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October 14, 2025 - Emerging Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine: From Certification Reform to Inflammation Targeting | JACC This Week

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Harlan Krumholz argues board certification tests obscure memorization instead of real clinical reasoning skills.
This episode of JACC This Week covers emerging frontiers in cardiology, including reforming physician certification, the role of clonal hematopoiesis in heart disease, advances in LVAD technology, and new approaches like drug-coated balloons and inflammation targeting after heart attacks.

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A dense but useful cardiovascular issue that turns trial and registry data into practical judgment.

This issue takes a measured pass across cardiovascular medicine, moving from physician certification and hidden blood cell mutations to LVAD anticoagulation, after-TAVI therapy, prosthetic valve imaging, post-infarct inflammation, and drug-coated balloons.

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