular events in high-risk patients with statin intolerance
• PCI as a treatment option for patients with stable angina
• Invasive vs conservative management of elderly patients with NSTEMI
• 10-year cardiovascular risk in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes
• Semaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in obesity without diabetes
• Echocardiographic changes associated with AF
• Risk of AF recurrence in patients with transient new-onset AF
• Focused cardiac ultrasound for pre- participation screening of athletes