Highlights From the Circulation Family of Journals

This month's Highlights from the subspecialty journals covers techniques for atrial fibrillation ablation, the impact of lifestyle on polygenic risk scores for cardiovascular risk factors, a novel approach to grading tricuspid regurgitation, the interplay of clinical and procedural risk for coronary interventions, an analysis of the accuracy of outcomes ascertainment, and disparities for Black heart transplant recipients.A randomized trial published in Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology showed that cryoballoon ablation led to significantly shorter procedure times compared with laser balloon ablation with similar efficacy.A UK Biobank analysis from Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine suggests that a healthy lifestyle significantly mitigates the cardiovascular risk associated with high polygenic risk scores.From Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, a vena contracta >14 mm may identify a higher-risk subset among patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation.An analysis comparing the impact of clinical risk factors with procedural risk factors after coronary interventions is presented in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions.GLASSY, a substudy of the GLOBAL-LEADERS trial (A Clinical Study Comparing Two Forms of Anti-platelet Therapy After Stent Implantation), demonstrates the importance and feasibility of event adjudication compared with investigator reporting in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.