NEJM This Week — September 25, 2025

Featuring articles on heart failure, provoked venous thromboembolism, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and acute ischemic stroke; a review article on medical education to improve diagnostic equity; a case report of a man with embolic stroke and left ventricular apical aneurysm; two articles on the 2025 Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award; and Perspectives on structural and scientific racism, on the Gates Foundation’s final chapter, and on Dr. Kolhouse and the cowboy.