JACC Global

Can we make reliable PCI decisions based on coronary angiography alone? Host Mitsuaki Sawano, MD, welcomes Toru Tanigaki, MD (Gifu Heart Center), Takuya Mizukami, MD, PhD (Showa Medical University), and Hitoshi Matsuo, MD, PhD (Gifu Heart Center) to discuss their recent JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions study. The…

Is immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-associated myocarditis the same disease when it occurs early versus months after starting cancer therapy? Host Mitsuaki Sawano, MD, and co-host Shun Kohsaka, MD, welcome Kazuaki Maruyama, MD (Mie University), Shiro Nakamori, MD (Mie University), and Yuichi Tamura, MD (International…

Is immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-associated myocarditis the same disease when it occurs early versus months after starting cancer therapy? Host Mitsuaki Sawano, MD, and co-host Shun Kohsaka, MD, welcome Kazuaki Maruyama, MD (Mie University), Shiro Nakamori, MD (Mie University), and Yuichi Tamura, MD (International…

Does pulsed field ablation (PFA) for pulmonary vein isolation affect structures beyond the pulmonary veins? Host Mitsuaki Sawano, MD, welcomes Yosuke Nakatani, MD (Gunma University) to discuss his recent JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology study examining the effects of PFA on the vein of Marshall (VoM). In this…

Could sirolimus-coated balloons change how we treat femoropopliteal peripheral artery disease? Host Mitsuaki Sawano, MD, welcomes Yoshimitsu Soga, MD, PhD (Kokura Memorial Hospital) to discuss the 3-year results of the SELUTION SFA Japan study, a prospective multicenter study of 134 patients with symptomatic…

Which of the thousands of biomarkers associated with cardiovascular disease could actually become a useful drug target? Host Mitsuaki Sawano, MD, and co-host Nobuhiro Ikemura, MD, welcome Satoshi Yoshiji, MD, PhD (McGill University) to discuss a recent JACC study tackling this question in ischemic heart disease…

Hosts Mitsuaki Sawano, MD, Satoshi Shoji, MD, and Kentaro Ejiri, MD, welcome Yoshito Kadoya, MD, PhD (University of British Columbia / St. Paul’s Hospital) to discuss his JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging study, “PET-Based Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Phenotypes and Outcomes in Patients With Normal Myocardial…

Host Mitsuaki Sawano, MD, welcomes Shuhei Nomura, PhD (Tohoku University), Lisa Yamasaki, MD (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), and Haruka Sakamoto, MD, PhD (St. Luke’s International Hospital) to discuss two policy reviews published in The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. Fifteen years after the…

Hosts Mitsuaki Sawano, MD, and Hiroyuki Sato, MD, welcome Kazutaka Nakasone, MD (Kobe University) to discuss his JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology study on atrial tachycardia (AT) after pulsed field ablation (PFA) for atrial fibrillation. In a 5-center European registry of 4,144 patients, 76 (1.8%) underwent repeat…

Hosts Mitsuaki Sawano, MD, and Satoshi Shoji, MD, welcome Misato Chimura, MD, PhD (University of Glasgow) to discuss her ESC SimPub paper in JACC, “Low-normal hemoglobin concentrations and clinical outcomes in heart failure.” Using individual participant-level data from 11 randomized trials including 42,213 patients…

Hosts Mitsuaki Sawano, MD, and Shun Kohsaka, MD, welcome Kazuma Ohyama, MD, PhD (Tohoku University) to discuss the BRIDGE trial, Protocol-Based Implementation of Early Intensive Lipid Management After Acute Coronary Syndrome. In this 10-center cluster-randomized trial, hospitals were assigned to either protocol-based…

Hosts Mitsuaki Sawano, MD, Takeshi Kitai, MD, PhD, Kentaro Ejiri, MD, PhD, and Satoshi Shoji, MD, PhD, highlight three JACC papers presented at ESC 2026 and simultaneously published with the meeting. Dr. Kitai discusses new HELIOS-B insights on whether the benefits of vutrisiran in transthyretin amyloidosis with…