diff --git a/src/app/insights/pulse/page.tsx b/src/app/insights/pulse/page.tsx
index 81c888314..f99f89681 100644
--- a/src/app/insights/pulse/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/insights/pulse/page.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import Link from "next/link";
-import { ArrowRight, Gauge, Heart } from "lucide-react";
+import { Gauge, Heart } from "lucide-react";
 
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
 import { useInsightsAnalytics } from "@/hooks/use-insights-analytics";
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import { MeasurementDiversityNudge } from "@/components/insights/measurement-div
 import { MetricTargetSummary } from "@/components/insights/metric-target-summary";
 import { EcgCrossLink } from "@/components/insights/ecg-cross-link";
 import { SubPageShell } from "@/components/insights/sub-page-shell";
-import { TileHeader } from "@/components/insights/tile-header";
 import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
 import { ChartSkeleton } from "@/components/charts/chart-skeleton";
+import { CrossLinkCard } from "@/components/insights/cross-link-card";
 
 // Load the intraday area chart through the shared chart-runtime boundary (the
 // one recharts chunk), not as a direct import — a direct `from "recharts"`
@@ -199,27 +199,17 @@ export default function InsightsPulsPage() {
           the full chart plus the plain-language assessment — rather than
           duplicating a second, divergent VO₂ max view here.
 
-          v1.12.8 — the card now leads with the canonical `<TileHeader>` so the
-          `Gauge` glyph reads in the foreground colour at the same size and
-          position as every other tile header, with the body + CTA beneath. */}
+          The card is the shared `CrossLinkCard`: the canonical `TileHeader`
+          (foreground `Gauge` glyph), the body and the CTA beneath. */}
       {hasVo2 ? (
-        <Link
+        <CrossLinkCard
           href="/insights/cardio-fitness"
-          data-slot="vo2-cardio-link"
-          className="bg-card hover:bg-accent/40 focus-visible:ring-ring/50 block space-y-1.5 rounded-xl border p-4 transition-colors focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none md:p-6"
-        >
-          <TileHeader
-            icon={Gauge}
-            title={t("insights.vo2Max.cardioLinkTitle")}
-          />
-          <span className="text-muted-foreground block text-xs leading-snug">
-            {t("insights.vo2Max.cardioLinkBody")}
-          </span>
-          <span className="text-primary inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 text-xs font-medium">
-            {t("insights.vo2Max.cardioLinkCta")}
-            <ArrowRight className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-          </span>
-        </Link>
+          slot="vo2-cardio-link"
+          icon={Gauge}
+          title={t("insights.vo2Max.cardioLinkTitle")}
+          body={t("insights.vo2Max.cardioLinkBody")}
+          cta={t("insights.vo2Max.cardioLinkCta")}
+        />
       ) : null}
     </SubPageShell>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/insights/cross-link-card.tsx b/src/components/insights/cross-link-card.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b738783af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/insights/cross-link-card.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import type { CSSProperties } from "react";
+import Link from "next/link";
+import { ArrowRight, type LucideIcon } from "lucide-react";
+
+import { Card } from "@/components/ui/card";
+import { TileHeader } from "@/components/insights/tile-header";
+import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+
+/**
+ * A whole card that points to another page: the tile header, one meta line,
+ * and the call to action. The pulse page's way to VO₂ max and the ECG pointer
+ * on the heart pages were two hand-rolled copies of it, one of them without
+ * the `md:p-6` step every other card on the page has.
+ *
+ * The link is the outer element and carries the focus ring; the surface is a
+ * `Card`, so padding, radius and shadow are the card contract. The compact
+ * card rhythm (`gap-1.5`) keeps the three lines together.
+ */
+export function CrossLinkCard({
+  href,
+  slot,
+  icon,
+  title,
+  body,
+  cta,
+  className,
+  cardClassName,
+  style,
+}: {
+  href: string;
+  slot: string;
+  icon: LucideIcon;
+  title: string;
+  body: string;
+  cta: string;
+  className?: string;
+  /** Classes on the card surface (an identity edge such as `metric-accent`). */
+  cardClassName?: string;
+  style?: CSSProperties;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <Link
+      href={href}
+      data-slot={slot}
+      className={cn(
+        "group focus-visible:ring-ring/50 block rounded-xl focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
+        className,
+      )}
+    >
+      <Card
+        className={cn(
+          "group-hover:bg-accent/40 gap-1.5 px-4 transition-colors md:gap-1.5 md:px-6",
+          cardClassName,
+        )}
+        style={style}
+      >
+        <TileHeader icon={icon} title={title} />
+        <span className="text-muted-foreground block text-xs leading-snug">
+          {body}
+        </span>
+        <span className="text-primary inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 text-xs font-medium">
+          {cta}
+          <ArrowRight className="size-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+        </span>
+      </Card>
+    </Link>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/insights/ecg-cross-link.tsx b/src/components/insights/ecg-cross-link.tsx
index d0d30407c..b8794420a 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/ecg-cross-link.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/ecg-cross-link.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 "use client";
 
-import Link from "next/link";
-import { ArrowRight, HeartPulse } from "lucide-react";
+import { HeartPulse } from "lucide-react";
 
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
-import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
-import { TileHeader } from "@/components/insights/tile-header";
+import { CrossLinkCard } from "@/components/insights/cross-link-card";
 import { useEcgList } from "./use-ecg-list";
 
 /**
@@ -61,27 +59,20 @@ export function EcgCrossLink({ enabled = true, className }: EcgCrossLinkProps) {
     : null;
 
   return (
-    <Link
+    <CrossLinkCard
       href="/insights/ecg"
-      data-slot="ecg-cross-link"
-      className={cn(
-        // `.metric-accent` — the heart-family identity edge (`--tile-strain`,
-        // the wellness vocabulary's cardiovascular hue), the same mark the
-        // `ecg_new_recording` rail card carries, so the two ECG pointers
-        // read as one family.
-        "bg-card hover:bg-accent/40 focus-visible:ring-ring/50 metric-accent block space-y-1.5 rounded-xl border p-4 transition-colors focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
-        className,
-      )}
+      slot="ecg-cross-link"
+      icon={HeartPulse}
+      title={t("insights.ecg.crossLink.title")}
+      body={resultText ? `${countText} ${resultText}` : countText}
+      cta={t("insights.ecg.crossLink.cta")}
+      className={className}
+      // `.metric-accent` — the heart-family identity edge (`--tile-strain`,
+      // the wellness vocabulary's cardiovascular hue), the same mark the
+      // `ecg_new_recording` rail card carries, so the two ECG pointers read
+      // as one family.
+      cardClassName="metric-accent"
       style={{ "--tile-hue": "var(--tile-strain)" } as React.CSSProperties}
-    >
-      <TileHeader icon={HeartPulse} title={t("insights.ecg.crossLink.title")} />
-      <span className="text-muted-foreground block text-xs leading-snug">
-        {resultText ? `${countText} ${resultText}` : countText}
-      </span>
-      <span className="text-primary inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 text-xs font-medium">
-        {t("insights.ecg.crossLink.cta")}
-        <ArrowRight className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-      </span>
-    </Link>
+    />
   );
 }